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| | NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Elementary school (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | Typically, primary education is provided in schools, where (in the absence of parental movement or other intervening factors) the child will stay, in steadily advancing classes, until they complete it and move on to secondary schooling. |
 | | The elementary school consists of the first seven years of school, that is, grades 1 through 5 or 6, as well as kindergarten, a preliminary year of school before grade 1 (known in England and Wales as 'Reception'). |
 | | Originally, however, it was studied after primary school in the 19th century (some schools that have only the youngest students are called primary schools to this day, usually defined as ending after grade 3, or grade 4 in some localities). |
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