primary school

American  

noun

1. a school usually covering the first three or four years of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten.

2. elementary school.

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primary school British  

noun

1. (in Britain) a school for children below the age of 11. It is usually divided into an infant and a junior section

2. (in the US and Canada) a school equivalent to the first three or four grades of elementary school, sometimes including a kindergarten

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Etymology

Origin of primary school

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

The largest percentage rise was in primary schools.

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Love has been a teacher for 13 years and as a primary school teacher, teaches his pupils a range of subjects.

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"People love it, especially the kids, because it's on a main route to the primary school."

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While the couple have never opened it to the public due to their full-time jobs, Scout groups and primary school pupils have visited the building.

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At the very start of primary school, his education was truncated by his father's death.

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Related Words

• grade school
• grammar school