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junior school

American  

noun

British.

  1. a school for children aged seven to eleven, similar to a U.S. elementary school.

junior school British  

noun

  1. (in England and Wales) a school for children aged between 7 and 11 Compare infant school

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Etymology

Origin of junior school

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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I learned that Carr, then 25, had worked as a teaching assistant in Holly and Jessica's class at Soham junior school and knew them well.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Then from junior school she decided she wanted to work with dolphins and began scuba diving at eight.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2024

"But what about the kids in primary and junior school? It's way too unstable for them to make a living from this."

From Reuters • Mar. 9, 2023

We had this one schoolroom divided into three sections — this is primary school, junior school, yeah.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2022

In the transition and the junior school there should be no nature lessons of the object lesson type, but plenty of nature work, leading to talks, handwork, and poetry.

From The Child under Eight by Murray, E. R. (Elsie Riach)

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