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In the UK, in the state schools, there are Primary (4-11) and Secondary (11-18). In some cases, Primary might be split into Infant (4-7) and Junior (7-11).
In my part of the country, they switched to a system of First (4-8), Middle (8-12) and Secondary (12-18). I got caught in the change, and spent an extra year in my Junior/Middle school, and they weren't really set up to teach 11-12 year olds, since that was the first year of the change.
30 years later, they switched back. My youngest just got caught in the change, and moved up to Secondary school as part of an intake of two year groups at once, and they weren't really set up to handle so many new students at once.
Sigh....
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