Junior and primary school

[Ju]

May I ask what are the differences between junior school and primary school?

Thanks.

 

[Rover_KE]

In the UK, primary schools admit children from the ages of 4 to 11.

There are some separate infant schools (4 to 7) and junior schools (8 to 11).

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Those are, of course, British school levels.

 

[emsr2d2]

The terminology isn't necessarily standardised even across the UK, and things change with time. When I was a child, I went to "first school" (age 5-8) then "middle school" (age 8-12), and then secondary school (12-16).

My first school and middle school are still in existence and are now called "primary school" and "junior school". The junior school, as I understand it, is now for children aged 8 to 11. These days, kids move up to secondary school at 11, a year younger than when I was a child.