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Quiddles
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Would anyone like a handy-dandy guide to UK school years/forms, how they match to US school grades, and what exams they would be doing in each year?
shapeshifter
broke b
i’m good lmao i lived in scotland for a bit so i’m familiar.
shapeshifter
broke b
wooo mollie is done! now time to work on aaron lmao
D U H
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Has anyone thought of any character ideas
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Nvm im an idiot
social
falling for you™
i think the few that have sheets up have some character ideas
shapeshifter
broke b
ahhhh aaron is done too
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Btw if you are applying with more than one character, please choose different disciplines!
Ch3rryBlossom28
Ice Queen
If anyone want some kind of relationship (romantic,friend,enemies,etc)) let me know!!
shapeshifter
broke b
in short, mollie is likely not going to have many friends. she is an unhappy girl who can get snappy w people. i wouldn’t put her as a bully per se, because she isn’t targeting ppl but she’s just generally not nice. also i’m thinking people don’t like her because of her not taking this seriously or trying hard when there are so many other people who deserves her spot at the school. so if anyone wants tension let me know lmaooo
shapeshifter
broke b
for aaron i’m looking for anything really. just note for potential romantic relationships, he wouldn’t be wanting anything serious, but obviously it could potentially develop to something more but that’s not his intention.
Ch3rryBlossom28
Ice Queen
Omg yessss mi-young will dislike Mollie.
Dah bois can be friends. I'm finishing my boys cs tonight
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falling for you™
Did you end up coming up with any character ideas?
wickedlittlecritta
lord of misrule
I used to know this and have forgotten so I would actually love a refresher if it's not a bother!
Also I finally defeated my fc struggle with an obscure model with a travel instagram lmao
copacetic
un cœur tranquille
should be finishing georgie today!!
Quiddles
Junior Member
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UK School System
INDEX
Types of School
The Academic Year
Years (Grades) and Exams
Other Useful UK Info
Types of SchoolINDEX
Types of School
The Academic Year
Years (Grades) and Exams
Other Useful UK Info
Public School (aka Independent School): Fee-paying school for 11-18 or 13-18 year old pupils
Preparatory School (aka Prep School or Private School): Fee-paying school for 7 - 11 or 7 - 13 year old pupils
Pre-Prep School: Fee-paying school for 3 - 7 year old pupils
Secondary School: State-run no-fee school for 11 - 18 year old pupils
Primary School: State-run no-fee school for 4 - 11 year old pupils
First School (aka Lower School): Parts of England only, State-run no-fee school for 4 - 9 year old pupils
Middle School: Parts of England only, State-run no-fee school for 9 - 13 year old pupils
High School (aka Upper School): Parts of England only, State-run no-fee school for 13 - 18 year old pupils
Grammar School: State-run no-fee examination entry school for 11 - 18 year old pupils (or 13 - 18 year olds). Grammar schools are one type of Secondary, High or Upper school, other types are also common but most don't require examination entry.
Sixth-Form College: England and Wales only, State-run no-fee school for 16 - 18 year old pupils
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Academic Year
The UK academic year is divided into 3 terms running from September to August. There is generally a week long half term holiday (usually just called half term) roughly half way through each term. Private schools usually have longer holidays than state-run schools, but they also have longer school days during term time. Private boarding schools may also allow two weekend exeats a term (official permission to be off site). In both state-run and private schools the penultimate or last week of the summer term is often used for school trips, such as foreign travel or adventure-type activities.
