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

I am 40 and my school was called XXXXXX High School.

God, this is another MN

My DCs school is "High school of ". No-one calls it that tho, it tends to get shortened to " high".

Both High schools closest to me are called [Town] High School, why would I call them something different?

Wicked no. It's called high school in parts of England too.

It isn't American- in the 80's/90's my school was called XXXXX High School
I now work at a school called XXX High School and there are 2 others in the city which are also called High Schools

Mine was place high school. (Girls' 7-18). Local state was First, Middle and Upper.

i left high school 30 years ago. We now live in a totally different area and it’s still high school here.

It's called High School in Scotland. Primary School for Primaries 1 to 7 (5 to 12 years old, roughly), then High School for 4 to 6 years. I think some of the private schools use a slightly different system, in that the kids move on from the primary school a year before state school kids, but other than that, they're High Schools here, with perhaps one or two exceptions. Are you a tad sheltered, OP?

Definitely called high school to me.. I'm 30. My school was actually called 'xxx high school'. Not American at all.

I find 'senior school' very American though.

I'm in my 50s ... when I was growing up one of the schools in my town was called [TownName] High School. It was a normal secondary school for years 7-11.

I tend to say "high school" because in Italy, where I live for most of the year, "secondary" school is middle school (11-14)

I've also worked at Nottingham Girls' High School.

Doesn't really matter, does it?

I forgot to say - town is near London

It was secondary for me in Scotland. This was the 80s

Is this one of those "ugh I hate Americanisms creeping into UK English" threads? Usually with a side order of superiority thrown in?

Looks like the op has begun put straight anyway.

It’s high school in America because it’s high school in many parts of the U.K., not the other way round...

We call them secondary or senior schools in Hampshire. No grammars.

Because thats what its called

DD's secondary school was called a High School, hence what we used.

High school round our way is a non grammar secondary school.

That went well, I thought.

(I'm in my late 40s and I attended a private High School for several years in the 70s/80s.)

The official title of my kids school is High school it's on the website and letter head.

YABU

Although I don't really understand why it annoys you.

When I first met DW (from Brum), and we chatted, I got a mild ribbing for being "American" and saying "High School".

The thing is, I did go to a "High School" - it was painted on the sign - our local comp.

That said, Harrow did things a bit weird, and you changed from middle to high school at the age of 12 - and went straight into the 2nd year. Which made sense, because it was 2,3,4,5 in years and then a move to 6th form.

We also learned French from age 8 to 14 with no get out. Which I only learned later wasn't the norm.

I went to High School in the 90s. Scotland.

Not just Scotland- I went to (placename) High School in NE England. Northumberland now has a mixture - academies, secondary schools, a school, a college, a learning village and six high schools.