Hey, a quick question: what's primary school / elementary school?

Forgive me but I'm not a native English speaker. My nephew's studying English and he asked me the question I don't quite understand.

As far as I know:

In US, elementary school refers to the 9 years of schooling before high school which is 3 years before college / university right?

In UK, primary school is just like elementary school in US, right? And secondary school in UK is also another saying for high school in US?


Thanks and could any native English speaker clarify me!

 

I think your answer is quite good. Elementary is just a preparatory for High School. In some countries like the Philipppines, it requires 6 years. In short, you can not enter High School if you have not completed or graduated from elementary, same way as you can not enter college if you have not finished High School.

Hope that adds to your understanding.

 

I don't know about elementary school, but primary school is as you described.

Here, in the UK, the sequence is:

1. Nursery
2. Infants
3. Primary School
4. Secondary School
5. College/University

After secondary school, you can attend college (i.e., an institution of higher education which awards degrees in one specific area) or university (which are higher educational establishments comprised of collections of colleges). Or, like me, you can attend both, one after the other.

 

Standard 1-5 : Primary School

 

Primary and Elementary School are one and the same. They're the same banana really.

 

Thanks you people!

But isn't there something like junior high school / middle school? How do these 2 fit in?

 

Middle school level is slightly higher than the primary / elementary level but less than the higher secondary level. That is from I to VIII standard

 

yea its just the beginner years for education

 

In Scotland, it goes:

Nursery > Primary > Secondary (High) > College/Uni.

 

Generally it's 2 years of pre-school, then elementary school which is K-4th grades(or 5th depending on the district), then 5th (or 6th) through 8th is Middle School, then 9th through 12th is High School.

 

In Canada, elementary school is grades 1-8
In the US, It's grades 1-6, and 7 and 8 are referred to as junior high, and might be attached to a high school or could be a separate school entirely

 

nubie education...hhee..