Question to the brits about school.

Is it true that you guys only go to school up into the 10th grade? Becuase in America we go to school up intil the 12th grade. Also if its true that your last grade is 10th grade, does that mean y'all go to college at the age of 15?

For where i live which is Scotland we have 7 years of primary school , then 4 years of secondary school(High School) Then if we wish too we can do two more years of secondary school. After that we can go to collage or university.

For where i live which is Scotland we have 7 years of primary school , then 4 years of secondary school(High School) Then if we wish too we can do two more years of secondary school. After that we can go to collage or university.

EvilSteveo

Yeah we can get in University for free , But the tax payers pay for it.

Is it true that you guys only go to school up into the 10th grade? Becuase in America we go to school up intil the 12th grade. Also if its true that your last grade is 10th grade, does that mean y'all go to college at the age of 15?

lol_haha_dead

It's possible to finnish in year 11 (age 15-16), but most clever people stay in school up until sixth form ends.clembo1990

[QUOTE="clembo1990"]It's possible to finnish in year 11 (age 15-16), but most clever people stay in school up until sixth form ends.super_mario_128

Have a gap year or somehing and see the world.clembo1990

Yeah we can get in University for free , But the tax payers pay for it.

EvilSteveo

Yeah we can get in University for free , But the tax payers pay for it.

EvilSteveo

What's 6th form? Is it like a trade school?lol_haha_dead

[QUOTE="clembo1990"] Have a gap year or somehing and see the world.Jandurin

[QUOTE="lol_haha_dead"]What's 6th form? Is it like a trade school?super_mario_128

What's 6th form? Is it like a trade school?lol_haha_dead

[QUOTE="super_mario_128"][QUOTE="lol_haha_dead"]What's 6th form? Is it like a trade school?kulmiye

Shame I'll most likely be surrounded with people whose intentions are to get pissed and high every evening.super_mario_128

For where i live which is Scotland we have 7 years of primary school , then 4 years of secondary school(High School) Then if we wish too we can do two more years of secondary school. After that we can go to collage or university.

EvilSteveo

I have no idea how the Grade system works, but in England, for mandatory education you have Primary School from 5-11/12 year olds (Years 1-6), followed by Secondary School from 11-15/16 year olds (Year 7-11). You don't have to carry on any education after Year 11, but there are talks of making it from 16 to 18 (making Sixth Form/College mandatory).

After Secondary School you can go into Sixth Form/College (both acceptable terms) where you do either BTecs or AS/A2 Levels for only 2 years. College, as far as memory serves, is free but everything else about it costs.

University is in no way free. You have to take out a student loan, unless you're rich enough to pay for it anyway, and costs £3000 a year for the course.

British education is an invariant sequence. From the end of high school you can take as long as you want doing further education, but you never skip a stage.

We go to school until 16 (Final Year is Year 11, equivilant to 10th Grade) and sit our GCSE exams. Then where we can choose, either leave or carry on with what is known as Further Education (Involves either a separate college, or a schools Sixth Form). We do that for two years (sometimes known as Years 12 and 13) and receive further qualifications. Then we can choose again, either go to university or take a year off or anything else you want.

The key is that at the end of Year 11 (Grade 10) at age 16, once you have completed your GCSE's, you are a 'free' human being

Year 11, this best year of my life!

After that you can leave to get a job or go onto uni :)tofu-lion91

[QUOTE="tofu-lion91"]After that you can leave to get a job or go onto uni :)AirGuitarist87

[QUOTE="AirGuitarist87"][QUOTE="tofu-lion91"]After that you can leave to get a job or go onto uni :)Jandurin

Most houses in Britain don't have basements. Instead you can apply for a Council House and live off various forms of benefits (re: free money) for the rest of your days.AirGuitarist87

i finished school at what you would call grade 11 when i was 16, then i did 2 years of college although some stay on at school and do a thing called sixth form, now im doing 3 years of university, ill be going into my third year of that in september.

It sounds like 6th form is somewhat like an American community college where one would go if they weren't ready to be fully emerged in the University environment. Is that in any way a somewhat accurate comparison?

It sounds like 6th form is somewhat like an American community college where one would go if they weren't ready to be fully emerged in the University environment. Is that in any way a somewhat accurate comparison?

Smoke89

It sounds like 6th form is somewhat like an American community college where one would go if they weren't ready to be fully emerged in the University environment. Is that in any way a somewhat accurate comparison?

Smoke89

No. You have to have A-levels (what you do in sixth form) or those vocational dealies if you want to go to university, and the more academic universities would only accept A-levels.