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6th Form at school
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Now school years in senior school now range from years
7-11 why do the still have 6th Form? Shudnt it be 12th Form?
7-11 why do the still have 6th Form? Shudnt it be 12th Form?
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It's a throw back to an older system.
The school system didn't always run from Year 1 to 13. In the older system, when you went to secondary school you went into the First Form & did your O Levels (now GCSEs) in Fifth Form. If you stayed on to do A Levels you went into the Sixth Form, which was divided into Lower & Upper Sixth Form to cover the two years.
The system was only changed to run from Year 1 to 13 in the 1990s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_form
The school system didn't always run from Year 1 to 13. In the older system, when you went to secondary school you went into the First Form & did your O Levels (now GCSEs) in Fifth Form. If you stayed on to do A Levels you went into the Sixth Form, which was divided into Lower & Upper Sixth Form to cover the two years.
The system was only changed to run from Year 1 to 13 in the 1990s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_form
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