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Difference between High school (UK) and High school (U.S.)

high school (UK)a secondary school for pupils aged between eleven and eighteen:

  • We are based at Brae High, in Shetland—the most northerly six-year high school in Britain.

high school (U.S.)a secondary school for pupils aged between fifteen and eighteen:

  • The teen-agers arrive with a petition that has been going around high schools across the province since the fall.