school age

NOUN

the time when one attends compulsory school

Synonyms

WEAK

early years juvenescence juvenility younger days youth

Example Sentences

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The department said that 18,472 school age children up to the age of 16 had a diagnosis of autism in 2025/26.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

When my eldest reached school age, I couldn’t imagine sending him to a typical public school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Lawyers Cynthia Santiago and Robert Simon said Jimenez had stopped to warn the agents that a group of school age children would soon be coming.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

That would allow them to offer continuous care from nine months old all the way through to school age, she said.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

He was small in build and didn’t look much beyond primary school age, and it filled me with pity to see him doubled over, hacking like an old man.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo