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A common practice is the year number followed by the initials of the teacher who takes the form class (e.g., a Year 7 form whose teacher is John Smith would be "7S"). Alternatively, some schools use "vertical" form classes where pupils across several year groups from the same school house are grouped together.
From years 1–6 students attend primary school. In years 7 and 8 students attend intermediate, or a joint school (years 1–8 or years 7–13). The final years of free education are spent in secondary school (years 9–13).
The Barbadian school year is fashioned after the British system, and as such, it follows a scheduling with three terms per school year. First term begins in the second week of September and continues for 15 weeks, ending in mid-December, excluding one week for mid-term break in late October.
In Kirklees, West Yorkshire, in the villages of the Dearne Valley there is a three tier system: first schools year reception to year five, middle school (Scissett/Kirkburton Middle School) year 6 to year 8, and high school [28] year 9 to year 13. A public school has opposite meanings in the two countries. In American English this is a ...
Christmas or Winter Break – Varies in length per school; usually starts on the third Saturday in December and ends a day or two after New Year's Day (sometimes the first Monday after New Year's Day), unless New Year's Day falls on a Sunday in which case the first Monday (January 2) is the official holiday and schools may not begin until ...
In the state sector, the system was changed for the 1990–1991 academic year and school years are now numbered consecutively from primary school onwards. Year 1 is the first year of primary school after Reception. The first year of secondary school is Year 7. The Lower Sixth (the first year of sixth form) is Year 12 and the Upper Sixth (the ...
Harper decided to keep the school in session year-round and divide it into four terms instead of the then-traditional two. [ 4 ] Of the four traditional academic calendars (semester, quarter, trimester, and 4-1-4 ), the semester calendar is used the most widely, at over 60% of U.S. higher learning institutions , with fewer than 20% using the ...
Fee paying independent schools Early Years: Nursery (or Pre-School) None, though individual schools may set end of year tests. 3 to 4: Primary Lower Infant: Various 'gifted and talented' programmes within state and independent schools. [24] Pre-preparatory Reception (or Foundation) 4 to 5 KS1: Year 1: 5 to 6 Year 2: 6 to 7 KS2: Year 3: 7 to 8 ...