plural of state school

(Australia, informal) Any of the correspondence schools catering for the primary and early secondary education of children in remote and outback Australia.

plural of normal school

(obsolete) A school for training teachers, especially in mainland Europe and North America.

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plural of academy school

(UK, education) A kind of state-funded school in England that is independent of direct control by local government and has a curriculum specialism.

plural of ragged school

(UK, historical) A free school for poor children, where they were taught and in part fed.

(historical, Ireland) A rudimentary school in 18th- and 19th-century Ireland, held outdoors or in a house or barn.