The term is commonly used in relation to England and Wales, where comprehensive schools were introduced on an experimental basis in the 1940s and became morecorrespond broadly to the public high school in the United States and Canada and to the German "Gesamtschule".
The term is commonly used in relation to England and Wales, where comprehensive schools were introduced on an experimental basis in the 1940s and became more widespread from 1965. They correspond broadly to the public high school in the United States and Canada and to the German "Gesamtschule".