direct grant grammar school (English, noun)
expansion: direct grant grammar school (plural direct grant grammar schools)
Senses:
topics: education
glosses: A kind of selective secondary school in the United Kingdom that existed between 1945 and 1976, having one quarter of the places directly funded by central government, while the remainder attracted fees, some paid by a Local Education Authority and some by the pupils' parents or guardians.
tags: UK
historical
Forms:
form: direct grant grammar schools
tags: plural