Totally agree op I find it very confusing as when I went to school in England 1st year at high school was called 1st year no idea what it's called now y6/7/8?
Also in Scotland we don't use the same system
Posters insisting it's fine because that's the ENGLISH system need to remember mn is primarily a UNITED KINGDOM site but in addition has posters/members from outside the uk.
If you have a gap in your knowledge it's best to try and learn the school years and ages rather than everyone else adjusting the way they post.
Why should we have to when our kids aren't/weren't in that system, are perhaps adults by now and we weren't in that system?
Unless it's specifically school related just say the child's age like a normal person!
You wouldn't introduce them in real life as
"This is little Johnny I'm not gonna tell you his age but he's in year 8"
I mean wtf!
Age is universally understood - pretentious school year naming systems that make little sense is not!
and the Scottish system isn’t massively different, either.
What are you basing that on?!
The scottish school system is very different from the English system in a number of ways inc this
Surely we all remember what the school years mean from when we went to school ourselves?!
Genuine question how old are you?
Cos I went through the English/welsh system and that's not what we had - I'm 49
Mners in Scotland and Northern Ireland didn't and still don't! My dd 20 wouldn't know what you meant as she went through the Scots system
Anyone know when did it change and why did it change? I hate when things like this are changed PURELY for changes sake!
as it wasn't introduced until the 90s thanks for that info
You're right op that first reply was not only rude but ignorant and to a degree prejudiced
It definitely happens.
It does and it's usually arsey ops/pps who think it will be soooo identifying if they state their child's age!!
but i know they go when aged 11!
I think you meant in England yes? In Scotland it's 12
When I was I'm school, it was infants, juniors and seniors
Same - and in some places we lived there were even middle schools! Not sure if they still exist we didn't go to one though, infants (completely separate school for me and my brother) then junior/primary and then high school/secondary/senior
they expect dc to suddenly manage to get themselves safely to school, have the phone and independence with no gradual build up. It's bizarre
Yea I don't understand that either. My sister did that with hers - spoon fed them right to the end of the summer holidays before they started high school then expected them to just cope suddenly getting themselves to school by public (not school) bus, and having the right stuff in their bags for each day and not losing clothes etc (frankly she should have tackled the latter YEARS before!)
English exceptionalism right here...
Yep! In SPADES in 2 particular posts!
@stingofthebutterfly
READ THE THREAD
And learn the FACT that the education systemS In the uk are NOT all the same to the extent of different ages when kids start school
I'm sorry that you lack basic research skills.
A don't be so patronising!
B I don't come on mn to have to research/do a bloody calculation EVERY time some poster falsely thinks it's more identifying to state an age and wankily posts a school year instead (AND often doesn't say WHERE they are)
Roughly year 11. ie you don't know! Oh and you're wrong btw
What 1% are you referring to? Scots are certainly more than 1% of the uk and I'd say from the responses there's a good deal more than 1% of mners agree with op!
@Simonjt ahh bless you  I'm familiar with your posts reckon you're a great dad!
@DeepaBeesKit oh don't even get me STARTED on the tits that use key stages for something not REMOTELY related to key stages!