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first schools

first schools is the plural of first school.

Meaning of first school

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.

Questions about first schools

What is first schools the plural of?
First schools is the plural of first school.

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