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United Kingdom and American Grades |
| Many people use the resources on the internet as part of their facilitating an education for their children. Since facts are (should be) the same, regardless of their source, we often end up using websites created by Americans. Sometimes, for those people who do wish to compare the progress of their children with their schooled peers, it is difficult to know at what age group a lesson plan/presentation is aimed. Hopefully the following table will help in matching the resources available with your child's development, and save you time in looking around. More information on the National Curriculum can be found here. |
Age* |
England |
Scotland |
USA |
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Known As |
Key Stage |
Year |
Year |
Grade |
|
0-4 |
Pre-School |
- |
- |
- |
- |
4-5 |
" |
Reception |
- |
P1 |
Pre K |
5-6 |
Primary School |
KS1 |
1 |
P2 |
Kindergarten |
6-7 |
" |
" |
2 |
P3 |
1 |
7-8 |
Junior School |
KS2 |
3 |
P4 |
2 |
8-9 |
" |
" |
4 |
P5 |
3 |
9-10 |
" |
" |
5 |
P6 |
4 |
10-11 |
" |
" |
6 |
P7 |
5 |
11-12 |
Secondary School |
KS3 |
7 |
S1 |
6 |
12-13 |
" |
" |
8 |
S2 |
7 |
13-14 |
" |
" |
9 |
S3 |
8 |
14-15 |
Secondary School - GCSE |
KS4 |
10 |
S4 |
9 |
15-16 |
" |
" |
11 |
S5 |
10 |
16-17 |
6th Form College |
A' Level |
- |
S6 |
11 |
17-18 |
" |
" |
- |
- |
12 |
* Note that, due to having fixed starting dates for schools, a child could start school just before their fourth birthday or as late as nearly at their sixth birthday so there could be quite a distinction between Years/Grades.
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