first school

noun

In the three-tier education system, a school for children until the age of eight or nine.

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Meanings

nounfirst school (plural first schools)

plural first schools

  1. UKeducationIn 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 & antonyms

nounIn the three-tier education system, a school for children until the age of eight or nine.

Similar
lower school
Also see
lower school
Cite this entry
APA

first school. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/first%20school

MLA

“first school.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/first%20school. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “first school,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/first%20school.

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