Revolutionary outbreak sees school place taking precedence (6)
I believe the answer is:
putsch
'revolutionary outbreak' is the definition.
(a putsch is an attempted revolution)
'school place taking precedence' is the wordplay.
'school' becomes 'sch' (common abbreviation).
'place' becomes 'put' (synonyms).
'taking precedence' says to put letters next to each other (some letters go before others).
'sch' put after 'put' is 'PUTSCH'.
'sees' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for putsch that I've seen before include "rising" , "Violent revolt" , "Coup dtat" , "A sudden political uprising" , "Sudden illegal acquisition of power" .)