Summary
The British secondary school system admits students by age, so it is easy to see what courses are available for students of different ages who want to go to British secondary schools . There are also frequently asked questions, answers: When should I apply for a British secondary school ? Welcome to Maxway Education for inquiries .
Secondary school in the UK lasts for 7 years from Year 7 to Year 13, 4 of which have public examinations:
The secondary school system in Northern Ireland and Wales is the same as the above arrangement, but the tuition fees of their boarding schools may be more competitive. Welcome to learn about: The cheapest boarding schools in the UK . In addition, you can also see from the ranking of British boarding schools that there are some boarding schools in Northern Ireland and Wales with ideal academic performance.
As for the Scottish secondary school system, some of their boarding schools follow the English secondary school system, while others follow the Scottish system:
The article on the Scottish secondary school system explains in detail why it would be a year faster to complete secondary school here than to go to both secondary school and university in England.
Generally speaking, the British government links the curriculum to the qualification framework, and then requires the student age to match the curriculum as a condition for issuing a student visa. Therefore, if you are over the age limit, there will be problems with your student visa. However, British boarding schools need to meet a lot of government requirements every year to keep the right to nominate students for student visas (Sponsorship). If a school loses the right to nominate students for student visas because of one or two students' mistakes, the minimum penalty will be that it cannot recruit international students for a period of time. It's not worth it!
UK Student Visa Points
Generally , British boarding schools only have the right to nominate Child Student Visa. If you are over 16 years old, your Child Student Visa needs to be renewed and is valid for 3 years. Therefore, if you take your age and level into consideration, and you cannot complete the British secondary school curriculum within 3 years after you turn 16 , most British boarding schools will refuse to accept you. You need to consider British Sixth Form Colleges , which generally have the right to nominate Child Student Visa and Tier 4 Visa.
British education system ( entry age starts from September 1st ) = Hong Kong education system
Year 1 (5 years old)
Year 2 (6 years old) = Primary 1 in Hong Kong
Year 3 (7 years old) = Hong Kong Primary 2
Year 4 (8 years old) = Hong Kong junior high school student
Year 5 (9 years old) = Hong Kong Primary 4
Year 6 (10 years old) = Hong Kong Primary 5
Year 7 (11 years old) = Primary 6 in Hong Kong
Year 8 (12 years old) = Secondary 1 in Hong Kong
Year 9 (13 years old) = Hong Kong Secondary 2
Year 10 (14 years old) = Form 3 in Hong Kong
Year 11 (15 years old) = Form 4 in Hong Kong
Year 12 (16 years old) = Form 5 in Hong Kong
( A level or BTEC or IB ) or UK Foundation or HNC
Year 13 (17 years old) = Form 6 in Hong Kong
( A level or BTEC or IB ) or HND or Foundation Degree International year 1
Since Hong Kong starts primary school one year later than the UK, Hong Kong students are generally one year older than the UK. According to the explanation of Child Student Visa above, there will generally be no problem attending UK boarding schools .
If you are 2 years older than the above-mentioned UK school system, that is, you are 16 years old and still at the Year 10 level, UK boarding schools will generally refuse to accept you because the Child Student Visa after the age of 16 is only valid for 3 years at the Year 10 level. After 3 years, that is, it is Year 12, and you cannot complete the A level .
In this case, you can either consider a Sixth Form College from the beginning , as they have the nomination rights for Child Student Visa and Tier 4 Visa, or plan to transfer to a UK university Foundation after completing Year 11 GCSE and apply for a Tier 4 Student Visa, which is valid for 5 years.
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