Year Group Placements And Class Ratios

Year Group Max. Class Size on Average Teaching/ Assistant Staff per class Child age by  1 Sept.
Pre-Nursery 16 4 18 months *
Nursery 16 4 3 years
Reception 20 2 4 years
Year 1 22 2 5 years
Year 2 22 2 6 years
Year 3 22 2 7 years
Year 4 22 ** 8 years
Year 5 22 ** 9 years
Year 6 22 ** 10 years
Year 7 22 ** 11 years
Year 8 22 ** 12 years
Year 9 22 ** 13 years

 

 

*Children may join Pre Nursery during a current academic year when they turn 18 months old, assuming that they will also turn 2 by 1 September. i.e. they turn 18 months before 1 March.

**Children in our Years 4 – 8 classes will be taught by a range of subject specialists with the support of subject specific teaching assistants and at times, class sizes will vary. However, in principle the ratios of children to staff will remain at no more than 11:1.

School Year Level Comparisons

Child age by1 Sept. Brighton College / British system schools American system schools Australian system schools Singapore system schools
18 months * Pre-Nursery Pre-Nursery Pre-Nursery / nursery Nursery 1
3 years Nursery Preschool / Pre-Kindergarten Preschool Nursery 2
4 years Reception Pre-Kindergarten / Kindergarten 1 Preschool Kindergarten 1
5 years Year 1 Kindergarten / Kindergarten 2 Prep Kindergarten 2
6 years Year 2 First Grade Year 1 Primary 1
7 years Year 3 Second Grade Year 2 Primary 2
8 years Year 4 Third Grade Year 3 Primary 3
9 years Year 5 Fourth Grade Year 4 Primary 4
10 years Year 6 Fifth Grade Year 5 Primary 5
11 years Year 7 Sixth Grade Year 6 Primary 6
12 years Year 8 Seventh Grade Year 7 Secondary 1
13 years Year 9 Eight Grade Year 8 Secondary 2