United Kingdom (excluding Scotland)
In British schools, 9th grade (in terms of age requirements) is equivalent to year 10 (called Year 11 in Northern Ireland), the fourth year of comprehensive/high/grammar school. However, students in the UK start secondary school at the age of 11, and finish at the end of the academic year (September 1 – 31 August) in which their 16th birthday falls when they sit GCSE exams. Non-compulsory further education continues where students can choose to remain at school or attend a sixth form college or further education college to take AS levels and A levels or follow vocational courses. From 2011, the current Year 9 (Eighth grade) and below, have to stay in education until they are 17, by doing at least one year post-secondary education.
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