WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
approved school, 
  1. Education(in Britain) a government school for delinquent boys or girls.
  • 1930–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
approved school
  1. (in Britain) a former name for community home
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