infant school

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for infant school

Historical Examples

In the Infant-school, conducted on the Sabbath, there are 80 children.
Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire
Thomas Coleman
Being directed to it they took leave of the infant-school, and soon found themselves before the door of a small cottage.
Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
R.M. Ballantyne
In the daily Infant-school there are upwards of 80 children, and in the Sabbath-school 260.
Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire
Thomas Coleman
Almost contemporary with the mother-house arose the normal school for infant-school teachers.
Deaconesses in Europe
Jane M. Bancroft
The truth is, the infant-school of Plato's Republic comes as near as can well be imagined to the ideal of the modern kindergarten.
Aristotle and Ancient Educational Ideals
Thomas Davidson

infant school

Examples from the Web for infant school

Historical Examples

In the Infant-school, conducted on the Sabbath, there are 80 children.

Being directed to it they took leave of the infant-school, and soon found themselves before the door of a small cottage.

In the daily Infant-school there are upwards of 80 children, and in the Sabbath-school 260.

Almost contemporary with the mother-house arose the normal school for infant-school teachers.

The truth is, the infant-school of Plato's Republic comes as near as can well be imagined to the ideal of the modern kindergarten.