• Hellfire103OP
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      1 year 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

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          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.