Collocations for school - noun
ADJ.
elementary, high, middle, nursery, prep/preparatory, primary, secondary | comprehensive, grammar, secondary modern | direct-grant, grant-maintained, state | independent, private, public
(In Britain ‘public schools’ are private.)
(In Britain ‘public schools’ are private.)
special
She attends a special school for children with learning difficulties.
She attends a special school for children with learning difficulties.
boys'', co-educational, girls'', mixed, mixed-sex, single-sex | boarding, residential | day | Sunday | summer | local, rural, village | art, business, dance, drama, film, language, medical, riding, secretarial, training, etc.
VERB + SCHOOL
attend, go to | start | finish, leave | skip, (play) truant from | be/stay off, keep sb off
His mum kept him off school for two weeks when he was ill.
His mum kept him off school for two weeks when he was ill.
SCHOOL + NOUN
curriculum | student | teacher (also ‘schoolteacher’)
She''s a middle-school teacher.
She''s a middle-school teacher.
leaver | building, hall, library | term, year | holidays | bus | meals | rules | uniform | assembly | age
She''s got four children of school age.
She''s got four children of school age.
PREP.
after ~
We''re going to play football after school.
We''re going to play football after school.
at (a/the) ~
She didn''t do very well at school. | Their son''s at the school near the station.
She didn''t do very well at school. | Their son''s at the school near the station.
in (a/the)~
Are the children still in school? | the cleverest child in the school
Are the children still in school? | the cleverest child in the school