Vocabulary Types of schools

• alma mater - formal the school, college, or university where you studied

• approved school - a special school in Britain in the past, where children who had done something illegal were sent if they were under 18

• boarding school - a school providing living accommodation for some or all of its pupils

• charm school - a school where young women were sometimes sent in the past to learn how to behave politely and gracefully

• charter school - a school in the US that is run by parents, companies etc rather than by the public school system, but which the state government supports

• church school -a school in Britain that is partly controlled by a church

• co-educational school - attended by both sexes; mixed

• college a school - for advanced education, especially in a particular profession or skill; a school for advanced education, especially in a particular profession or skill

• community college - UK a school for children between the ages of eleven and 18 that also provides different types of classes, sports, etc. for adults from the local area

• comprehensive (school)-  a school in the UK for children above the age of eleven of all abilities

• conservatory - a school for the teaching of music or sometimes acting or art

• continuation school - a school for children who cannot study at high school because they have social problems

• convent school - a school in which the teachers are nuns (= members of a female religious order)

• crammer - a school or a book that helps you to learn quickly for an exam

• day school - a private school whose students return home in the evening

• driving school - a business that teaches people how to drive a car

• elementary school - a school that provides the first part of a child's education, usually for children between five and eleven years old

• faith school - a school that is financially supported by a particular religious group, usually for children from that religion

• fee-paying - describes a school where parents pay the school directly for their children's education

• finishing school - a school or college where young women from rich families learn how to behave in high-class society

• grade school - a school for children from the age of five to the age of ten or 14

• graduate school - a college or a college department where students who already have a first degree are taught

• grammar school - in the UK, a school for children aged between eleven and 18 who are good at studying

• grant-maintained school - a type of school in the UK between 1988 and 1998 that received its money directly from central rather than local government

• high school (New Zealand) a secondary school from grade 7 to grade 12; (British) another term for grammar school; in the US for children aged from 14 to 18, or from 16 to 18 if there is also a junior high school

• home-school - educate (one's children) at home instead of sending (them) to a school

• independent school (in Britain) - a school that is neither financed nor controlled by the government or local authorities; (in Australia) a school that is not part of the state system;  a school that does not receive money from the government

• junior college - a school in the UK for children who are seven to eleven years old

• junior high school - a school in the US for children who are twelve to 15 years old

• kindergarten - AmE a school or class for children aged five; BrE: a school for children aged two to five [= nursery school]

• law school -a part of a university or a special school in the US where you study to become a lawyer after you get your bachelor's degree

• lower school - the classes of a school in Britain that are for younger students, usually aged 11-13

• lycée - a French school for older children, either in France or for French children living in other countries

• madrasa - a school where people go to learn about the religion of Islam

• magnet school - AmE a school that has more classes in a particular subject than usual, and so attracts students from a wide area

• medical school - a college or university where people study to become doctors

• middle school - in parts of the UK and the US, a school for children between the ages of about nine and 14

• military academy - a private school in the US that expects students to obey the rules, has uniforms, and is generally run like the armed forces

• new school - using new ideas in a type of music or art

• night school - classes that take place in the evening for people who work during the day

• nursery school - a school for children between the ages of two and five

• parochial school - a school controlled by a religious organization that usually receives no money from the government

• play school - British English a playgroup

• prep school - in the UK, a private school (= a school paid for by parents not the government)for children, especially boys, between the ages of seven and 13, who will then usually go to public school and in the US, a private school for children over the age of eleven that prepares them to go to college

• pre-school - (of a child) under the age at which compulsory education begins

• primary school (in Britain) - a school for children below the age of 11. It is usually divided into an infant and a junior section; (in the US and Canada) a school equivalent to the first three or four grades of elementary school, sometimes including a kindergarten

• private school - a school that does not receive financial support from the government

• public school - in England, an expensive type of private school (= school paid for by parents not by the government)

• school - a place where children go to be educated

• secondary school - a school for young people, usually between the ages of 11 and 18

• seminary - a college for training people to become priests

• senior high school - (US) (in the US) a school for young people between the ages of 14 and 18

• single-sex school - describes a school that is for either girls or boys, but not both

• special school - a school for children who have physical difficulties or problems with learning

• state school - a school that is free to go to because the government provides the money for it

• summer school - courses you can take in the summer at a school, university, or college

• Sunday school - a place where children are taught about Christianity on Sundays

• technical college (British) - an institution for further education that provides courses in technology, art, secretarial skills, agriculture, etc.  Sometimes (informal) shortened to: tech

• technical school - a higher-education institution Sometimes (informal) shortened to: tech

• trade school -a school where students learn skills that involve working with their hands

• traffic school - American English a class that teaches you about driving laws, that you can go to instead of paying money for something you have done wrong while driving

• university - an educational institution at the highest level, where you study for a degree

• upper school - the classes of a school in Britain that are for older students, usually aged 14 to 18