Do people still talk about/have ‘school discos’?

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Was about to use this phrase with DN then wondered if it would mark me as an utter dinosaur. If you have kids around age 16 - are ‘school discos’ still a thing? Do they still use that phrase in 2024? Or is it called something else now (I’m assuming the events still happen)?

YABU - my 16 year old is looking forward to the school disco
YANBU - no one’s called it that for years

My sons school didn't he left lsst year they had a " prom" but he didn't go.

(I’m assuming the events still happen)?

nope, not in my school or my children’s schools.

My children’s (primary) school still has discos

My kid's junior school calls it the end of year or leavers party 🤷🏼‍♀️

I haven't seen discos in 11 plus for a long time
But proms are the done thing now. Or was when I was at school. I assume it's still the same

No they don’t have school discos at secondary school. They usually have a prom on leaving at 16.
I’d imagine it’s down to staffing and supervision.

I think discos are more for younger ones now. Ours have discos in primary but then a Y6 "leavers party" which is essentially exactly the same as the disco in younger years but they're too cool for discos by then

Haven't heard of discos in secondary for a long while

My Y7 had a school disco this week 🤷‍♀️

Interesting, sounds like it’s moved to calling them discos for primary age and ‘prom’ for secondary. The Americanisation of Britain continues!

I assumed from your title and first sentence you were talking about primary. It's not a phrase of associate with secondary.

My kids’ primary school has a couple of discos a year. The local secondaries do prom.

This is exactly the same as when I was at school and I’m in my 30s. Year 9&10 got got ‘winter ball’ and years 11, 12 and 13 got prom (3 tier system so reception - year 4 is first school, year 5-8 is middle school, both did discos!)

Sadly like so many things it has been Americanised into “prom” now
We had/have perfectly acceptable language but some simply copy what they see online or on television.

I had a conversation yesterday where the youngish person I was speaking with referred to being able to see the “ocean” from my front window. I had to bite my tongue.

They only have 1 prom at end of yr 11 (and some end yr 13)
whereas when I was at secondary school there was a monthly disco at local boys school we all went to.