A British English term for a primary school that caters to children roughly between the ages of seven and eleven — typically years three through six in the English school system.
A British English term for a primary school that caters to children roughly between the ages of seven and eleven — typically years three through six in the English school system. Junior school follows infant school and precedes secondary school, occupying the middle stretch of compulsory early education. While not slang in the traditional sense, it's a firmly regional term that confuses people used to American grade-school terminology and remains the everyday word British parents, teachers, and kids actually use.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, Australia) The section of a primary school for the education of older children, typically the years (grades) three to six.
(US) A school for children who have completed elementary school or grade school, but are not yet old enough for high school. It often includes grades 7 and 8, and possibly also 6 or 9.
(US) A student at a school that includes grades 6, 7 and 8; a preadolescent.
(Philippines) A secondary education school for grades 7–10 (a continuation of elementary school). It is succeeded by senior high school.
She still remembers her first day at junior school, nervously clutching her lunchbox outside the Year 3 classroom.
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A school providing primary education to children.
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