Synonyms and antonyms of Words used to describe schools and colleges in British Thesaurus

coed (adjective)

including students of both sexes

collegiate (adjective)

education consisting of several colleges or parts

fee-paying (adjective)

Britisheducation a fee-paying school is one that you pay money to go to

grant-maintained (adjective)

in the UK, a grant-maintained school receives money from the government to manage itself directly and is not paid for by a local authority (=local government)

independent (adjective)

an independent school is not paid for or controlled by the government

redbrick (adjective)

British relating to universities built in the late 19th or early 20th centuries

selective (adjective)

education used about schools that accept only the students that they want