Classes – Lycée Darchicourt

The French educational secondary system leads to an exam, the “Baccalauréat”, marking the end of secondary education. This exam is the first grade of university education. It is passed at the age of 18, as are pre-university diplomas in many countries.

In our system, “lycée” is the senior secondary school. Pupils attend it for three years, 15 to 18 of age. The classes are named “seconde”, “première” and “terminale”.

Educational systems could be compared in different countries :

Country /age	France		England		Germany		United States		Spain
11	Collège (Junior High School)	6ème	Secondary School Key Stage 3	year 6/7	Gymnasium	6 klasse	Middle School	6th grade	Educacion Primaria	6e
12		5ème		year 7/8		7 klasse		7th grade	ESO Primer ciclo	1e ESO
13		4ème		year 8/9		8 klasse		8th grade	ESO Primer ciclo	2e ESO
14		3ème	Key stage 4	year 9/10		9 klasse	High School	9th grade	ESO Secondo ciclo	3e ESO
15	Lycée (Senior High School)	Seconde	Key stage 4	year 10/11		10 klasse		10th grade	ESO Secondo ciclo	4e ESO
16		Première	Sixth Form	year 11/12		11 klasse		11th grade	Bachillerato	1e Bac
17		Terminale	Sixth Form	year 12/13		12 klasse		12th grade	Bachillerato	2e Bac

We do the three years at Darchicourt : “Seconde”, the first year, is taylored to help everyone make their choices for the two other years.

Then the two last years (première and terminale) are focused on the study of one or two main subjects, orgzanized in different classes by topic : Litterature, Economics, Maths and Science for the general studies, and Business or Health/Social for technological studies.