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school age

NOUN
the time when one attends compulsory school
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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

She believes childminders could easily cope with an extra child under compulsory school age.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

Less than half of all African children of school age attended any school at all, and only a tiny number of Africans were graduated from high school.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela