A school might begin as a secondary modern, later become comprehensive, merge with another institution, or eventually reopen under an entirely different name.
The reorganisation of education into primary, junior, middle, secondary and comprehensive schools further complicates matters.
For the present, therefore, some statistics have deliberately been kept fairly broad.
More detailed classifications may be attempted when sufficient material has been gathered.
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