school leaver - WordReference Forums
Sep 9, 2007 · School leaver is a pupil who has left school, at whetever age and with whatever qualifications (or none). E.g. School leavers may go on to a further education college or university. School leavers may be looking for jobs. School leavers may have different levels of qualification from zero to 15 GCSEs or more.
school leaver - WordReference Forums
Oct 20, 2015 · school leaver. Thread starter nitis2005; Start date Mar 13, 2006; N. nitis2005 Senior Member. germany Mar ...
School-leavers [British English] - WordReference Forums
Jan 19, 2022 · "School leaver" would be the correct term. If you want to specify qualifications, say, in a job advert, you might add "with at least two A-level passes", for example. Last edited: Jan 19, 2022
school-leaver - WordReference Forums
Jun 2, 2009 · "School-leaver" meaning someone who has completed school is, to the best of my knowledge, strictly BE usage. It sounds in your passage as if "school-leaver" is being used to mean what we (in AE) would call a "high school dropout." "School-leaver" wouldn't be the most common way of saying this in AE, but I could see it as a possibility.
Leave for school vs. Leave for class - WordReference Forums
Jul 4, 2018. #3. In most situations, you cannot use both "school" and "class". Only one of those makes sense. In all cases "for" means "to go to". And I assume you mean "leave home", though they could be leaving some other place. In US schools, grades K and 1-12, students are required to be in the school all day.
"start school" "finish school" - WordReference Forums
Jan 19, 2013 · In AE, yes. But "finish school" is literal: it means "stop attending school". Different people stop attending school at different levels: 1) after high school. 2) after a 4-year undergraduate college degree. 3) after a 4-year undergraduate college degree plus a 2-year Master's degree. 4) after a 4-year undergraduate college degree plus a 2-year ...
permanent leaver (education) - WordReference Forums
french. Aug 17, 2007. #1. Dear all, The context is academic and about academic registration. On student registration documents in UK Universities, we could sometimes find: "Status: Permanent Leaver". Apparently the expression "Half Leaver" does also exist. The word "leaver" does not appear in wordreference dictionary.
She teaches in/at a school | WordReference Forums
Aug 3, 2015 · Senior Member. Which is the best option in the following sentences: in or at? 1. She is a teacher. She teaches in/at a school. 2. She is a teacher. She teaches in/at school. Also, when I read sentence number 1, I understand that "She" teaches in/at an undetermined school building--since the indefinite article "a" comes before "school."
out of school vs. off school | WordReference Forums
Mar 29, 2016 · If, however, my colleague is 'out of school', this means that he has been in school but has had to leave, and will possibly return at some point on the same day, after a meeting/appointment etc. 'Off work' means not being at work for a determined period due to illness/holiday etc. 'Out of work' means unemployed. I hope this helps.
late to/for school. | WordReference Forums
Jul 15, 2010 · A student is “late for school” if they arrive at 8:45 when the school day has started at 8:30. If a student arrives at 8:30, but later sneaks outside during a class change to smoke a cigarette and comes to a 9:30 class at 9:40, the student is “late for class”.