<P> The Compulsory stages of education are broken into a Foundation Stage (actually covering the last part of optional and first part of compulsory education), 4 Key Stages, and post-16 education (sometimes unofficially termed Key Stage Five, which takes a variety of forms including 6th Form (covering the last 2 years of Secondary Education in schools). </P> <P> Below is a table summarizing the most common names of the various schools and stages . Grammar schools are normally state - funded but selective schools, admitting children from 11 years old onward, but there are exceptions such as Manchester Grammar School . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Key stage </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Final exam </Th> <Th> Age </Th> <Th_colspan="5"> State funded schools </Th> <Th> Fee paying private schools </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Early Years </Td> <Td> Nursery </Td> <Td> None, though individual schools may set end of year tests . </Td> <Td> 3 - 4 </Td> <Td_colspan="3"> Primary </Td> <Td> Lower </Td> <Td> Infant </Td> <Td> Pre-preparatory </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Reception </Td> <Td> 4 - 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> KS1 </Td> <Td> Year 1 </Td> <Td> 5 - 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Year 2 </Td> <Td> 6 - 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> KS2 </Td> <Td> Year 3 </Td> <Td> 7 - 8 </Td> <Td> Junior </Td> <Td> Preparatory </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Year 4 </Td> <Td> 8 - 9 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Year 5 </Td> <Td> 9 - 10 </Td> <Td> Middle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Year 6 </Td> <Td> SATS A grammar school entrance exam, often the 11 - plus </Td> <Td> 10 - 11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> </Td> <Th_colspan="3"> comprehensive schools </Th> <Th> selective schools </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> KS3 </Td> <Td> Year 7 </Td> <Td> None, though individual schools may set end of year tests . </Td> <Td> 11 - 12 </Td> <Td> Secondary </Td> <Td> Lower school </Td> <Td> High school </Td> <Td> Grammar school </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Year 8 </Td> <Td> 12 - 13 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Year 9 </Td> <Td> 13 - 14 </Td> <Td> Upper </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> KS4 </Td> <Td> Year 10 </Td> <Td> 14 - 15 </Td> <Td> Upper school </Td> <Td> Senior </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Year 11 </Td> <Td> GCSE </Td> <Td> 15 - 16 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> KS5 </Td> <Td> Year 12 </Td> <Td> None, though individual schools may set end of year tests . </Td> <Td> 16 - 17 </Td> <Td> College </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Sixth form </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Year 13 </Td> <Td> A-Levels </Td> <Td> 17 - 18 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Key stage </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Final exam </Th> <Th> Age </Th> <Th_colspan="5"> State funded schools </Th> <Th> Fee paying private schools </Th> </Tr>

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