• Year 8 is suitable for students who are 12 years old or above when they start school on September 1st: Please contact Maxway to find out which British secondary schools have Year 8 boarding services?

• Year 9 is suitable for students who are 13 years old when they start school on September 1st: Many British boarding schools start teaching GCSE in Year 9 , so Year 9 is an easy year to find a school. Students are advised to start choosing schools at least in August of the year before school starts, register in October, and take exams in November. Some British secondary schools require students to queue up for Year 9 places when they are 11 years old.

• If a student has completed Form 2 and is 13 years old when school starts on September 1, he or she can apply for Year 9. If he or she is 14 years old, he or she can apply for Year 10.

• Many UK boarding schools start teaching GCSE in Year 9 , so Year 9 is an easy year to find a school. Students are advised to start choosing a school at least in August of the year before the start of school, register in October, and take the exam in November.

If you have completed Form 3 and are 14 years old when school starts on September 1 , you can apply for Year 10 at a British secondary school . However, Year 10 is not the admission year for British secondary schools , so British secondary schools may not have places. Please contact Maxway for more information .

If students have completed Form 3 and are 15 years old when school starts on September 1 , they can apply for a one- year GCSE ( Year 11) at a private school in the UK .

• If you are still hesitating whether you need to take GCSE for one year , as universities only look at A levels , you are welcome to learn: Does having GCSE make a difference in your choice of university or subject?

If you have completed Form 4 and are only 15 years old when school starts on September 1 , you can apply for a one- year GCSE in a British boarding school , study 5 subjects and then go to a British university through A level , IB , BTEC or Foundation .

• UK Secondary School Rankings :UK boarding schools with suitable courses for 1 year GCSE

If students go to the UK to study A-levels after finishing Form 4 and turn 16 on September 1 , they can apply for a two-year A-level , IB or BTEC course at a UK boarding school , Sixth Form College or UK college . But how to choose and why is it necessary?

First, you need to understand what the course requirements are. The following links will help you understand the course requirements, such as: How many subjects do you need to take? How many subjects can you choose? Are there any hard and fast rules for choosing subjects? The grading mechanism? How do universities interpret scores? What are the score components?

• Studying A levels in the UK
• IB Introduction
• BTEC

Secondly, it is very important to understand the score distribution of different courses . In simple terms, which subjects are easy to get A? How many people get A overall?

• A level vs IB
• DSE vs IB
• DSE vs A level

UK secondary school rankings

• UK IB Secondary School Rankings
• UK boarding school rankings: A level results

• 3 major factors in choosing a boarding school in the UK If you are still hesitating, isn’t it faster and cheaper to study Foundation in the UK after finishing Form 5? Check out: Studying in the UK after Form 5: Foundation or A Level ? to learn which students should study Foundation ? Which students should study A Level ?

• If you decide to study A level, what is the difference between A level and IB ? There will be links in the text to help you fully understand the individual courses.
• Regardless of which course you choose, students aged 16 and above can apply to British boarding schools , Sixth Form Colleges or British colleges to study A level , IB or Foundation courses.

• British colleges and universities ( FE College) allow you to complete a course equivalent to A level in one year and continue your studies