tripartite system en · PROPN
Meanings
- (Ireland, UK, historical) The division of state-funded secondary education into three types of school: grammar school, secondary technical school, and secondary modern school; used between 1945 and the 1970s in England and Wales, and from 1947 to 2009 in Northern Ireland. Performance in the 11-plus examination determined which type of school a student would attend.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the tripartite system | canonical | lexicographic |