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Comprehensive schools were set up in the 1960s by the Wilson government, replacing the old system of Grammars and Secondary Moderns (where you went and a lot of your future depended on the dreaded 11 plus exams — this system still prevails in Northern Ireland and small parts of England, and a variation on it can be seen in the Harry Potter books and movies). School buildings in the UK widely vary [...] [tvtropes.org]