infants' school

noun

British.

1. kindergarten.

Word History and Origins

Origin of infants' school¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Jennifer Septhon, head of Farnborough Road Infants School, said it had been a "real privilege to have known" Elsie.

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Four years on, Aqil and Fawaz are healthy young boys, about to start reception at Elizabeth Selby Infants' School in Bethnal Green.

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He found his name had been "removed from the books" at the Catholic infants school he had attended because his comedy material joked about religious subjects such as the Last Supper and the Crucifixion.

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Mrs Smith, who was deputy head at the then Whitehouse Infants School in Ipswich, and head at Sprites Infants School, said she was probably quite a "formidable" teacher.

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SATs tests are taken by 10 and 11-year-olds at the end of primary school and by six and seven-year-olds at the end of infants' school.

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