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infant school

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noun

  1. (in England and Wales) a school for children aged between 5 and 7 Compare junior school

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Scientists monitored pollution in two classrooms at an infant school in Guildford, UK.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024

I was seven, had just left infant school and was about to enter the juniors.

From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2014

If there is a lesson for climate scientists, it's "don't behave like the infant school football team and follow the ball," he said.

From Scientific American • May 10, 2012

It's a ripper of a day in Manchester - a no-nonsense early June ripper, a daubing of Smurf blue sky above a slosh of green, it's poster-paint, infant school simple.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2010

Thus I have means for establishing the infant school, and for ordering more Bibles.

From The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller by Wayland, H. L. (Heman Lincoln)

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