tripartite system

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Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|UK|Ireland|education|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.

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