Noun
secondary modern (plural secondary moderns)
(education, Britain) In the UK, from 1944 to the 1970s, a secondary school for children who had failed the eleven plus examination.
I was never particularly academic, so it was no great surprise when I failed my 11-plus and consequently went to Wibsey Secondary Modern. I did all right in English, history and music, which were the subjects that most interested me. Kiki Dee