There are some kinds of schools:
1. Schools for young children:
Nursery is school for children, especially for those who are under 5 years old.
Kindergarten is school for very young children.
Creche is day nursery for babies.
2. Primary/elementary schooling:
State school is school which is run by the state.
Comprehensive school (Brit.) is state school for children over the age of 11.
Public school (Brit.) is an upper class school for older pupils where education is paid for by parents, (U.S.) free local primary school supported by taxes.
Private/independent school (Brit.) is school owned and directed by person or group. The education is paid for.
3. Secondary schooling:
Preparatory school (Brit.) is private school for pupils up to the age of 13, where they are made ready to attend a higher school; (U.S.) private school which prepares students for college.
Secondary school is school which a child attends from the age of 11 till 16 or 18.
Grammar school (Brit.) is school for children over the age of 11, (U.S.) a primary school
High school (U.S.) usually comprises junior high school for children until the age of 12 and senior high school for older children.
Academy (Scot.) is secondary school which prepares children for college.
Parochial school is school supported and run by a church.
Correspondence school is school in which study materials are mailed to student.
Vocational school is school in which students are provided with practical experience in a particular occupational field.
4. Higher education:
College (Brit.) is school for higher and professional education, often connected to a university.
Academy is school or college for training in special art or skill.
Higher/Adult education is education after leaving school but not at a university.
Co-educational school is school where boys and girls are taught together.
University is educatioanl institution instructing or examining students in many branches of advanced learning, and conferring degrees.
Written by RNDD
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