Of or relating to the time or age before a child is old enough to enrol in kindergarten; designating or relating to the school, class, program, etc…

Education. (See quot. 1960 –1.) Also applied to any school within the selective (as opposed to the comprehensive) system. Cf. comprehensive, adj. 1d.

attributive (a) of a teacher: that has sole charge of a school; (b) of a school: having only one teacher; also absol.

Of, relating to, or involving home-schooling.

In the United States and Canada: designating a high school specializing in vocational training and technical education; belonging to or relating…

Chiefly North American. Of, relating to, or designating an educational system providing different curricula to suit children of differing interests…

Education. Of a school, esp. a comprehensive school: organized in classes of pupils of like rather than mixed ability. Also of pupils: grouped…