[Matthew Triggs]

Right, I know people have no idea what schools are like across the atlantic - I have no idea about Grades, and when you go to college. But here is the British System, hopefully Americans can post their system here aswell.

Age - Year - Tests

3-4 - Nursuary - None
Primary School
4-5 - Reception - None
5-6 - Year 1 - None
6-7 - Year 2 - SATs (SATs are taken in English, Maths and Science)
7-8 - Year 3 - None
8-9 - Year 4 - None
9-10 - Year 5 - None
10-11 - Year 6 - SATs
High School
11-12 - Year 7 - None
12-13 - Year 8 - None
13-14 - Year 9 - SATs
14-15 - Year 10 - GCSEs
15-16 - Year 11 - GCSEs (Note: In some schools, GCSEs are taken a year early. The amount of GCSEs vary, but often between 9 and 11)
College
Formal Schooling Stops and people don't have to go to school anymore!
16-17 - Year 12 - A-Levels (Anywhere between 1 and 5)
17-18 - Year 13 - A-Levels
University
A Person normally chooses one subject to specialize in and moves away from home at this time. Courses lengths vary depending on course.

Glossary
GCSE - General Certificate of Secondary Education
SAT - Statutory Assesment Test
A-Level - Advanced Level

[The_Heroic_Loser]

These are the typical numbers for American schooling, but it varies in some places.

Age - Year - Tests
4 - Preschool - none
5 - Kindergarten - none
6 - 1st Grade - I honestly can't remember if we took any tests that year
7 - 2nd Grade - " "
8 - 3rd Grade - " "
9 - 4th Grade - CAT 6 (for Cali, but different for other states)
10 - 5th Grade - " "
11 - 6th Grade - " "
12 - 7th Grade - CST (or Star Testing)
13 - 8th Grade - " "
14 - 9th Grade - " "
15 - 10th Grade - " " (Californians have to take the California High School Exit Exam also)
16 - 11th Grade - " " (SAT and ACT are optional tests you may take)
17 - 12th Grade - none (unless you're taking the SAT or ACT)
18+ - college - I don't know....typical college tests, I guess...

Take notice that the tests above apply only to California (except the SAT and ACT).

[Matthew Triggs]

What age is the American High School? Or Grade School?

I think that's what they're called..

[Ikin]

Originally Posted by Matthew Triggs

What age is the American High School? Or Grade School?

I think that's what they're called..

High school is usually 13-18, grades 9-12.

[Matthew Triggs]

Ah, okay. Our High school begins two years before, and ends two years before.

[The_Heroic_Loser]

Do Brits have to go to a two-year college before they go to a university?

[Matthew Triggs]

Yes. To go to university as soon as you can, you have to go to college and get A Levels. Although really, you can go to college at any age - it's just that Unis look at a candidates A Levels

[The_Heroic_Loser]

That kinda sucks. Americans can go straight to a university after high school. Sometimes, if we skip grades and graduate high school early, we could be in a university at a very young age, like 15.

[Sam Bradley]

Originally Posted by The_Heroic_Loser

That kinda sucks. Americans can go straight to a university after high school. Sometimes, if we skip grades and graduate high school early, we could be in a university at a very young age, like 15.

Actually I skipped a grades.I'm going into college by 17 if I stop screwing around in class.

[Ikin]

Heh, the initials of "Atlantic Schooling System" spell ass.