• @blackn1ght
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    310 months ago

    I don’t really get what you mean.

    • Hellfire103OP
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      210 months ago

      Instead of moving up to the next year (the British term for “grade”) in September, we do it after the exams (finals) are over, which is in June.

      • @blackn1ght
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        110 months ago

        Oh right, so if you’re in year 7, you start year 8 before the summer holidays?

        • 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

          • @blackn1ght
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            110 months ago

            Where are you in the UK? High school starts age 11 usually.

            • Hellfire103OP
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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.