upper school
a scholastic division, especially in a private school, including the terminal secondary grades.
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How to use upper school in a sentence
When I was at the College school, Gloucester, in 1794, there was a considerable library in a room adjoining the upper school.
They were forming a special plan for strengthening what they called the bond of union in the upper school.
Betty Vivian | L. T. MeadeOlive Repton, the pet and darling of nearly the whole of the upper school, was making the others scream with laughter.
Betty Vivian | L. T. MeadeThe younger Vivians were allowed to remain in the upper school, but were in much lower forms.
Betty Vivian | L. T. MeadeAt half-past six on the following day the great gong sounded through the entire upper school.
Betty Vivian | L. T. Meade
British Dictionary definitions for upper school
the senior pupils in a secondary school, usually those in the fourth and fifth years and above
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