national school

national school
noun
: a voluntary school in Great Britain established or aided by a national society (as the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church)

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national school noun
(in England, formerly) a school established by the National Society (established in 1811) to promote elementary education among poor people
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