Comparison of Hong Kong and Englands Education System

British
Age in Local / International IELTS
Year Local HK England Council
school year International Schools English
English
2 -
- -
3 Kindergarten 1
Pre-school Education -
4 Kindergarten 2 Nursery YLE
Foundation
5 Kindergarten 3 Reception Starters
6 Primary 1 YLE 2.0
Key Stage 1 KS1
7 Primary 2 Movers A1
8 Primary 3
Primary Education YLE 3.0
9 Primary 4
Key Stage 2 KS2 Flyers A2
10 Primary 5
11 Primary 6 3.0
Key
12 Secondary 1 A2
Secondary Secondary
13 Secondary 2 Secondary Key Stage 3 KS3 4.0 5.5
Education Education Preliminary
14 Secondary 3 Education B1
15 Secondary 4 GCSE / IGCSE Key Stage 4 KS4 / GCSE 5.5 6.5
Diploma of First
16 Secondary 5 / IGCSE B2
Secondary International
17 Secondary 6 / 6.5+
Education DSE Baccalaureate IB IB / AS Levels IB / AS Advanced
Lower Sixth C1
18 Secondary 7 /
Local Local
Upper Sixth / Local 6.5+
Undergraduate Undergraduate IB / A Levels IB / AL Proficiency
Undergraduate C2
Programme Programme
programme

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