Stonewall High (was RE: Question for British list members (school years))

[Carol]

Geoff:
> No. 
> 
> I thought I had made it clear that the comprehensive schools were
intended to remove the selection - and possible stigma - attached to
the "11+" exam which had to be passed to gain entry to a grammar (or
technical) school. Hence, the word only applies to schools operating
from either our Year 7 or 8 or 9 (dependant on transfer age) through 
to the Upper Sixth. <snip>

Carol responds:
So comprehensive schools are free, state-run secondary schools that
require no entrance examination and are open to anyone in the correct
age range? And do they offer both university-prep courses and
vocational training?

Carol, hoping that her new modem will help her to think straight!