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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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.