Since English was particularly popular among foreign languages in those days, the English Department of the Tokyo School of Foreign Languages became independent as Daiichi High School (old education system), and other national schools of foreign languages were also renamed English Language School.
当時の外国語教育のなかで特に盛んだったのは英語であったため、東京外国語学校の英語科は第一高等学校(旧制)として独立、それ以外の官立外国語学校も英語学校と改称された。