In Scotland, elementary school is called primary school and students start out at primary 1 which they are 4 and 5 years old.
Interesting, I think I was 5 when I started 1st grade, I could be wrong thoug
foundation to grade 6. In the United States, primary education is Grades 1-3 and elementary education usually consists of grades 1-6.
Millennium Development Goal.
The United Nations Millennium Development Goal 2 was to achieve universal primary education by the year 2015, by which time their aim was to ensure that all children everywhere, regardless of race or gender, will be able to complete primary schooling.
Due to the fact that the United Nations specifically focused on Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, as
year younger. In Northern Ireland they are two years younger. In Scotland, first grade is equivalent to Primary 3. Pupils in Primary 3 are 7 to 8 years old. America call their primary education grade school where in Scotland they call it primary school as it would be primary 1 would start after Kindergarten (nursery) and you would be age 4 to 5 years of age. then it would be primary 2 the next year and so on up until primary 7 which would be your last year at primary school then