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

Mine was X High School and the logo had XHS underneath on the jumpers. Pretty sure it was also called X High School when DM was there in the 70s.

I grew up with First, Middle and High School as well (1980s/ 1990s).

My secondary school was High School and was divided into Juniors, Seniors and Sixth Form. Seniors was 11-16 and was the Upper 3, Lower & Upper 4 and Lower & Upper 5 - I can't get my head around the current year divisions at all!

I went to an academy and many schools up in the north of Scotland where I lived were called place name academy then here in the central belt my kids go to high school all schools are high school.

My school was a High School. It was in the name 🤷

Both ds1 and ds2 attended schools with High School in their names, in Essex, and ds3 would have been going to a school called High School too - and when we moved to Scotland, their secondary school had High School in its name too.

I went to a school that had just gone comprehensive, after being a secondary modern, so I see that as another option, alongside High School, Academy, Secondary School and Senior School - sorry!

I went to a high school in the 90's. It wasn't referred to as secondary as we also had middle school. Our school had high school in the name so dont think it's new. I have to remind myself its secondary school where now live in the UK as where I grew up it was always refered to as high school.

Its secondary where I am, 10 miles across the county border it's High School. Always has been, they still have middle school too.

My high school was a high school from the day it opened in 1931.

DD's 'place name high school for girls' is 3-18 ages so divided into junior house and senior house but all under the 'high school' umbrella

I'm 37 and have only ever known it as High School.

I do remember when I went to uni my flat mate found it hilarious and thought it sounded completely American - she was from the south and knew it as secondary school I think. Bit of mouthful though, no? Maybe it's a north/south divide thing.

Most of the schools in my town are called something High School. There are at least 8 high schools that I can name off the top of my head and two academies. This is in Essex.

Oh and my school and the schools around here are all called ........High School so it makes sense to call it a high school?!

I dont think its a north/ south thing. Im from east Anglia so in South and as I said above it was high school.

In Glasgow and environs, off the top of my head, I can think of Hillpark Secondary School, Hillhead High School, Shawlands Academy, St. Paul's High School, St Ninian's High School, Williamwood High School, Bellahouston Academy, Bearsden Academy, Douglas Academy.

All state comprehensives that go from S1 to S6.

I moved areas so did Infants, First, Middle then Secondary . I don't remember High being used particularly. There were and still are Grammars and Comprehensives but just lumped as Secondary or Senior.

I was in the odd position of 4 years in infants/ first (really annoying to move 6 weeks before starting juniors then have a whole extra year of first/ infants!) then 3 years of middle as the intakes were altered to transition at 11 not 12. The creation of Key Stages put our area out of synch with a year of KS2 and KS3 in the wrong school so we were the first first years (y7) in decades and the secondaries had a double intake of y7 and y8 that year.

I went to Placename High School in Scotland, DD went to Placename High School in London.
DS is at Placename High School in Australia.

In our area some of the independent schools are called Senior schools and the rest are High Schools.

I’m in my 50s, we always said high school. My school had a sign that said high school!

I moved from London where n it's all secondary school to Norfolk where it's all high school, so definitely regional.Maybe London is the exception.

I went to a high school in the 90s in England

What does secondary mean? The second school you go to? Because it isn’t alwAys!

My daughters school is called town name High School (years 7-13) so erm blah blah blah

I want to High School in the 1970's. It was a grammar school.

My uncle went to a High School, which still exist under that name.
The most desirable secondary in our nearest town is a High School.
Methnks they are probably quite numerous.

My school was Nonsuch High School for Girls.

So a High School.