How to Use primary school in a Sentence

primary school

noun
  • She goes to primary school.
  • My primary school did not have water at all.
    — Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The first lesson of the day is aimed at pupils in the first year of primary school.
    — The Economist, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Jan worked as a sports coach while Els was a primary school teacher.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
  • Some did not even do primary school, others did not do secondary school.
    — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
  • These young women would have been in late primary school at the start of Gilead.
    — Rena Gross, Billboard, 16 May 2018
  • George, who’s now six years old, is currently in his third year of primary school.
    — Raisa Bruner, Time, 7 Oct. 2019
  • In primary school, most boys couldn’t get enough of football, but football bored me.
    — Arthur Musah, Quartz, 18 Oct. 2021
  • That includes about 150 girls and staff killed at a primary school.
    — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
  • About 100 of them are from the primary school and the rest from the secondary school.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Her day job is teaching young children at a Catholic primary school.
    — Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Dua recalls a game from her primary school years in London called kiss-chase.
    — Jen Wang, Vogue, 10 May 2022
  • The primary school on Thymaina is down to just two grade-school students.
    — Sarah McCammon, NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Parts of the Signature look as though they’ve been turned over to a primary school.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 17 July 2021
  • The hiring of a former primary school teacher as coach has plenty to do with it.
    — Steve Douglas, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The first children to go back to school will be those in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and primary schools.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, 10 May 2020
  • Researchers also note the number of girls now enrolled in primary school is on par with boys.
    — Tripti Lahiri, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022
  • In fact, his design for a primary school in Gando was part of his studies.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The five secondary day schools in Kakuma face many of the same problems as primary schools.
    — Sarah Butrymowicz, Marie Claire, 7 Jan. 2019
  • Valles didn’t have a teaching degree but got a job at a primary school with his wife at a hamlet in the forest.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The primary school is assigned the Aspire scores from the school that serves older pupils.
    — Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The primary school is assigned the Aspire scores from the school that serves older pupils.
    — Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Both he and the boy in the primary school attack were apprehended.
    — Dusan Stojanovic, ajc, 7 May 2023
  • In the only bit of good news for Africa, more children seem to be in primary school than in years before.
    — Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The primary school serves girls and boys from both host and displaced communities.
    — Michael Sandler, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • London has 525 near primary schools, far more than any other city in the ranking.
    — Tanya Mohn, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • Both are from Ecuador and had known each other since primary school, according to the outlet.
    — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Across a valley and atop another hill, under the shade of a row of thick trees is Marawara’s primary school.
    — Susannah George, Washington Post, 12 July 2020
  • There was only primary school and after that most of the girls and young people got married, had children, and worked on the farm.
    — Chantal James, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The couple also heard from primary school children on the show, and later from the young creators of a campaign video.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 15 Nov. 2018

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