Secondary modern school

A secondary modern school was a type of secondary school in the United Kingdom in the 20th century. Secondary modern schools, as opposed to grammar schools, allowed in both boys and girls, and required no uniform. Students were referred to by their first names, and science was taught "all lumped together" in one course. Students were expected to leave at age 16 to pursue jobs of their own. (PROSE: Time and Relative)

According to one account, Coal Hill School, or more precisely, Coal Hill Secondary Modern School, was a secondary modern school in the 1960s. (PROSE: Time and Relative) According to another account, Coal Hill was a grammar school, (PROSE: Nothing at the End of the Lane) which was quite a different type of school at the time, (PROSE: Time and Relative) and did, in fact, have a uniform. (PROSE: Nightshade)

Secondary modern schools were distinct, as well, from academies. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)