From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsecondary education/schooling/teaching etcsecondary education/schooling/teaching etcSESthe education, teaching etc of children between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 → tertiary → secondary
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secondary education/schooling/teaching etc• A father explained to me that he would put one of his three sons through primary and secondary education.• Remember that people were then leaving school at 12 or 14 and there was no secondary education available in the town.• These differences increased during secondary education: children from lower-status occupational groups declined from their 11 plus position relative to higher groups.• All had to prepare a Development Plan describing five years' improvement to bring about secondary education for all.• In practice, given the monoglot tendency in secondary education it might be difficult to recruit students with the necessary competence.• During secondary education, the use of the spoken word increases.• If you came from a poor family the only way you could get secondary education was by gaining a scholarship.• Full mixed-ability teaching, especially if it reached into the middle and later years of secondary schooling, was comparatively rare. 