primary school
nounDefinition of primary school
1 : a school usually including the first three grades of elementary school but sometimes also including kindergarten
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The couple will also visit a social enterprise café, which offers mentorship and training programs for young Aboriginal people, and later visit a primary school to meet students involved in sustainability projects. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Meghan Markle Wears a Chic Navy Dion Lee Dress and Gucci Bag in Melbourne During Royal Tour," 17 Oct. 2018 The school begins at age 3 and continues through to grade 12, which means many students stay on after preschool, although those who choose a different primary school have their pick of the litter. — Nadine Jolie Courtney, Town & Country, "These Preschools Are the Ivy League of Early Education," 11 Oct. 2016 These young women would have been in late primary school at the start of Gilead. — Rena Gross, Billboard, "14 Crushing (And Occasionally Uplifting) Moments From 'Handmaid's Tale' Season 2, Episode 5," 16 May 2018 Some did not even do primary school, others did not do secondary school. — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, "Precious possessions: The genocide survivors who kept them tell their stories," 13 July 2018 Some 63m children of the relevant age do not go to primary school; another 200m do not attend secondary school. — The Economist, "Universal lessons," 5 July 2018 Yet only 41% say qualified trans people should definitely be allowed to work as primary school teachers. — The Economist, "A culture war comes to Westminster," 5 July 2018 Rioting erupted as Catholic parents picked up their children from the Holy Cross girls'' primary school. — Amanda Sloat, Time, "Brexit Could Jeopardize Peace in Northern Ireland—and America Is Ignoring It," 29 June 2018 Forty years ago, in the region’s heyday as a mining area, Bobal primary school had more than 300 pupils. — The Economist, "South Korea’s fertility rate is the lowest in the world," 28 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'primary school.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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