(in England and Wales between 1917 and 1951 and currently in New Zealand) a certificate awarded to school pupils who pass a public examination: the equivalent of GCSE
Abbreviation: SC
Examples of 'School Certificate' in a sentence
School Certificate
`They're still asking for School Certificate in maths,' he said.
Penelope Fitzgerald HUMAN VOICES (2003)
'They asked for anybody who'd passed their School Certificate and there was only meand one other, so they said we were both in.