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first school

first school noun: in the three-tier education system, a school for children until the age of eight or nine.

Noun

first school (plural first schools)

  1. (UK) In the three-tier education system, a school for children until the age of eight or nine.
    • For six months in 2015, a class of 9-year-olds from a first school in rural Northumberland (29 children) planned and planted a hay meadow in a local garden […]2017, David Leat, Enquiry and Project Based Learning, page 171
    Synonyms:
    lower school
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see first, school.

Synonyms of first school

Forms of first school

pluralfirst schools

Questions about first school

What does first school mean?
First school means in the three-tier education system, a school for children until the age of eight or nine.
What part of speech is first school?
First school is a noun.
What is the plural of first school?
The plural of first school is first schools.

Words near first school in the dictionary

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  8. First Sea Lord
  9. first sergeant
  10. first sergeants
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