Primary school | Elementary school primary school
SchoolforchildrenAprimaryschoolclassinJapanClassroomwithchairsondesksintheNetherlandsAprimaryschool(inIreland,theUnitedKingdom,[1]Australia,[2]NewZealand,TrinidadandTobago,Jamaica,andSouthAfrica),juniorschool(inAustralia[3][4]),elementaryschoolorgradeschool(inNorthAmericaandthePhilippines)isaschoolforprimaryeducationofchildrenwhoarefivetotwelveyearsofage.Primaryschoolingproceedspre-schoolandprecedessecondaryschooling.TheInternationalStandardClassificationofEducationconsidersprimaryeducationa...
School for children
A primary school class in Japan Classroom with chairs on desks in the NetherlandsA primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom,[1] Australia,[2] New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia[3][4]), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are five to twelve years of age. Primary schooling proceeds pre-school and precedes secondary schooling.
The International Standard Classification of Education considers primary education as a single phase where programmes are typically designed to provide fundamental skills in reading, writing, and mathematics and to establish a solid foundation for learning. This is ISCED Level 1: Primary education or first stage of basic education.[5]
Levels of education[edit] ISCED 2011 levels of education Level Label Description 0 Early childhood education (01 Early childhood edu...