Most children take french GCSE in year 10 but in specialised language collages such as one in Stockport they take it in year 9 because they're clever.
French children have two exams in high school; the "Brevet des Collèges" at the end of junior high school and the "Baccalauréat" at the end of high school before going to University.
French children have 6 periods in high school
Richard Branson, the entrepreneur and founder of the Virgin Group, did not complete his education at the high school level and therefore does not have GCSE qualifications. He dropped out of school at the age of 16 to start his first business.
In French, haut école or l'école is high school; le lycée is college, or senior high school.
In French, you say "lycéen" for a male high school student and "lycéenne" for a female high school student.
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About 45% of Mexico's children graduate high school.
different types of schools in UK. study German English and many more but french study 12x harder than the UK :)
The GCSE exam in the UK and the GED high school diploma in the US serve different educational purposes and are not directly equivalent. GCSEs are subject-specific qualifications typically taken by students at age 16, while the GED is a high school equivalency test for individuals who did not complete traditional high school. Both demonstrate academic proficiency, but they cater to different educational pathways and contexts.
junior high school is called 'le collège' in French. Senior high school is called 'le lycée'
Un lycee.
French children go to school on Mondays-Tuesdays, Wednesdays (morning only until you go to high school), Thursdays and Fridays. In high school there may be classes on Saturday mornings. More and more primary schools run a four-day schedule, meaning that the children have no more class on wednesdays; but as the number of hours in class per year are the same, that means shorter holidays.