big school

English

Etymology

So called because the bigger (older) children attend.

Noun

big school (countable and uncountable, plural big schools)

1. (British, childish) secondary school.
   • 1982, Hunter Davies, Flossie Teacake's Fur Coat:

     "Big School is more fun than Primary School," said Flossie to her mother as they both sat at the kitchen table, eating their lunch together. "Isn't it, Mum?"

   • 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

     She had only just started at big school, and she wasn’t used to getting into trouble. She had never done anything wrong at her little school, and even the thought of doing something wrong frightened her.