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- 1. a school for children between the ages of about five and eleven. British
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A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age).
The meaning of PRIMARY SCHOOL is a school usually including the first three grades of elementary school but sometimes also including kindergarten. How to use primary school in a sentence.
noun [ C ] uk / ˈpraɪ.mə.ri ˌskuːl / us / ˈpraɪ.mɚ.i ˌskuːl / Add to word list. in the UK and other countries, a school for children between five and eleven years old. in the US, a school for children between five and nine years old, or an elementary school. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Types of school. academy. alma mater.
The simplest definition of a primary school is a school aimed at children between the ages of five and eleven. Primary schools can go by a number of different names: primary school, junior school, nursery and infant school, elementary school or grade school.
PRIMARY SCHOOL meaning: 1. in the UK and other countries, a school for children between five and eleven years old 2. in the…. Learn more.
primary school, in many countries, an elementary school. It is the preferred term in such countries as Great Britain and France (French école primaire) and in most publications of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
noun. (in Britain) a school for children below the age of 11. It is usually divided into an infant and a junior section. (in the US and Canada) a school equivalent to the first three or four grades of elementary school, sometimes including a kindergarten.
