 a middle school (also called a junior high school or intermediate school) is a school which children attend between primary school and secondary school in places which use three or four levels of schooling, typically between the ages of about 10â14 although this varies. more commonly, two levels of schooling are used, with children moving directly from primary to secondary school at about 11 years old. ==afghanistan==  in afghanistan, middle school consists of 6, 7 and 8 grade. ==algeria==  in algeria, a middle school includes grades 6 through 10, consisting of students from ages 10 or 11 to 15. ==australia== most regions of australia do not have middle schools, as students go directly from primary school to secondary school. as an alternate to the middle school model, some secondary schools divided their grades into junior high school (years 7 to 9 or 10) and senior high school (years 10 or 11 and 12).an example of this is mccarthy catholic college â originally named our lady of the rosary college, established in 1981. in 1996 and 1997, a national conference met to develop what became known as the national middle schooling project, which aimed to develop a common australian view of * early adolescent needs * guiding principles for educators * appropriate strategies to foster positive adolescent learning. the first middle school established in australia was the armidale school, in armidale (approximately 570&nbsp;km north of sydney, 470&nbsp;km south of brisbane and approximately 170&nbsp;km inland from the coast). schools have since followed this trend, such as the king's school. the northern territory has introduced a three tier system featuring middle schools for years 7â9 (approx ages 12â15) and high school year 10â12. (approx ages 15â18) many schools across queensland have introduced a middle school tier within their schools. the middle schools cover the grades/years 5 to 8. on the gold coast, upper coomera state college (prep-12) has three sub-schools; junior school (prep-6), middle school (7â9) and senior school (10â12).http://www.uppercoomerasc.eq.edu.au/main.php/pages/about-ucsc.php ==brazil== in brazil, middle school is a mandatory stage that precedes high school called "basic cycle""ens
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