College!

[Deadloader]

no i think our college is similar to your highschool take a few years, and also our uni is equivilant to your college all this difference in colleges just depends on how far you want to take education or depending on the degree you want

[Ben]

Hmm Our college is like high school but you do not have to go and you choose what lessons you wold want etc. And in some cases you get paid to go.

[Deadloader]

it's why i prefer american education, highschool over there is much better than our college.. much better..

[neogfx]

Yeah John, college in the UK is sort of an intermediary between school (your high school) and university. You can do full courses at college, such as national diplomas and such, but these qualifications aren't taken as seriously as a degree, which you can't do at college, you have to go to university for.
I think the key to enjoying college/university is to enjoy the course you're doing. I started my photography degree at Plymouth uni (one of the top photography courses in the country) in September, and I am absolutely loving it!

Congrats on getting in Fade. It's true what they say, you really do get out what you put in. So yeah, go out, party, it's about that too But knuckle down and work hard if this is what you want to do, it'll pay off in the end.

[Dale]

Someone should make a simple graph / picture.
Reception Here is 5 - 6
Primary School here 6 - 11
Secondary School 11 - 16
College here is age 16-18
University is 18-130982091283075

I think.... anyways might start school at 4-5 not 5-6

[neogfx]

Ours is different again, I'm from Dorset and we have academic years of
Reception to year 4 - Primary School
Year 5 - year 8 - Middle School
Year 9 - year 11 - Uper School

You can then choose to stay on at upper school and do A-levels or various NVQs for 2 years, or you can go to college to do this, then you can go on to uni after that if your educational ability is high enough.

[Dale]

i'm english

[neogfx]

I know, but it seems to work different where I am to the rest of the country. Might be the same in Wiltshire cos it's close. Most of the country don't have a middle school. Just primary and secondary.

[Spikee]

fucking hate college, cant be bothered with it anymore, just want to go out

[Spikee]

i half had a middle school reception year one and two were spent in a different building of the same school it was two buildings reception years 1 and 2 are in one and years 3 to 6 are in the other then 7-11 in one school then "12-13" college but we arent referred to as year 13, then uni after that