Jazzmoose Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 I'm afraid I've been bitten by that "divided by a common language" thing again-help me out. What's the difference between an elementary school and a grammar school? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 Elementary school was the old name for a primary school - a school for children from the age of 4 or 5 till 11. At this stage children progress to secondary school till at least the age of 16. In my youth (1950's) secondary schools were either secondary modern schools or grammar schools, the second entered only by competitive academic examination. These have largely died out since my youth, but the present Conservative government is looking on them with renewed favour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted March 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 Thanks. I was reading an article about that, of course, and was confused, as here "grammar school" and "elementary school" are the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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