national schooln.
/ˌnaʃn̩(ə)l ˈskuːl/, /ˌnaʃən(ə)l ˈskuːl/, U.S. /ˌnæʃən(ə)l ˈskul/, /ˌnæʃn(ə)l ˈskul/ A school in an educational system operated, supported, or administered by the state; spec. an elementary school in England or Wales operated by the National Society for the Education of the Poor, established in 1811 (cf. National Society n.) (now historical); (in Ireland) an elementary or primary school of a type established after 1831 under the National System of Education.The number of national schools declined in England and Wales after the 1870 Education Act, which provided free education to the children of the poor.In the Republic of Ireland, the Education Act, 1998 uses the term ‘primary school’ instead of ‘national school’, though most relevant schools describe themselves as ‘national schools’.
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society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > publicly maintained school
free school1500
common school1503
public school1636
state school1806
national school1814
burgh-school1864
board-school1873
provided school1902
council school1908
direct-grant school1945
society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > school for the poor
hospital1552
charity-school1682
Blue Coat Hospital1700
blue coat school1706
poor school1727
national school1814
industrial school1827
ragged school1843
kitchengarten1877
barrack school1894
1814 (title) Rules and regulations for the good government of the National School of St. Martin in the Fields, established 1814.
1819 Gentleman's Mag. 89 ii. 85 In 1812 there were 52 National Schools.
1838 Digest Evid. before Comm. Houses Lords & Commons, 1837, on National Syst. Educ. Ireland ii. 25 She was highly gratified; indeed she was astonished; she could not have believed that in the national school the Bible was used at all.
1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am li My looks won't matter when I am a national school teacher.
1966 New Statesman 27 May 774/3 But certain schools, to be called perhaps National Schools, should be placed directly under the Department of Education.
1972 M. E. Collins Ireland Three vi. 49 The National Schools, though in theory of mixed religion, were in practice, separate, and children of each religion went to their own schools.
1998 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 70 816 Each Soviet nation, no matter how small, was granted its own national territory, national schools, and national elites.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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