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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), ...
In England and Wales, "Year 13" (or "upper Sixth") is the last year of A-Level certifications which are completed to finalize a student's last academic year. Students are usually 16–17 in Year 12 and 17–18 in Year 13.
In each country there are five stages of education: early years, primary, secondary, further education (FE) and higher education (HE). [11] The law states that full-time education is compulsory for all children between the ages of 5 (4 in Northern Ireland) and 16. [11] In England, compulsory education or training was extended to 18 in 2015. [12]
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.
Statistics for 2021 suggested that 91.5 of 16- and 17-year-olds in England were in full time education or an apprenticeship, 4.4% in other training and 5% NEET. [44] [45] A 2020 report suggested that the percentage of 16- to 17-year-olds in the UK in any kind of paid employment had fallen from 48.1% in 1997-99 to 25.4% in 2017-19. [46]
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)
Primary 1–6 (小一 – 小六) corresponds to Years 1–6 in the UK, and Forms 1 – 6 (中一 – 中六) correspond to Years 7–12. Usually students begin Primary 1 at age 5 or 6 and complete Form 6 at age 17 or 18.