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State school is an expression used in the United Kingdom and other countries apart from the United States to distinguish schools provided by the government from "public schools" which are in fact private institutions. The term public school has two contrary meanings: In England, one of a small number of prestigious historic schools open to the public which normally charge fees and are financed by bodies other than the state, commonly as private charitable trusts; here the word public is used much as in...


In the United States, state school is a colloquial term for state university, a college or university in a state university system. For alternate meanings see state university (disambiguation). ...


The oldest state school in England is Beverley Grammar School, which was founded in 700 AD. Beverley Grammar School, in Beverley, East Yorkshire was founded in 700 AD and is the oldest state school in England. ... For other uses, see number 700. ...


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