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school

In British English, school is not used for a university or similar institution (though university departments may have the word School in their name – e.g. London School of Economics). A British institution with High School in its name is likely to be a secondary school. In American English, school includes university-level institutions. Note also that in Britain, the public schools are an elite group of expensive private schools such as Eton College – very different from state schools.