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Discover LudwigThe phrase "selective school" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a school that uses criteria such as academic achievement or test scores to determine admissions. For example, "My brother recently attended a selective school in order to pursue higher education."
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selective school
noun
A school that admits students on the basis of their academic achievements.
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Allan Glen's School was a selective school credited with helping many youngsters from humble backgrounds reach the top.
Hobby added: "School leaders know that selective school systems, using flawed and inaccurate tests, do not create schools that work for everyone.
For them, attending a more selective school increased earnings significantly.
Go to the most selective school in your region.
Within that set it doesn't seem to matter whether you go to the more selective school.
But a selective school is not a hospital, and those it turns away are not sick.
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This article describes a study that aims to assess the effects of this selective school-based prevention programme in the Netherlands.
In 2009, a project was started to develop and test Preventure in the Netherlands, where currently there is no selective school-based alcohol prevention available [ 37].
Reema is a student at the Oasis Academy MediaCityUK in Salford, a non-selective school for children and young people which is currently under special measures.
Reading Girls Schooll, in Whitley, Berkshire, is now the best performing non-selective school in Reading.
Clearly using data from one highly-selective school may lead to questions about how the results carry over to other environments.
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