エスカレーター校こう

noun

escalator school; private school with automatic advancement

Colloquial term for a private school (often a combined kindergarten-to-university institution) where students can progress through levels without taking entrance exams. The name comes from the idea of moving up automatically like an escalator.

See also: エスカレーター学校 (エスカレーターがっこう)

• あの大だい学がくはエスカレーター校こうで、付ふ属ぞくの高こう校こうからほぼ全ぜん員いんが進しん学がくできる。

  That university is an escalator school, so almost everyone from its attached high school can advance.

• エスカレーター校こうに通かようと、受じゅ験けんのストレスが少すくないと言いわれる。

  It's said that attending an escalator school reduces the stress of entrance exams.