| Private school | State-run school | |
| Winter Term | 1 week half term and two weekend exeats | 1 week half term |
| Winter Holiday | 3 - 4 weeks | 2 weeks |
| Spring Term | 1 week half term and two weekend exeats | 1 week half term |
| Spring or Easter Holiday | 3 - 4 weeks | 2 weeks |
| Summer Term | 1 week half term and two weekend exeats | 1 week half term |
| Summer Holiday | 8 - 9 weeks | 6 - 7 weeks |
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Years (Grades) and Exams
(Sorry if I got you wrong in this, Northern Ireland, if I did please let me know how to correct it)
| Student Age | State school, Scotland | State school, rest of UK | Private (Public) schools | Exams taken | US Grade |
| 3 - 4 | Nursery | Nursery | Preschool | - | - |
| 4-5 | Primary 1 | Reception | Reception | - | Pre-Kindergarten |
| 5 - 6 | Primary 2 | Year 1 | Year 1 | - | Kindergarten |
| 6 - 7 | Primary 3 | Year 2 | Year 2 | SATs | 1st Grade |
| 7 - 8 | Primary 4 | Year 3 | Varies | - | 2nd Grade |
| 8 - 9 | Primary 5 | Year 4 | Varies | - | 3rd Grade |
| 9 - 10 | Primary 6 | Year 5 | Varies | - | 4th Grade |
| 10 - 11 | Primary 7 | Year 6 | Varies | SATs | 5th Grade |
| 11 - 12 | S1 | Year 7 | Varies | - | 6th Grade |
| 12 - 13 | S2 | Year 8 | Varies | - | 7th Grade |
| 13 - 14 | S3 | Year 9 | Varies | - | 8th Grade |
| 14 - 15 | S4 | Year 10 | Varies | GCSEs | Freshman |
| 15 - 16 | S5 | Year 11 | Varies | GCSEs | Sophomore |
| 16 - 17 | S6 | Year 12 | Lower Sixth | AS / A-Levels / National Diplomas | Junior |
| 17 - 18 | - | Year 13 | Upper Sixth | A-Levels / National Diplomas | Senior |
SAT: Officially "End of Key Stage Tests and Assessment"
GCSE: General Certificate of Secondary Education. 8 to 10 subjects. Must include English, Maths, and either a Combined Science worth 2 GCSEs or individual science subjects worth one each. Graded from 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest). 5 is a good pass. May include modern languages, classic languages, humanities, arts and technical subjects. Most schools do not offer all possible subjects.
AS Level: "Half an A-Level". One year study course, worth half the points of an A-Level for university intake. Same subjects as A-Levels.
A-Level: Advanced Level. 3 to 4 subjects including field specialties (e.g. Maths with Statistics) and specialist subjects (e.g. Law) as well as all areas covered by GCSEs. Graded from A* (A Star) down to E. Most schools do not offer all possible subjects.
National Diploma: Vocational awards equivalent to A Levels. Very wide range of subjects including Equine Management. Usually offered at specialist colleges, with each college offering a different range of subjects.
NB: Schools in Wales may offer Welsh Baccalaureate instead of AS or A-Levels.
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Other Useful UK Info
Legal minimum ages:
Children may drink alcohol at home from the age of 5.
Ages 16 - 17 may drink alcohol on a licensed premises if accompanied by an adult and eating a meal.
Those aged 18 and over may buy alcohol and consume alcohol in public.
It is illegal to sell alcohol to under-18s, or an over-18 if it is suspected that the purchase is being made on behalf of an under-18 (it is not illegal to sell a bottle of wine to an over-18 to take home and share with the family, even if the family includes under-18s, but it IS illegal to sell to an over-18 who you spotted taking money from an under-18 to buy alcohol on their behalf).
Minimum legal age to smoke in public is 16 and police have the right to confiscate cigarettes from under-16s.
Minimum legal age to buy cigarettes is 18.
Minimum legal age to buy energy drinks is 16.
Minimum legal age to buy or carry a knife with a fixed blade more than 3 inches long is 18, and all lock knives are illegal to carry in public (the rules are far more complex, but pen-knives are okay although some kinds of multi-tool aren't). In Scotland, ages 16 and up may buy kitchen knives.
Age of consent for any gender and orientation is 16.
