secondary school

Meaning

Noun

• In the UK, a state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18.
• The federally designated, graduation-separated classification of grades 9–12 (approximately ages 14–18), regardless of whether they are compiled together in one school or separate from the other grades.
• School with education level between primary school and university.
• middle school; junior high school; a school that one attends between the ages of 12-17 (equivalent of grades 7-10 in North America, and years 7-10 in Australia)

Related

Similar words

• high school (equivalent in the US)