Primary Schools / Elementary Schools
Starting Primary School / Elementary School in Adelaide, South Australia
Primary schools in Adelaide (South Australia) accept children aged five and upwards. Children are not legally required to attend school until they are aged six.
In practice, children usually start school at the start of whichever term follows their fifth birthday. Hence there are four intakes of reception year children every year.
The current education policy is that children starting primary school should stay for between 11 and 14 terms in the junior primary school. (Four terms equals one school year.) This can be varied in exceptional circumstances.
Starting Terms in Adelaide
| Term Child Begins School | Normal Number of Terms in Junior Primary Classes |
| Third Term | 14 terms |
| Fourth Term | 13 terms |
| First Term | 12 terms |
| Second Term | 11 terms |
Between which ages do children attend primary school in Adelaide / South Australia?
Children attend primary school from their reception year until the end of year seven. For most children, this means they attend primary school from age five to age eleven or twelve.
Do school students in Adelaide wear a school uniform?
Whether or not a school has a uniform is determined by each school’s council. In practice the great majority of Adelaide’s schools have a uniform and children are required to wear it.