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Grammar school From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the first stage of schooling in the United States, see?elementary school. A?grammar school?is one of several different types of?school?in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically oriented?secondary school. The original purpose of?mediaeval?grammar schools was the teaching of?Latin. Over time the?curriculum?was broadened, first to include?Ancient Greek, and later English and other?European languages,?natural sciences,?mathematics,?history,?geography, and other subjects. In the late?Victorian era?grammar schools were reorganised to provide secondary education throughout England and Wales; Scotland had developed a different system. Grammar schools of these types were also established in British territories overseas, where they have evolved in different ways. Grammar schools became the selective tier of the?Tripartite System?of state-funded secondary education operating in England and Wales from the mid-1940s to the late 1960s and continuing in Northern Ireland. With the move to non-selective?comprehensive schools?in the 1960s and 1970s, some grammar schools became fully independent and charged fees, while most others were abolished or became comprehensive. In both cases, many of these schools kept grammar school in their names. Some parts of England retain forms of the Tripartite System, and a few grammar schools survive in otherwise comprehensive areas. Some of the remaining grammar schools can trace their histories to before the 16th century. Contents ??[hide]? 1?Early grammar schools 2?Victorian grammar schools 3?Grammar schools in the Tripartite System 4?Contemporary British grammar schools 4.1?England 4.2?Northern Ireland 5?Grammar schools in other countries 5.1?Australia 5.2?Canada 5.3?Hong Kong 5.4?Republic of Ireland 5.5?Malaysia 5.6?Singapore 5.7?United States 6?See also 7