uptown school - age grade cut-off
DESCRIPTION
Uptown School is an authorised International Baccalureate (IB) Primary Years School and PYP IB World School. Uptown School is in the candidacy process for its IB Middle Years Programme, with the IB Diploma Program to follow. Uptown delivers the IB curriculum to grades Pre-K (3 by September 15) to Grade 10 starting in September 2014 with Grades 11 and 12 to be added in 2015 and 2016.TRANSCRIPT
Age/Grade Cut-Off
Uptown School places students in age-appropriate grade levels in accordance with the Ministry
of Education/KHDA regulations. The IB programs allow for a great degree of academic
differentiation and therefore we do not accelerate children into higher grades and only rarely
retain children in a lower year group.
Families are encouraged to use the chart below to ensure that they are applying to the correct
grade level, taking into account the differences that exist in the naming of grades or years
around the world. (As an example, Year 2 in British Curriculum is equivalent to Grade 1 in IB
curriculum at Uptown although both programs are for 6-year-olds who turn 7 during the school
year).
Enrolling for Academic Year 2014/2015
Birth Age International Baccalaureate American British
Year Curriculum Curriculum Curriculum
2011 3 Pre K (3 by December 31) None Foundation 1
2010 4 KG 1 (4 by December 31) KG 1 Foundation 2
2009 5 KG 2 (5 by December 31) KG 2 Year 1
2008 6 Grade 1 (6 by December 31) 1 Year 2
2007 7 Grade 2 (7 by December 31) 2 Year 3
2006 8 Grade 3 (8 by December 31) 3 Year 4
2005 9 Grade 4 (9 by December 31) 4 Year 5
2004 10 Grade 5 (10 by December 31) 5 Year 6
2003 11 Grade 6 (11 by December 31) 6 Year 7
2002 12 Grade 7 (12 by December 31) 7 Year 8
2001 13 Grade 8 (13 by December 31) 8 Year 9
2000 14 Grade 9 (14 by December 31) 9 Year 10
1999 15 Grade 10 (15 by December 31) 10 Year 11
1998 16 Grade 11 (16 by December 31) 11 Year 12*
1997 17 Grade 12 (17 by December 31) 12 Year 13*
*IB Grade 11 and 12, the years of the IB Dipolma, will be added after September 2015.
We look forward to seeing you at Uptown.
The Admissions Team,
Gabrielle Keane, Director of Development and Admissions
Chelsea Batchelor, Admissions Officer
or reach us via phone at 04 251 5001
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