From Wikipedia:
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A Secondary Modern School is a type of secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s under the Tripartite System, and was designed for the majority of pupils – those who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination.
They were replaced in most of Britain by the comprehensive school system and remain in place now mainly in Northern Ireland, where they are usually referred to simply as Secondary schools.
This was my understanding, but a recent press release from DCSF referring to Secondary Moderns says
(in England only)
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There are 170 secondary moderns. There are 69 secondary moderns among the 638 schools who are not yet reaching the National Challenge minimum. There are 101 secondary moderns which have reached the minimum – 30 per cent.
Are they both right?
mj