0 a school that is free to go to because the government provides the money for it
The study was conducted in two settings, a state nursery and a state school.
Every child in a normal state school, and in some independent schools, was routinely tested at ages 7, 9 and 11.
The state school system was charged with the critical task of producing such doubly suitable candidates.
In other publications such as magazines and academic articles, the word appears with and witfiout a capital, as in "state school", "state selection" and "state party secretary".
In effect, they were almost in the state sector; one literally was a state school.
For example, the state school available might not be suitable on religious grounds for a child coming out of the private system.
It may be thought that there is currently something of a crisis in state school standards.
All state school teachers must be registered under the legislation.