It's not secondary school, that stops at sixteen. It means sixth form college, of which there are quite a lot in the country. Although quite a lot of secondary schools do have their own sixth forms too, which is where it starts to get confusing.
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It's not secondary school, that stops at sixteen. It means sixth form college, of which there are quite a lot in the country. Although quite a lot of secondary schools do have their own sixth forms too, which is where it starts to get confusing.
Cian
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In the rest of the world, its secondary school. Just because you do them in a different school doesn't change that.
Don't think theres another English speaking country or another country in Europe where the Baccalaureate equivalent is seem as 'college'.
Nibble
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Seagullsovergrimsby - No-one will give you a job when you are under 18?
Total bullshit. Most part timers in retail are under 18 for a start. employers love them as part timers 'cos they can pay them way less, give them less holidays and tell them to f*** off very easily.
Total bullshit. Most part timers in retail are under 18 for a start. employers love them as part timers 'cos they can pay them way less, give them less holidays and tell them to f*** off very easily.
I think it's quite good how we do it - VI form colleges are a bit of a halfway house between school and university, no uniform, less formal, more emphasis on independent learning etc which I found pretty useful.
Don't the septics call it 'High School'?
Nibble
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I beleive so. And I also beleive some English upper schools are now called High Schools and they even go to "Proms" at the end of their time there.
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Cian
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I did that for my 6th year - but it was in an ordinary school environment. Oddly enough it was a Catholic boys secondary school; but the 6th years had no uniform, car parking, smoking shelters, no mandatory attendence, etc.
But it wasn't college, it was still the last year of secondary school - and lots of people do it in the same environment they did the first 4 years of it in. (theres no compulsary 4th year, hence the 5th year being called 6th....)