The School Years

What are the year names and what age groups are in them?

American school years and other countries' school year names compared.
What are the classes called, and what age group is it?
Here is a chart to show the years together.

The names of the years of children's schooling are different across countries.
This can make searching the intranet for the appropriate worksheets or resources for your child a little tricky.
High school years names and American school year names are not the same across every school system.

Probably the most frequently asked question is what are the school year names in the USA?

The answer

PreSchool
Kindergarten
1st to 8th Grade
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior

The naming convention of school years across countries can be confusing.
The second year of school is called Year 1 in England. In Scotland its P2 and the US its Kindergarten.

Table 1: The different levels of education systems

Age	USA	England	Scotland	Australia	China	India
4-5	PreSchool	Reception	P1	Kindergarten	No school	LKG
5-6	Kindergarten	Year 1	P2	Kindergarten / Prep	No school	UKG
6-7	1st Grade	Year 2	P3	Year 1	Year 1	Class 1
7-8	2nd Grade	Year 3	P4	Year 2	Year 2	Class 2
8-9	3rd Grade	Year 4	P5	Year 3	Year 3	Class 3
9-10	4th Grade	Year 5	P6	Year 4	Year 4	Class 4
10-11	5th Grade	Year 6	P7	Year 5	Year 5	Class 5
11-12	6th Grade	Year 7	S1	Year 6	Year 6	Class 6
12-13	7th Grade	Year 8	S2	Year 7	Year 7	Class 7
13-14	8th Grade	Year 9	S3	Year 8	Year 8	Class 8
14-15	9th Grade Freshman	Year 10	S4	Year 9	Year 9	Class 9
15-16	10th Grade Sophomore	Year 11	S5	Year 10	Year 10	Class 10
16-17	11th Grade Junior	Lower Sixth	S6	Year 11	Year 11	Class 11
17-18	12th Grade Senior	Upper Sixth	Higher Ed	Year 12	Year 12	Class 12

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Table 1: The different levels of education systems in the USA, England and Scotland

Age	USA	England	Scotland
4-5	PreSchool	Reception	P1
5-6	Kindergarten	Year 1	P2
6-7	1st Grade	Year 2	P3
7-8	2nd Grade	Year 3	P4
8-9	3rd Grade	Year 4	P5
9-10	4th Grade	Year 5	P6
10-11	5th Grade	Year 6	P7
11-12	6th Grade	Year 7	S1
12-13	7th Grade	Year 8	S2
13-14	8th Grade	Year 9	S3
14-15	9th Grade Freshman	Year 10	S4
15-16	10th Grade Sophomore	Year 11	S5
16-17	11th Grade Junior	Lower Sixth	S6
17-18	12th Grade Senior	Upper Sixth	Higher Ed

Table 2: The different levels of education systems in Australia, China and India

Age	Australia	China	India
4-5	Kindergarten	No school	LKG
5-6	Kindergarten / Prep	No school	UKG
6-7	Year 1	Year 1	Class 1
7-8	Year 2	Year 2	Class 2
8-9	Year 3	Year 3	Class 3
9-10	Year 4	Year 4	Class 4
10-11	Year 5	Year 5	Class 5
11-12	Year 6	Year 6	Class 6
12-13	Year 7	Year 7	Class 7
13-14	Year 8	Year 8	Class 8
14-15	Year 9	Year 9	Class 9
15-16	Year 10	Year 10	Class 10
16-17	Year 11	Year 11	Class 11
17-18	Year 12	Year 12	Class 12

The table above shows what years the class names are.
What the age range is for children in those classes
and comparatively what other countries name the school years.

Do you wish to know the school year names in a location we haven't covered?
Does your School do something different?
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Looking for the right worksheet can be tricky

If you are looking for information or resources to help your child in school or homeschooling then use the table above as a guide to what the age ranges are and what the year name is.