Secondary school
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Secondary school is the term used to describe an institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling takes place. There are many different types of secondary school and the terminology used varies around the world.
[edit] Types of secondary school
The names used to describe the institutions used for secondary education vary from country to country. Sometimes the same terminology is used in different countries but with very different meanings.
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- Academy
- Collège
- College preparatory school
- Collegiate institute
- Community school
- Comprehensive school
- Comprehensive high school
- École secondaire
- Grammar school
- Gymnasium
- Realschule
- Gesamtschule (in German)
- Hauptschule
- High school
- Independent school
- Lycée
- Lyceum
- Private school
- Public school
- Secondary modern school
- Secondary technical school
- Steiner school
- Vocational school
- Voluntary secondary school
