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 | 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 | year 10/11 | 10 klasse | 10th grade | 4e ESO | ||||
16 | Première |
Sixth Form |
year 11/12 | 11 klasse | 11th grade |
Bachillerato |
1e Bac | |||
17 | Terminale | year 12/13 | 12 klasse | 12th grade | 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.