Vocabulary lists on School and Education

School System: School System / Education System; nursery school (UK), preschool (USA); primary school (UK), elementary school (USA); secondary school (UK), high school (USA); comprehensive school; state funded school (UK), public school (USA); private school (UK, USA); co-educational school; single sex school; girls' school; boys' school; boarding school; home schooling; distance learning; There are … distinct levels of education in …; In …, children start school at the age of …; In …, compulsory schooling begins at the age of …; Children usually start school when they are … years old.; Children in … starts school at the age of …; School is compulsory for everybody between … and … years of age.; When children in … start school, they are usually … years old.; When the students leave school, they are usually … years old.; Schooling is compulsory until the age of …; Students are required to attend school until the age of …; Between the ages of … and …, one attends … school.; The first school that children in … attend is … school.; After … school they go to … school.; Students attend … school for … years.; Students remain at … school for … years.; After … school, students attend … school.; Then they start … school.; Aged …, they start … school.; Students in …; … students (American students) …; Students at … school …
have about … lessons per day / week.
study approximately … subjects.
have lessons from … to …
have lessons in the mornings and afternoons.
do not have to repeat a year.
have about … weeks of holiday.
(do not) wear school uniforms.
are (not) required to wear school uniforms.; The following subjects / courses are …
mandatory / compulsory:
optional / elective:; Education at a … school …; Education at … schools …
is free of charge.
is not free of charge.
is financed through the tax system.
is paid by the parents.; There are usually between … and … students; in a class.; The school year is divided into … terms.; The school year begins in … and finishes in …; This is similar to the school system in …; This is different to the school system in …

Vocabulary lists on “School and Education”