Posted by Mike Dennis on February 27, 2011 at 00:27:36 user MTD.
In Reply to: Re: English versus American usage posted by Dave Thewlis on February 26, 2011 at 16:50:43:
Under the reforms of the post-second world war education act in England and Wales these were the names given to schools providing post-11 education. Thought it has to be said that High Schools, as another category Technical Schools, were not as common as Grammar and Secondary Moderns.
Nothing to with Americanazation.