Cayman Prep and High School -Curriculum Comparison

Curriculum Comparison

How do Year levels and Grade levels compare?

What is a Key Stage?

Year level and approximate Grade level equivalence, Key Stages, approximate student ages and other school standards can be compared as in the following table:

Comparison with other school systems: Key Stage/ Year Level/ Grade Equivalence

UK Key Stage	Age	Expected Level	UK	US	Canada	Caribbean
Foundation	03-04		Nursery	Pre-School	Pre-School	Pre-School
Foundation	04-05		Reception KG	Pre-KG	Junior KG	KG
One	05-06		1	KG	Senior KG	Infants
One	06-07	2	2	1^st Grade	Grade 1	Standard 1
Two	07-08		3	2^nd Grade	Grade 2	Standard 2
Two	08-09		4	3^rd Grade	Grade 3	Standard 3
Two	09-10		5	4^th Grade	Grade 4	Standard 4
Two	10-11	4	6	5^th Grade	Grade 5	Standard 5
Three	11-12		7	6^th Grade	Grade 6	Form 1
Three	12-13		8	7^th Grade	Grade 7	Form 2
Three	13-14	5-6	9	8^th Grade	Grade 8	Form 3
Four	14-15		10	9^th Grade	Grade 9	Form 4
Four	15-16	Ext. I/GCSE Exams	11	10^th Grade	Grade 10	Form 5
Five (Sixth Form)	16-17	Ext. AS Exams	12	11^th Grade	Grade 11	Lower VI
Five (Sixth Form)	17-18	Ext. A2 Exams	13	12^th Grade	Grade 12	Upper VI

Please note that the purpose of the table above is to give guidance on students' expected ages in each Year level in CPHS. It also attempts to explain the associated Key Stages and National Curriculum expected levels for children in each Year group.

Note that the qualifying age for the Year/Grade levels in the above table varies from country to country. In CPHS students' ages are calculated as on 1st Sep in that academic year. In other jurisdictions age is calculated as from other dates such as 1st October or 1st January. The "age" shown in the column above is therefore an approximation and should not be used to define equivalence between one country and another.

Children applying for places in Years 1 to 10 in CPHS are evaluated prior to an offer being made.