I need advice on something? - to do a with secondary school?

Question

I am living in Ireland and I have three kids.
Under the Irish system, my youngest child age 10 (11 in september) is in 4th class. - his 6th year in primary school.
My second youngest is in 1st year in secondary school, he is 12 (13 in a few weeks) - he has done eight years of primary school.
And my oldest daughter in 15,(16 in November) she is in 3rd year in secondary school, she is doing a state exam this year - the junior certificate.
My question is, if i was too move my kids to british schools what years would they be in?
And can you give me some general info on british schools?

! if they were to start in August/Septmber this year !

Answer 1

All children start secondary education at the age of 10/11 /12 depending on when their birthday falls in the year. My child is the same age as your youngest child and she starts secondary school in September in year7.
Secondary school children start off in year7 and go on up to year 11 which is around 16 years of age and the last year at secondary school .
At secondary school the children take GCE in their last year.
You will find plenty of sites regarding British school on the net .
We tend to also choose and find out about schools using the OFSTED reports on any school which you will find online also

Answer 2

(At the moment) Your youngest would be in his 6th year in primary school, and would then go to secondary school next year (when he is 11-12)
Your second youngest would be in his second year in secondary school.
Your oldest would be in her 5th year of secondary school.
There are 7 years of primary school and 5 of secondary school, plus 2 years of sixth form (which are not compulsory). Secondary school is started at the age of 11-12, finishes at age 16, unless you choose to stay for sixth form (or go to a sixth form college) until the age of 18.
At the end of the 5th year of secondary school, there are the GCSE exams (at age 15-16).
At the end of the first year of sixth form, there are AS level exams (age 16-17)
At the end of the second year of sixth form there are A Level exams (age 17-18). A Levels are split between the two years, so that the AS exams count for half of an A Level, the second half being done in the second year of sixth form.
A Levels are then used to gain entry into UNiversity, if you choose to go, otherwise they can help with job applications.
Hope that helps!

Answer 3

Youngest would go into year 7, first year in the secondary system, next one would go into year 9, third year secondary, ( I think this is right, from what you've said about years done already) Oldest will go into year 11, GCSE year.
Hope that helps.
Best advice for finding out about schools is to look at the area you're moving to, get the names of all the secondaries in the area and look at OFSTED reports for them. If you just Google OFSTED you'll find out how.

Answer 4

I'm British but moved to Ireland and had kids (still struggling with the Irish notion of 1st class being the 3rd year etc.!)

Assuming you move right now today:

10 year old 4th year of primary school, starting 1st year of secondary school next September

12 year old => 3rd year of secondary school

15 year old => 5th year, taking what I used to know as "O" levels in June

Feel free to email me with any more specifics!

Answer 5

Scottish and English school systems are very different. You didn't specify whether British just meant English, but no one's commented on the Scottish system so far, so:

In Scotland your youngest would go into P6 (primary year 6). Second youngest would go into S1 (first year of high school) and your oldest would be in S4.

Your daughter would sit Standard Grades (usually 8 of them) in May. In Scotland it is compulsory to do exams in English, maths, a science, a social subject (geography, history or modern studies) and a modern language. Unlike in England, most pupils specify in biology, chemistry or physics at Standard Grade level, rather than doing general science. As well as the compulsory subjects, pupils can choose to do others such as a second language, science, or social subject or art/music/computing/home economics/drama etc.

After this, in S5 she would go on to choose either five Higher subjects or Intermediate 1 or 2, depending on how well she did in her Standard Grades. In S6 pupils can choose to sit more Highers, or do Advanced Highers or the English A Levels.

Your sons would be following the 5 - 14 curriculum, which means they would be doing tests at different levels, from Level A in P2 to Level F in S2. (Similar to the English "Key Stages").

The main differences to note here are the fact that Scottish pupils stay a year longer at primary school than English kids, and after they have sat exams at 16, they stay at the same school for their last 2 years (in England they would normally go to a Sixth Form College to do A Levels).

Answer 6

I live in Nothern Ireland. The schools here would the same rules as those in Britain. If you youngest son lived here he would be in primary 6 at the moment. If you're second youngest son lived here he would in 2nd year in secondary school and if your daughter was in school here she woud be in 4th year secondary school. Unfortunately I don't have any information on british schools.

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