The phrase "a modern school" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to describe different schools or educational institutions that have been recently built or renovated with modern elements or technology. Example: "John's children attend a modern school with state-of-the-art facilities and innovative teaching methods."
Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
The way was now cleared for the establishment of a modern school system.
Sometimes a modern school or hospital — decent, but low and plain as a shed.
Jakki Moxham Chief executive, Housing for Women London SW9 At last, a valid suggestion for a modern school curriculum.
Even his daughter, and for a Muslim it's very tough to send a girl child to a modern school.
The very meaning of almajiri implies that the more sedentary setting of a modern school makes it less worthy of respect.
Although much of Britain adopted a comprehensive education system in the 1970s, Kent County Council (KCC) and Medway Unitary Authority are among around fifteen local authorities still providing wholly selective education through the eleven-plus examination with students allocated a place at a secondary modern school or at a grammar school.
This is something I feel very strongly as I went to a secondary modern school (a school barred from entering students for the GCE exam, as it was thought an inappropriate education for the children of the manual classes), but thanks to the efforts of my aspirational teachers I got a place at a Russell Group university.
Comprehensive school, in England, secondary school offering the curricula of a grammar school, a technical school, and a secondary modern school, with no division into separate compartments.
I'm a secondary modern school boy, an eleven plus failure and I can tell you working with Andrew Mitchell was an absolute delight and a privilege".
All I can say is that my memory of studying A-level art history at a local technical college, after leaving a secondary modern school in the 1980s, doesn't tally with his characterisation of the subject.
