circumscribe. 1  to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map. 2  to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, especially narrowly: Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations. 3  to mark off; define; delimit: to circumscribe the area of a science.
Passionate about all things Australian. Middle school and High school ages depend entirely on individual school and when they set their Middle School. They vary from anywhere in years 6-9 (ages 10 - 15) for Middle school to Years 9-12 for High school (ages 14 - 18).
Those secondary schools that do have a sixth form have children who stage at school until their eighteenth year. The Secondary age year groups are as follows:-. Year 7 (age 11-12), Year 8 (age 12-13), Year 9 (age 13-14) - Key Stage 3. Year 10 (age 14-15), Year 11 (age 15-16) - Key Stage 4.