Legal age of marriage is 18, and additionally ages 16 - 17 may marry with the consent of their parents, except in Scotland where the legal age of marriage is 16.
All guns in the hands of the general public are subject to licensing. To gain a license you have to convince the police of a good reason for ownership (such as membership of a shooting club or the need for vermin control on a farm), that you can be trusted with it without danger to the public safety or to peace, and that you have appropriate secure storage facilities. Self defense is not a valid reason for ownership.
A shotgun certificate permits any number of shotguns but each will be listed on the certificate including serial numbers. A firearms certificate for any other firearm applies to an individual weapon, which will be detailed on the certificate including its serial number. There is no minimum age requirement to hold a certificate, but adult supervision during use is required by under-15s.
Firearms and ammunition may only be purchased by over-18s.
Gun control is a bit different (and less restrictive) in Northern Ireland.
Most firearms are banned including fully automatic weapons, semi-automatic rifles, cartridge-ammunition handguns, disguised firearms (walking-stick guns for example), stun guns, tazers, tear gas spray and pepper spray.
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The Language Difference:
| UK | US |
| Trousers | Pants |
| Pants | Underpants (male and unisex) |
| Knickers | Underpants (female) |
| Vest | Undershirt |
| Waistcoat | Vest |
| - | - |
| Football | Soccer |
| American Football | Football |
| Jelly | Jello |
| Jelly | Strained fruit preserve |
| Jam | Jelly |
| Biscuit | Cookie |
| Rubber | Eraser |
| *** | Cigarette |
| Horsebox | Motorised vehicle including horse transport section |
| Box, Loose box | Stall, box stall |
| Stall | Tie stall |
| Stable | Barn, stall |
| Girth point | Billet |
| Riding | English Riding |
| Trailer, horse trailer | Bumper pull horse trailer |
| Unknown breeding/mixed breeding/horse | Grade |
| Riding | Hunt Seat |
| No equivalent | Hunter Jumper |
| Working Hunter* | Show Hunter* |
***Perfectly acceptable 3-letter word beginning with F, as in "I'm dying for a f**!" or "Give us a f** would you?" Just don't add three more letters, then the meaning changes.
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wickedlittlecritta
lord of misrule
Quiddles
this is incredibly useful thank you so much!!!
Ch3rryBlossom28
Ice Queen
Quiddles
Junior Member
Thank you! 
Added a bit more. Thought some translations might be helpful, especially horsey terms and words that can cause embarrassment if misunderstood. Let me know if there's more that wold be helpful!
Added a bit more. Thought some translations might be helpful, especially horsey terms and words that can cause embarrassment if misunderstood. Let me know if there's more that wold be helpful!
shapeshifter
broke b
heads up for some of your translations lmao we have jam in america, jelly is usually smoother and jam tends to have some bits of fruit in it like seeds. barns are for farm animals, stables are for horses. also my friends in scotland (who were from all around the uk) used pants interchangeably with trousers, there was no real confusion with the pants/trousers/underwear meanings lmao
wickedlittlecritta
lord of misrule
heads up for some of your translations lmao we have jam in america, jelly is usually smoother and jam tends to have some bits of fruit in it like seeds. barns are for farm animals, stables are for horses. also my friends in scotland (who were from all around the uk) used pants interchangeably with trousers, there was no real confusion with the pants/trousers/underwear meanings lmao
The barn vs stable one is a little wibblier in the US, most folks I know use them interchangeably. Might be more of a regional thing?
copacetic
un cœur tranquille
omg you’ve lived in scotland too?? i studied abroad there. best place in the world !!!heads up for some of your translations lmao we have jam in america, jelly is usually smoother and jam tends to have some bits of fruit in it like seeds. barns are for farm animals, stables are for horses. also my friends in scotland (who were from all around the uk) used pants interchangeably with trousers, there was no real confusion with the pants/trousers/underwear meanings lmao
shapeshifter
broke b
omg yes i agree. fave place ever
