• Hellfire103@sopuli.xyzOP
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    My school moves everyone up after the GCSEs and A-Levels are over, which is in May or June. The holiday starts in July.

    As far as I know, we’re the only school in Britain that does this.

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        1 year 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.

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

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            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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              1 year ago

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

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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.