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  • Hellfire103@sopuli.xyzOPtoMemes@lemmy.mlSchool Meme
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    1 year 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.


  • Hellfire103@sopuli.xyzOPtoMemes@lemmy.mlSchool Meme
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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