primary school

noun

1. a school usually covering the first three or four years of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten.
2. elementary school.

primary school

noun

1. (in Britain) a school for children below the age of 11. It is usually divided into an infant and a junior section
2. (in the US and Canada) a school equivalent to the first three or four grades of elementary school, sometimes including a kindergarten

Word History and Origins

Origin of primary school¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Earlier in the month, air pollution in the Pakistani city of Lahore forced officials to temporarily close its primary schools.

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Three new primary schools are still planned as part of the development.

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A proposal in 2018 for it to be converted into a primary school went nowhere.

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The family had moved to the Benwell property just after Archie was born, and the primary school pupil had been learning how to swim and enjoyed playing the violin, she said.

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A former primary school teacher has been banned from the profession for two years after assaulting a pupil and stamping on another boy's head in South Ayrshire.

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Related Words

• grade school
• grammar school