• Hellfire103OP
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    10 months ago

    Yeah, but high school starts at year 9 (age 13-14), so:

    (Y9 doesn’t exist for a bit)

    Y9 --> Y10

    Y10 --> Y11

    Y11 --> (Either leave school or just take a few extra weeks off)

    Y12 --> Y13

    Y13 --> (Leave school*)

    This is done because, after the exams, the Y11s and Y13s have no content left to learn, so there’s no point in keeping them at school.

    Also, as I said, my school is strange for doing this. Most, if not all, other British high schools are normal.

    *Unless you get held back, stay on for another year, or go to university

    TL;DR: Yeah, pretty much

      • Hellfire103OP
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        10 months ago

        North East England. Around here, it goes like this:

        • 4-8 years: First School
        • 8-13 years: Middle School
        • 13-16 years: High School

        then

        • 16-18 years: College or Sixth Form
        • 18+: University, etc.

        You are probably used to the two-tier system, with a primary school and a secondary school. Around here, though, we mainly have a three-tier system.