The phrase "started primary" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used when talking about a person's education or career journey. Example: After graduating from high school, Sarah started primary school to become a teacher.
We live in a relatively rural area and our child has just started primary school.
When Capper's only son started primary school, a letter came home encouraging all new parents to become involved.
5) The party would make parents sign up to a behaviour contract when their child started primary school.
Tom, who was born on 28 August 2005, still struggled to dress himself when he started primary school a few days after his fifth birthday.
Burhan, from Kent, not his real name, started paying for tutors for his son and daughter, when they started primary school.
Field, who is 28 years old and lives on the outskirts of Reading, has had type 1 diabetes since she started primary school.
"Next year my beautiful little daughter, Clementine, will be starting primary school," he said.
Since 2008 the education ministry has given satchels with pens and exercise books to millions starting primary school.
Ms Kendall said children from the poorest backgrounds are already 15 months behind their peers when they start primary school.
One-third of children do not attend the requisite hours of preschool, meaning they start primary school on the back foot, the report from Victoria University's Mitchell Institute says.
Hardship associated with poverty affects learning even before children start primary school, and those who encounter difficulties early on face an uphill struggle to catch up.
