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Year 12 is an educational year group in schools in many countries including England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. It is sometimes the twelfth or thirteenth year of compulsory education, or alternatively a year of post-compulsory education.
Education in England; ... Students over 16 typically study in the sixth form of a school (sixth form is a historical term for Years 12–13), ...
Students are usually 16–17 in Year 12 and 17–18 in Year 13. While the school leaving age in the rest of the UK is 16 years old, in 2015 education in England became compulsory until the age of 18. [19] After this age, students can leave education if they choose without necessarily completing year 13.
Year 6: 12: Year 7: Key Stage 3: Secondary School or High School Secondary School with Sixth Form 13: Year 8: 14: Year 9: Upper School: 15: Year 10: Key Stage 4. GCSE. 16: Year 11: 17: Year 12 (Lower Sixth) Key Stage 5 / Sixth Form. A-level, BTEC, International Baccalaureate, Cambridge Pre-U, etc. Sixth Form/FE College: 18: Year 13 (Upper Sixth)
In New Zealand, under the old system of forms, standards and juniors, sixth form was the equivalent of Year 12 in today's system. Year 13 was known as seventh form. Australia also sometimes uses the term for year 12, though the Australian year 12 is equivalent to the NZ Year 13 / seventh form and the UK's upper sixth / Year 13.
Middle schools in England are defined in English and Welsh law as being schools in which the age range of pupils starts younger than 10 years and six months and finishes older than 12 years of age. [1] The number of middle schools, including combined schools for children aged between 5 and 12, reached a peak of over 1400 by 1983. [2]
Year 6: 12 Year 7: Key Stage 3: Secondary School or High School Secondary School with Sixth Form 13 Year 8: 14 Year 9: Upper School: 15 Year 10: Key Stage 4. GCSE. 16 Year 11: 17 Year 12 (Lower Sixth) Key Stage 5 / Sixth Form. A-level, BTEC, T-level, International Baccalaureate, Cambridge International, etc. Sixth Form/FE College: 18 Year 13 ...
As a result, children in their first year of senior school (aged 11–12 years) might be in the first year, third year or seventh year. Where the same form number is used for two year groups, they are differentiated by the terms "upper" and "lower". The most senior forms are traditionally lower and upper sixth or first and second year sixth.