People in UK saying "high school"

[Davros]

I've noticed this term being used more and more. To me it's "Senior" or "Secondary" school. Schools with the old fashioned divisions have "Lower, Middle and Upper". Even if you follow the American usage it isn't the same as our Senior, i believe it is years 10, 11, 12 and 13. Why are people calling Senior school High school? I know, each to their own blah blah

Those pesky Scots! Spreading their culture via americanisms

My region of Scotland has used the name Xx Academy for all seconday schools since before I was born but they are referred to as ‘secondary/high School’. I went to primary and secondary.

But lots of people don't know it! Scotland needs to do some brand management there.

My old school was and still is a comprehensive, or usually shortened to comp.

But it's used in England too..

My school was xyz High School.

Always been high school to me.

1st World problem 😉

susurration

All of these posters saying they went to X High School in the north west, I keep wondering if we all went to the same one! (Although in reality I know this is highly unlikely)

Me too! 😁

I went to "place name" High School. The next town's secondary school was called "place name" Grammar School.

That was supposed to be grin not a grimace!!

Fluffyears Dh went to an Academy maybe he is from your area.

Lunde said High Schools have existed in the UK for over a century if not more

How about nearly 800 years more? : The Royal High School of Edinburgh was founded in 1128 . So I suppose the statement should read "Over 400 years, because that it when the UK was formed - so the Royal High School pre-dates the UK - and was called (according to Wikipedia ) a High School from 1505 - which still pre-dates the union UK

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_High_School,_Edinburgh

@MrsJayy west coast of Scotland?

I'm in England. I say High School because my school had a board by the gate that gave the school's name ie XYZ High School. That was in the early 1970s. The board is still there, same name.

Although, to be fair, all DS's grandparents call it 'big school' 

I went to a High School in the 90’s too. It was named that in the 70’s I believe. It’s still a High School.

'High School' was in the name of my school too, and I'm going back to the 70s/80s here.

High School from 1505 - which still pre-dates the union UK.

And, relative to the OP's suggestion of Americanism, it pre-dates the USA, even in its colonial form, by many years.

Just noticed my typo: that was supposed to be nearly 900 years

SenecaFalls Indeed

My school was a high school, was named that way about 200 years ago

I grew up in the Midlands and lived in London where it was Secondary, now in the NW where it's High School.

In my town there are "High Schools", "Grammar Schools", a "College", and some plain old "Schools". But the generic term is High School.

(And just to really annoy the OP, in the NW people call trousers, pants, too).

Growing up in NI it was known as secondary school with the type of secondary school you were going to determined by the 11+ - either a grammar school or a high school. (Although just to confuse things there are a few grammar school with “high” in the name of the school - the old Coleraine Girls High being one of them) So high school was a type of secondary school.

Now of course they are officially called “post-primaries” rather than secondaries, and divided between selective and non-selective post-primaries. (Because that’s not a total mouthful!)

Here in Scotland “high school” is used by a lot of people, but in my locale Academy is more widely used. (Nothing to do with how the school is run and the academy system in England)

My dh's secondary was called 'town name' high school. They didn't wear a uniform either. This is the U.K. up north in the 90's.
I'm from down south and it was 'school name' secondary & we had a very strict school uniform in the 90's.

My school was Girls High School, but it was a secondary school.