Area school

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In New Zealand and Australia, an area school is a school that takes children from kindergarten age (usually 4 or 5 years old) all the way through to tertiary entrance exams (at about age 18). They tend to be built in small towns where the cost of separate primary and secondary schools cannot be justified.[1][2]

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  1. ^ The school system. Ministry of Education website. Ministry of Education, New Zealand (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
  2. ^ Quality public education and care in country South Australia. Department of Education and Children's Services website. Government of South Australia (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-02.