School System

Schools in all four countries generally are structured in the following way although there are local variations:

• Nursery 3-5 (often attached to primary schools)
• Primary 5-11
• Middle (a variety of age ranges bridging the top of primary and lower years of secondary)
• Secondary 11-16 (or 18)
• Tertiary 16-19 (students may stay on at school to 18 or leave at 16 and attend a further education college)