Can someone explain how the school years work these days?

[wildstrawberryplace]

Gosh it has changed so much since my day (shows age). If you start school when you are 4 and become 5 during that academic year, how many full years of school do you attend if you attend until the academic year you are 17/18 (used to be upper sixth form)

When I try to work it out like that, there are 14 years, but I thought there were supposed to be 13?

Is reception classed as year 1?

What is confusing me is this:

4/5 reception
5/6 ??
6/7 ??
7/8 primary
8/9 primary
9/10 primary
10/11 primary
11/12 Go up to secondary (Year 7)
12/13
13/14
14/15 start GCSE syllabus
15/16 GCSE year
16/17 Start A level syllbus
17/18 Final year

Don't most kids start when they are 4?

What year is the first year of what used to be called Junior school after what used to be called infants? Is that at age 7/8?

Thanks.

Reception is the year before Year 1.

4/5 reception
5/6 year 1
6/7 year 2
7/8 year 3/start of juniors
8/9 yr 4
9/10 yr 5
10/11 yr 6
11/12 Go up to secondary (Year 7)
12/13
13/14
14/15 start GCSE syllabus
15/16 GCSE year
16/17 Start A level syllbus
17/18 Final year

It is 14 years altogether but reception is strictly speaking not school yet, but part of the foundation stage.

infant -
reception (foundation stage)
years 1 and 2 (Key Stage 1)

junior -
years 3,4,5,6(Key Stage 2)

senior -
years 7,8,9 (Key Stage 3)
years 10 and 11 (Key Stage 4 GCSEs)
years 12 and 13 (Key Stage 5 A levels)

How come I'm so slow?

DS1 started school (reception) in January 2007. Presuming he does his A levels he will leave in July 2021. So he will have done 14.5 years in school.

Here up to age 7 (the end of year 2) is the foundation stage.

Thanks - it makes perfect sense now.