Junior secondary education is more commonly known as (junior) middle school education, it consists the last three years of nine years compulsory education.
Senior secondary education often refers to three years high school (or called senior middle school) education, as from grade 10 to grade 12. Normally, students who have finished six years of primary education will continue three more years of academic study in middle schools as regulated by theCompulsory education law at the age of twelve. This, however, is not compulsory for senior secondary education, where junior graduates may choose to continue a three-year academic education in academic high schools, which will eventually lead to university, or to switch to a vocational course in vocational high schools.
The academic curriculum consists of Chinese,Mathematics, English, Physics, Chemistry,Biology, Geography, History, Ideology &Political Science, Music, Fine Arts, PE,Technology, Computing etc. Some schools may also offer vocational subjects. Generally speaking, Chinese, Mathematics and Englishare considered as three main subjects as they will definitely be examed in Gaokao. In most provinces, students also need to be examined in either natural sciences, which incorporatePhysics, Chemistry and Biology, or social sciences, which incorporate Geography,History and Ideology & Political Science.

To provide for its population, China has a vast and varied school system. There are preschools, kindergartens, schools for the deaf and blind, key schools (private, cultural and vocational schools, regular secondary schools, secondary teachers' schools, secondary technical schools, and secondary professional schools), and various institutions of higher learning (consisting of regular colleges and universities, professional colleges, and short-term vocational universities).

The primary-school curriculum consisted ofChinese, mathematics, physical education,music, drawing, and elementary instruction innature, history, and geography, combined with practical work experiences around the school compound. A general knowledge of politics and moral training, which stressed love of the motherland, love of the party, and love of the people (and previously love of Chairman Mao), was another part of the curriculum. A foreign language, often English, is introduced in about the third grade. Chinese and mathematics accounted for about 60 percent of the scheduled class time; natural scienceand social science accounted for about 8 percent. Putonghua (common spoken language) was taught in regular schools andpinyin romanization in lower grades and kindergarten. The Ministry of Education required that all primary schools offer courses on morality and ethics. Beginning in the fourth grade, students usually had to perform productive labor two weeks per semester to relate classwork with production experience in workshops or on farms and relate it to academic study. Most schools had after-hour activities at least one day per week to involve students in recreation and community services.

时间安排

七年级11：15——12：00午餐时间

八年级11：25——12:00午餐时间

九年级11:30——12:00午餐时间

12：00——12：20娱乐时间

12：20——13：00七年级订正作业，八、九年级中午上课

13:00——13:45午休

13：45——13：50课前准备

二、纪律规定

1． 按时就餐，按时返校，外出吃饭注意人身安全，未经班主任批准不得滞留校外。

2． 休息时间（12：20——13：40）一律不许进出校门。如遇特殊情况，须经班主任或值班老师书面批准、署名、注明日期方可进出。

3． 统计班级午休留校人数，名单一式三份，指定两名班级学生负责人，每天12：20准时点名，核实人数。如发现人数不符，及时告知班主任和值班教师。

4． 午餐娱乐时间（11：15——12：20）：班级卫生根据留校学生名单制定卫生值日表，安排学生于12：20之前将教室卫生清扫完毕。

历史

从1999年到2007年，在短短的8年时间内，寿春中学已经实现了二步跨越。创办之初，租用45中的一幢三层小楼，借“壳”（以45中之名）招收了四个教学班250多名学生。2001年9月，学校便迁至操兵巷11号（原操兵巷小学），即拥有了达4000平米的新旧两幢教学楼，并建起了实验室、图书室、微机室等较高档次的专用教室，招生也从“借壳”走向了“自主”，亮出了自己的牌子，那一年学校已有教学班32个，学生数达到了2200多人。这是第一步跨越。2005年9月，寿春中学实现了第二步跨越。搬入了位于夏店路西侧漂亮的新校区。新校区占地27亩多，建有现代化的教学楼、实验楼、综合楼、电教信息中心和铺有塑胶跑道的操场。现代化的实验楼里装配有符合国家一类标准的理、化、生实验室，音乐室、美术室、微机室、图书室等也一应俱全。学校还建有校园局域网，并通过10兆宽带网直接连接因特网，为师生们踏上信息高速公路提供了捷径。到2011年9月，学校教学班已达99个，学生数超过了5000人，成为合肥市办学规模最大的初级中学。当前，寿春中学正孕育着力量，准备实现第三次跨越，在滨湖新区筹建一所新校……