(UK, education) A primary school or secondary school designated as outstanding under a government scheme that ran from 1998 to 2005.
(UK, education) A primary school or secondary school designated as outstanding under a government scheme that ran from 1998 to 2005.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(British, Ireland) A tall black and white pole topped by a flashing orange globe, placed on either side of the road at zebra crossings; mostly now replaced by more sophisticated arrangements.
(education) British school overseas.
(British, childish) secondary school.
(schools, UK) A secondary school.
(British) A private primary school which prepares its pupils for the common entrance examination most commonly at the age of thirteen, and subsequent entry into public school.