Secondary school

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Secondary school is a term used to describe an institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. It follows on from primary or elementary education. There are many different types of secondary school and the terminology used varies around the world. Children usually transfer to secondary school between the ages of 11 and 14, and finish between the ages of 16 and 18, though there is considerable variation from country to country. In North America the term high school is often used as a synonym for secondary school.

[edit] Nomenclature

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.

• Bachillerato (in Dominican Republic and Spain)
• Catholic Secondary School
• City academy
• City technology college
• Colegial (in Brazil)
• Collège
• College
• College preparatory school
• Collegiate
• Collegiate institute
• Community school
• Comprehensive school
• Comprehensive high school
• École d'enseignement secondaire (in Canada)
• École secondaire
• Liceo (school) (in Italy)
• Istituto tecnico (in Italy)
• Enseñanza Media (in Chile)
• Ensino Médio (in Brazil)
• Escola secundária (in Portugal)
• Escuela Preparatoria (in Mexico)
• Grammar school
• Gymnasium
• Gesamtschule (in Germany)
• Hauptschule
• High school
• middle school
• Högstadiet (in Sweden)
• Høyskole, alternatively Høgskole, Høgskule or allaskuvla in the Sámi-speaking area
• Lise (in Turkey)
• Independent school
• Junior High School
• Lise
• Lycée (in France and Canada)
• Liceu (in Romania and Republic of Moldova)
• Lukio (in Finland)
• Lyceum
• Middle school
• Polyvalente (in Quebec)
• Private school
• Public school
• Realschule
• Secondary college
• Secondary modern school
• Secondary school in the Soviet Union
• Secondary technical school
• Segundo Grau (in Brazil)
• Sekolah Menengah (in Malaysia)
• Sekolah Menengah Pertama
• Vocational school
• Voluntary secondary school
• Voortgezet onderwijs (in the Netherlands)

[edit] See also

• Secondary education
• Educational stages
• Public high school
• Secondary education by country
• Secondary schools and high schools by country
• List of education articles by country
• List of schools by countryde:Weiterführende Schulen

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