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I had a very ordinary background in Sheffield; I went to a secondary modern, but I saw something on TV in 1968 that inspired me to join an athletics club, and 12 years later, with great coaching and the support of people who loved me a lot, I ended up at an Olympic Games.
Sebastian Coe

Meaning of "secondary modern" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SECONDARY MODERN

secondary modern  [ˈsɛkəndərɪ ˈmɒdən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SECONDARY MODERN

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Secondary modern is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SECONDARY MODERN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

secondary modern

Secondary modern school

A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, from 1944 until the early 1970s, under the Tripartite System, and was designed for the majority of pupils – those who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination. They were replaced in most of the UK by the Comprehensive School system and now remain in place mainly in Northern Ireland, where they are usually referred to simply as Secondary schools, and in some parts of England, such as Buckinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Wirral and Kent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SECONDARY MODERN


antimodern
ˌæntɪˈmɒdən
Culloden
kəˈlɒdən
downtrodden
ˈdaʊnˌtrɒdən
Flodden
ˈflɒdən
godden
ˈɡɒdən
hodden
ˈhɒdən
hypermodern
ˌhaɪpəˈmɒdən
modern
ˈmɒdən
nonmodern
ˌnɒnˈmɒdən
postmodern
pəʊstˈmɒdən
premodern
priːˈmɒdən
promodern
prəʊˈmɒdən
shodden
ˈʃɒdən
sodden
ˈsɒdən
supermodern
ˌsuːpərˈmɒdən
trodden
ˈtrɒdən
ultramodern
ˌʌltrəˈmɒdən
unsodden
ʌnˈsɒdən
untrodden
ʌnˈtrɒdən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SECONDARY MODERN

secondary cause
secondary cell
secondary colour
secondary dentition
secondary education
secondary emission
secondary era
secondary glazing
secondary growth
secondary infection
secondary modern school
secondary picket
secondary picketing
secondary processes
secondary product
secondary qualities
secondary road
secondary school
secondary school teacher
secondary sexual characteristic

WORDS THAT END LIKE SECONDARY MODERN

aldern
Bayern
Bern
concern
dern
eastern
fern
Hordern
intern
kern
lantern
northern
pattern
pern
southern
stern
Tate Modern
tavern
undern
western

Synonyms and antonyms of secondary modern in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «secondary modern» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SECONDARY MODERN

Find out the translation of secondary modern to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of secondary modern from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «secondary modern» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

二次现代化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

secundaria moderna
570 millions of speakers

English

secondary modern
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधुनिक माध्यमिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الثانوية الحديثة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вторичный современный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

secundário moderno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্বিতীয় আধুনিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

secondaire moderne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Moden menengah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Real
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

現代の二次
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

현대 차
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Modern menengah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hiện đại thứ hai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரண்டாம் நிலை நவீன
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुय्यम आधुनिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ikincil modern
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

secondaria moderna
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wtórny nowoczesny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вторинний сучасний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

secundar modernă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δευτεροβάθμια σύγχρονη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sekondêre moderne
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sekundära moderna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sekundær moderne
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of secondary modern

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SECONDARY MODERN»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SECONDARY MODERN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about secondary modern

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QUOTES WITH «SECONDARY MODERN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word secondary modern.
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Sebastian Coe
I had a very ordinary background in Sheffield; I went to a secondary modern, but I saw something on TV in 1968 that inspired me to join an athletics club, and 12 years later, with great coaching and the support of people who loved me a lot, I ended up at an Olympic Games.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SECONDARY MODERN»

