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Quietly representative sort of school? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prep

'sort of school?' is the definition.

'quietly representative' is the wordplay.
'quietly' becomes 'p' (musical symbol).
'representative' becomes 'rep' (rep is a kind of representative).
'p'+'rep'='PREP'

(Other definitions for prep that I've seen before include "Homework (abbrev.)" , "warm-up race" , "Homework (abbr.)" , "School work done outside lessons" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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