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Ajunior school is a type ofschool which providesprimary education to children, often in the age range from 8 to 13, following attendance at aninfant school, which covers the age range 5–7. Since both infant and junior schools provide primary education, pupils are commonly placed in a unified building – aprimary school.
InAustralia, ajunior school is usually a part of aprivate school that educates children between the ages of 2 and 5.
In South Australia a junior primary school, it is where a child will begin their education, usually in or before the year level preceding Year 1. Depending on the school, a child will move to the main primary school between the ages of 3 in 8
In most primary schools, the junior primary is located within the same buildings and grounds as the primary school, although some junior schools are located on an adjacent or separate site.
InCanada, mostly inToronto, the termjunior school is used by the formerEtobicoke Board of Education to refer topublic schools from kindergarten to grade 5. Most of the schools in the formerScarborough Board of Education and theToronto Board of Education use the termjunior public school for schools from kindergarten to grade 6.
In theUnited Kingdom a junior school is usually a small school serving a particular locality, and is also used byindependent schools to refer to the nursery and primary school services they offer.
A junior school forms part of the local pattern of provision for primary education. Most junior schools cater for pupils moving frominfant schools from the September following their seventh birthday, after they have taken theirKey stage 1SATs.[1] Pupils join in Year 3, and stay at the school for four years, leaving at the end of Year 6 when most pupils are aged 11.[2] These four years formKey Stage 2 in theEnglish education system. At the end of this time, most pupils will move to asecondary school.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a significant number of junior schools were abolished in favour of 9-14 middle schools, and while some of these remain open today the majority of them have been abolished in favour of a return to traditional 7–11 junior schools.
In someLondon boroughs, a JMI is a "junior mixed infant school" which caters to children aged 4 to 11. Some have been renamed to the more common "primary school".
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