School
- This article is about educational institutions. For other uses of the term school, see School (disambiguation).
A
school is any place designated for
learning. The range of
institutions covered by the term varies from country to country.
In the
United Kingdom, the term
school refers primarily to pre-
university institutions, and these can for the most part be divided into primary schools (sometimes further divided into
infant school and
junior school) and secondary schools. School performance is monitored by
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education.
In
North America, the term
school refers to any institute of education, at any level, and covers all of the following:
preschool (for toddlers),
kindergarten, elementary school, middle school (also called intermediate school or junior high school, depending on specific age groups and geographic region),
high school,
college,
university, and
graduate school. In the
US, school performance through high school is monitored by each state's
Department of Education.
The King's School, in
Canterbury in the south east of
England, may be the oldest surviving school in the world. It is founded in 597 AD.
In parts of
Europe, a
Gymnasium is a school of secondary education. In
Germany, after thirteen (in some states twelve) grades, the
Gymnasium finishes with the
Abitur (
Matura in
Austria and
Switzerland).
See also
\n*Primary education --
Secondary education --
Tertiary education --
Quaternary education\n*
Adult education\n*
Lesson\n*
Cram school\n*Day school\n*
Education by country\n*
List of schools by country\n*
List of colleges and universities by country\n*
Private school\n*
Boarding school\n*
Prep school\n*
School discipline\n*
School and university in literature\n*
School zone\n*School martyr\n*
School bus
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