Education in Australia.

This are your years you have to follow and the age category’s for every year.
The education program and everything is arranged by departments, these are the following departments: Department of Education, Employment and Training (DEET) (1987) Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DEETYA) (1996) Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA) (1997) Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) (2001) Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) (2007) .

Primary

• Kindergarten (QLD) 3-4 year old)
• Pre-school / Kindergarten / Prep (ACT, NT, NSW and SA/ TAS, VIC and WA / QLD): 4-5 year olds
• Kindergarten / Preparatory / Pre-Primary / Reception / Transition(ACT and NSW / TAS, VIC and QLD / WA / SA / NT): 5-6 year old
• Year 1: 6-7 year olds
• Year 2: 7-8 year olds
• Year 3: 8-9 year olds
• Year 4: 9-10 year olds
• Year 5: 10-11 year olds
• Year 6: 11-12 year olds
• Year 7: 12-13 year olds (QLD, SA, WA)

Secondary

• Year 7: 12-13 year olds (ACT, NSW, TAS, VIC)(Middle School NT)
• Year 8: 13-14 year olds
• Year 9: 14-15 year olds
• Year 10: 15-16 year olds (High School NT)
• Year 11: 16-17 year olds ("College" ACT)
• Year 12: 17-19 year olds
  

At private schoolsMost Australian schools are co-educational - for boys and girls. Some Catholic and Independent schools are single-gender, mainly at Secondary level, but sometimes in the Primary years as well. Some Independent single-gender schools offer co-educational classes in the early years. Nearly all Government schools are co-educational. There are a few single-gender Government Secondary schools in some States in Australia.



Noortje Roosendaal