direct-grant school

1. 1.

   formerly a school that charged tuition fees and also received government grants in return for admitting certain non-paying students who were nominated by the local authorities

   Broaderschool

   United Kingdom

Questions about direct-grant school

What does direct-grant school mean?

direct-grant school means "formerly a school that charged tuition fees and also received government grants in return for admitting certain non-paying students who were nominated by the local authorities".

Is direct-grant school a common word?

direct-grant school is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.