Secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. It follows on from primary or elementary education.

There are many different types of secondary school, and the terminology used varies around the world. Children usually transfer to secondary school between the ages of 11-14 years, and finish between the ages of 16-18 years, though there is considerable variation from country to country.

In North America, although typically referring to high school (freshman through senior year) in the United States, the term secondary school may refer to grades 7 to 12, which includes junior high school as well as high school. In Ontario and British Columbia, secondary school is synonymous with high school and refers only to grades 9 to 12.

In England and Wales, secondary school is for children from the ages of 11 to 16 or 18. [ [http://www.ldoceonline.com/index.html Dictionary definition of secondary school from the "Longman Online Dictionary"] ] Secondary school incorporates Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 of the National Curriculum (or years 7 to Year 11 ) and can also include sixth form. After 16, compulsory education ends, and young people can decide whether to continue their studies further, either at school or sixth form college, or enter the world of work.

Nomenclature

The names used to describe the institutions used for secondary education vary from country to country. Sometimes, the same terminology is used in different countries but with very different meanings.

*Bachillerato (in Dominican Republic and Spain)
*Catholic Secondary School
*City academy
*City technology college
*Collège
*College
*College preparatory school
*Collegiate
*Collegiate institute
*Community college
*Community school
*Comprehensive school
*Comprehensive high school
*École d'enseignement secondaire (in Canada)
*École secondaire
*Enseñanza Media (in Chile)
*Ensino Médio (in Brazil)
*Escola secundária (in Portugal)
*Preparatoria (in Mexico)
*Escuela secundaria (in Argentina)
*Grammar school
*Gymnasium
*Gesamtschule (in Germany)
*Hauptschule
*High school
*Högstadiet (in Sweden)
*Høyskole, "alternatively" Høgskole, Høgskule "or" allaskuvla in the Sámi-speaking area
*Istituto tecnico (in Italy)
*Liceo (in Italy)
*Lise (in Turkey)
*Independent school
*Junior High School
*Lise
*Lycée (in France and Canada)
*Liceu (in Romania and Republic of Moldova)
*Liceum (in The Republic of Poland)
*Lukio (in Finland)
*Lyceum
*Middle school
*Polyvalente (in Quebec)
*Private school
*Public school
*Realschule
*Secondary college
*Secondary modern school
*Secondary school in the Soviet Union
*Secondary technical school
*Secundair onderwijs (in Belgium)
*Secundairia (only "secundaria", in Peru)
*Segundo Grau (in Brazil)
*Sekolah Menengah (in Malaysia)
*Sekolah Menengah Atas (in Indonesia)
*Sixth form college (in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong and Malta)
*Střední škola (in The Czech Republic)
*Stredná škola (in Slovakia)
*Szkoła średnia (in The Republic of Poland)
*Ungdomsskole (in Norway, meaning "Youth school")
*Vocational school
*Voluntary secondary school
*Voortgezet onderwijs (in the Netherlands)

ee also

*Secondary education
*Educational stages
*High school
*Public high school
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*List of education articles by country
*List of schools by country

References


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