Discover the use of secondary modern in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to secondary modern and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Education in the Secondary Modern School
The articles which make up this book, originally published in the journal The Schoolmaster were originally published at the time of The Education Act 1944 which changed the education system for secondary schools in England and Wales.
J JB Dempster, 2012
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Secondary Modern Schools: An Interim Report
This book examines what progress the Secondary Modern Schools had made in the mid 1950s, based on first hand observation and conversations with teachers, parents, school governors and education officers.
H C Dent, 2012
3
Teaching Modern Foreign Languages in Secondary Schools: A Reader
A companion to Aspects of Teaching Secondary Modern Foreign Languages, this book charts developments during the past few decades of reform in MFL teaching, considering the origins of these reforms and analysing their impact on the classroom ...
Ann Swarbrick, 2013
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Aspects of Teaching Secondary Modern Foreign Languages: ...
Issues covered in this book include: maximising potential engaging pupils in their learning developing listening, reading and oral skills use of information communication technology assessment and differentiation broadening the content of ...
Ann Swarbrick, 2013
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Aspects of Teaching Secondary Modern Foreign Languages: ...
This series provides a practical illustration of the skills, knowledge and understanding required to teach in the secondary classroom.
Anne Swarbrick, 2002
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The Modern Educational Treatment of Deafness
42 A SECONDARY MODERN CURRICULUM FOR DEAF PUPILS D. C. WOLLMAN In England and Wales schools are left free as regards the content and method of education to work out their own salvation ; and the new secondary schools ...
Sir Alexander William Gordon Ewing, 1960
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Assessment and Examination in the Secondary School: A ...
The Education Act of 1944 had enshrined the notion of three kinds of secondary pupil to be identified for grammar, technical or secondary modern school education. The two systems of examinations seemed a not wholly illogical extension of ...
R. J. Riding, Sue Butterfield, 1990
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Secondary Modern Schools in England: High Schools in Kent, ...
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Books Llc, 2010
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The Parents' Guide to Secondary Education
CHAPTER 7 THE SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL (i) CURRICULUM The modern school is responsible for the secondary education of the large majority of children and provides a general preparation for a wide field of employment in ...
10
Parity and Prestige in English Secondary Education: A Study ...
THE development of the conception of the secondary modern school, like that of secondary education for all, is a product of the steady advance throughout the last hundred years in the average school leaving age. Experiments in post- primary ...
Olive Banks, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SECONDARY MODERN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term secondary modern is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Way We Were: Middleport Secondary Modern School in the 50s
MADAM, – I write regarding the photographs of Middleport Secondary Modern School football team, sent in by Bob Heeks, of Chell Heath (The Way We Were, ... «Stoke Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
Way We Were: Former pupil remembers Leek Milner Girls …
A group that has blossomed in recent times has been made up of former students from Leek Milner Girls Secondary Modern, with ex-pupils at the school from ... «Stoke Sentinel, Jun 15»
3
Reunion class of 1949 school friends swap memories of Brentwood …
Step back in time to 1949 and an 11-year-old Dave Sparks is just starting at Brentwood Secondary Modern in Sawyers Hall Lane. The Second World War had ... «Brentwood Gazette, May 15»
4
Watch fascinating 1959 Pathe footage of Chelmsford Secondary
The famed Pathe News service sent its cameras to Grimsby in 1959 and the crew captured footage of the pupils at Chelmsford Secondary Modern School ... «Grimsby Telegraph, Feb 15»
5
Secondary moderns fight back as clamour for grammars grows
With grammar schools back on the political agenda, their secondary modern counterparts have begun a campaign to gain greater recognition. The schools ... «TES News, Jan 15»
6
Can you fill in the blanks on this Hillside Secondary Modern School …
The photograph of Hillside Secondary Modern School has prompted a flood of calls including former pupils Geoff Crisp and Tony Caulton. Can you fill in the ... «Burton Mail, Nov 14»
7
Fresh faces to name at Hillside Secondary Modern School in the …
WE'VE been given this photograph to use by regular Mail Remembers contributor Doug Warren. The photo is believed to be taken at Hillside Secondary Modern ... «Burton Mail, Nov 14»
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NOSTALGIA - Sleaford Secondary Modern School side were cup …
Victor Mallinson and his Sleaford Secondary Modern School football team who won the ... He is the tallest boy in the back row of the Sleaford Secondary Modern ... «Sleaford Today, Oct 14»
9
Ipswich: Priory Heath Secondary Modern pupils reunite after 40 years
About 65 former students from Priory Heath Secondary Modern on Nacton Road - which later became Holywells - attended the reunion, including an ex pupil ... «Ipswich Star, Oct 14»
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Memories of the unbeatable Deighton Secondary Modern football …
Deighton Secondary Modern School U13s who won the Schools U13 football league and ICI Cup that year, winning every game they played. The team was ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Sep 14»

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