junior school
Americannoun
noun
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
A junior school has been closed after a building surveyor identified "urgent concerns" with some of its ceilings.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2024
Sharon said Oliver was autistic and that had made it difficult to spend so much time with so many people when moving to a large secondary school from a 150-pupil junior school.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2023
"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
Then he blushed, as much as a member of the junior school is capable of blushing.
From Tales of St. Austin's by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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