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Types of school starting with I

Infants School (1880-)

A Public School enrolling only the youngest children. The first Infants Schools were opened in Sydney in 1880 to relieve the pressure on nearby Public Schools.

Intermediate High School (1912-1977)

A school containing both primary and secondary departments, which emerged in 1912 to cater for children qualified for but unable to enrol in the State’s small number of High Schools. The Intermediate High School offered a basically academic course of instruction to Intermediate Certificate standard and sometimes beyond. Occasionally after 1928 an Intermediate High School operated briefly as a separate school before being renamed a Junior High School. In 1944 all Intermediate High Schools were classified as Central Schools, but the special designation was often retained to indicate the type of secondary course offered; in some cases the old name survived the introduction of comprehensive secondary education. The numbers of Intermediate High Schools declined rapidly after 1950 as High Schools were established in large numbers.