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Our book here focuses on preparatory schools. This is not as simple as it sounds. There are many different types of prep schools as well as other schools which emcompass the prep-school age-level. Here there are both day and boarding schools as well as boys, girls, and coed schools. The basic prep school is for children from about 8-13 years of age. But there are a range of different schools in the private sector. This includes both variations of the prep school as well as schools which encompass the prep school age group. There are pre-prep schools for younger children. Some of the pre-preps may also have few form for younger prep school age children. This is most common in city day schools. Generally girl's prep schools take girls through age 11 as the girls public schools take new students a couple years younger than the boys' public school. This has begun to change as coed publuc schools become more common. A few boys' prep scools only take boys through age 12 instead of age 13. This is generally the case n city day schools where space constraints restruct the program. There are also schools which offer both primary and secondary programs. These are often called colleges or acadamies, the later being more common in Scotland.
Our book here focuses on preparatory schools. This is not as simple as it sounds. There are many different types of prep schools. Here there are both day and boarding schools as well as boys, girls, and coed schools. The basic prep school is for children from about 8-13 years of age. Each prep school has its own destinctive character, but the age range of 8-13 years is very common. There are in fact a range of different schools in the private sector. This includes both variations of the prep school as well as schools which encompass the prep school age group. There are pre-prep schools for younger children. Some of the pre-preps may also have few form for younger prep school age children. This is most common in city day schools. Generally girl's prep schools take girls through age 11 as the girls public schools take new students a couple years younger than the boys' public school. This has begun to change as coed publuc schools become more common. A few boys' prep scools only take boys through age 12 instead of age 13. This is generally the case ln city day schools where space constraints restruct the program.
There are also other schools which emcompass the prep-school age-level. There are also full-term schools which offer both primary and secondary programs. These are often called colleges or acadamies, the later being more common in Scotland. The term college is commonly used for university level studies in the United States, this is not the case in most other countries. The Junior School at these schools is often an independent unit. Commonly the Junior School only goes through age 11 while the traditional prep school cares for the boys through age 13, but many of the girls leave at ahe 11. Many of these full-term school are day schools. Some are boarding schools. Often the boarding establishment is primarily for the older children.
