If u do your school certificate in australia then do grades 11 and 12 in england do you still repeat a grade?

Question

if u finish yr 10 in australia and have a school certificate then travel to london and do grades 11 and 12 there do you still repeat a grade in london or do u continue off were you finished in australia

Answer 1

We do not have "grades" in schools in London or the UK - which 'class' you are put in depends entirely on what age you are at the start of September each year.  September is the start of the school year here.

Each 'class' is given a year number starting from one for children of 5 years old.

So you will go into Year 7 if you are 11 at the start of September

You will go into Year 8 if you are 12 at the start of September

Year 9 if you are 13 at the start of September.

Year 10 if you are 14 at the start of September

Year 11 if you are 15 at the start of September

Year 12 if you are 16 at the start of September.

This has no relation to whatever academic qualifications you may have received elsewhere.

So whether you will be repeating any of the work you have already done will depend on the differences in curriculums between the UK and Australia

Answer 2

As far as I know you go into whichever year group is for your age. For example, if you are 16 years old before september this year, in September you will go into year 12, which is technically considered college or further education, since after year 11 education is not compulsory in the UK.

Years 12 and 13 are for the 16-18 year olds, and that's when you choose 1-4 specific subjects to take to AS (1 year course) or A2 Level (continued for a second year). As I said though, it's not compulsory, although if you want to get to Uni, you should take your A2s.