The School Years

What Are the Year Names and What Age Groups Are in Them?

Want to know the names of the years of children's schooling?
How do you know what first grade is?
What class year is "Reception"?
What are the years names?

High school years names and American school year names such as freshman, sophomore, junior senior ages are not the same across every school system.

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.

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

Children in a classroom sat happily at desks

The grid shows examples of different countries and the names they give to their year groups.

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