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

So when you said UK in your title you actually just meant on MN?

Cross post with Stoorie,

I have never heard anyone in Scotland say "catetaker". It's always janitor. Always. Or sometimes "the jannie".

I'm in Scotland. Always used academy here

We also use jotters in Scottish schools and the assistant headteachers aren't deputies, they are deputes. And some headteachers aren't called headteachers, they're called rectors.

Didn't realise jannies janitors was a Scottish term . One of the most essential members of the school "team" . And it is usual for the jannie to do playground duty (at least in primary schools, not so sure about secondaries).

And if the non-janitor replenish the magic green towels that are a miracle cure for everything from a bump on the head or a broken arm

So when you said UK in your title you actually just meant on MN?
No, I meant people on MN who live in the UK

We had a rector in my high school who was horrid so we called called him the Heedie just to annoy him

No, I meant people on MN who live in the UK

Apart from the Scots...

Newcastle and I attended a High School in the 60's.

Really OP? you do realise that bit at the top of the map when Carol is doing the weather is Scotland and part of the UK

And people wonder why so many Scots are completely fed up of being part of the UK. Your attitude contributes.

Oh dear I’ve started something with the Jannie digression.

Never mind, I’m sure in a few months someone will be calling it an American import and blaming your lot Seneca

I’m just going to leave you with..

“Outwith”

Yeah, apart from the Scots because you already knew it was common here, but we don’t seem to count as part of your U.K.

Outwith is a word that needs to spread like an Americanism on MN!

Stoorie I’m planning to shoehorn it into every whiny “Halloween” is an American import thread, they are due about now.

Yep, my high school had a rector and a bunch of deputes. We also used jotters and had magic green towels.

My primary school jannie didn't do playground duty though, because playground duty didn't exist then... it was unsupervised guerilla warfare in the playground!

I went to placename High School. Though we were a 3 tier system, so Primary was years R-4, Middle years 5-8 and High years 9-11 or 13. So, for me there were no secondary schools. All my family, however who lived elsewhere, went to secondary school.

Plenty of areas have and had high schools. In my county, where they existed, the structure was: nursery/infants, primary, junior high, and high school.

My school was called a high school officially, but I never called it that, just secondary school. And my school was a very traditional all girls school, not a modern school.

Me too. 33 went to (town) high school.

Scotland

Oh no, not the Halloween is American thread again! We went guising, not trick or treating.

Nor, for that matter the 'Santa' is American thread.

thefreaks Snap! We were left to roam free in either the concrete playground or the farmers field full of cowpats (unless the red flag was out when it had been raining —most of the bloody time—) at my primary school

I'm a Governor at a Midlands High School

No, I meant people on MN who live in the UK
Apart from the Scots...
No I meant everyone. I don't see where the idea that I've excluded the Scots comes from. I don't know what is common usage in Birmingham or Devon either or anywhere else I don't actually live