If you are teaching English or teaching schoolchildren in the UK, Europe or Asia, or sending your children to school in another country, you may find that you need to know The UK, USA and Singapore school year names are different.
In the UK you will find two years of infant school, aged 5 and 6. Then junior school, year one age 7. Then secondary school. Then sixth form or sixth form college. Then college or university (called uni for short).
The US and Singapore years are a year different.
From Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States
The UK system is different:
This is slightly Americanised. In London I would never refer to a secondary high school, just a secondary school or a comprehensive or grammar school. In the old days we also had Secondary Modern schools.
Angela Lansbury, author, speaker. See my other blogs on quotations and speeches.
In the UK you will find two years of infant school, aged 5 and 6. Then junior school, year one age 7. Then secondary school. Then sixth form or sixth form college. Then college or university (called uni for short).
The US and Singapore years are a year different.
From Wikipedia
| Preschool | Pre-kindergarten | 3–5 | |||
| Compulsory education | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elementary school | Kindergarten | 5–6 | |||
| 1st grade | 6–7 | ||||
| 2nd grade | 7–8 | ||||
| 3rd grade | 8–9 | ||||
| 4th grade | 9–10 | ||||
| 5th grade | 10–11 | ||||
| Middle school | 6th grade | 11–12 | |||
| Junior high school | 7th grade | 12–13 | |||
| 8th grade | 13–14 | ||||
| High school | Freshman/9th Grade | 14–15 | |||
| Senior high school | Sophomore/10th Grade | 15–16 | |||
| Junior/11th Grade | 16–17 | ||||
| Senior/12th Grade | 17–18 | ||||
| Higher education | |||||
| College (University) | Undergraduate school | First year: "Freshman year" | ages vary | ||
| Second year: "Sophomore year" | ages vary | ||||
| Third year: "Junior year" | ages vary | ||||
| Fourth year: "Senior year" | ages vary | ||||
| Graduate school (with various degrees and curricular partitions thereof) | Ages vary | ||||
| Continuing education | |||||
| Vocational school | Ages vary | ||||
| Adult education | |||||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States
The UK system is different:
| Key stage | Year | Final exam | Ages | State funded school name | State funded Alternative name | State funded selective school name | Fee paying private school name | Fee paying entrance exam name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation | Nursery | 3-4 | ||||||
| Foundation | Reception | 4-5 | Primary | Infant | ||||
| Key Stage 1 | Year One | 5-6 | Primary | Infant | ||||
| Key Stage 1 | Year Two | 6-7 | Primary | Infant | ||||
| Key Stage 2 | Year Three | 7-8 | Primary | Junior | ||||
| Key Stage 2 | Year Four | 8-9 | Primary | Junior | Prep school | |||
| Key Stage 2 | Year Five | 9-10 | Primary | Junior | Prep school | |||
| Key Stage 2 | Year Six | SATS, 11+ | 10-11 | Primary | Junior | Prep school | ||
| Key Stage 3 | Year Seven | 11-12 | Secondary | High school | Grammar school | Prep school | ||
| Key Stage 3 | Year Eight | 12-13 | Secondary | High school | Grammar school | Prep school | ||
| Key Stage 3 | Year Nine | 13-14 | Secondary | High school | Grammar school | Public school | Common Entrance Examination | |
| Key Stage 4 | Year Ten | 14-15 | Secondary | High school | Grammar school | Public school | ||
| Key Stage 4 | Year Eleven | GCSE | 15-16 | Secondary | High school | Grammar school | Public school | |
| Key Stage 5 | Year Twelve | 16-17 | Secondary | Sixth form | Grammar school | Public school | ||
| Key Stage 5 | Year Thirteen | A-Levels | 17-18 | Secondary | Sixth form | Grammar school | Public school |
This is slightly Americanised. In London I would never refer to a secondary high school, just a secondary school or a comprehensive or grammar school. In the old days we also had Secondary Modern schools.
Angela Lansbury, author, speaker. See my other blogs on quotations and speeches.
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