"9th grade"

[Rachel Adams]

Hello.

Do British English speakers use 'grade' in school context?
For example, 'I study at school three. I am in 9th grade.'

 

[Rover_KE]

No.

I go to Accrington High School. I'm in Year 9.

 

[Rachel Adams]

No.

I go to Accrington High School. I'm in Year 9.

So 'year' is usually capitalized. In such context is it wrong to write 'school 3' and 'Year nine'?

 

[emsr2d2]

Schools in the UK have names, not numbers.

 

[GoesStation]

New York City is full of schools with evocative names like "Public School #37". Such a school would be commonly known as "P.S. 37".

 

[Rover_KE]

(Sigh) So depressing.:-(

 

[Rachel Adams]

New York City is full of schools with evocative names like "Public School #37". Such a school would be commonly known as "P.S. 37".

Yes, numbers are used here too. I was not writing about a school in England. But what is the general rule in BrE when writing small numbers? Can they be written as 'Year nine' or 'one', 'two', etc or should I always use numbers? As in 'The girl is in Year one/1.' Is it 'School three' or 3? 'She studies at school 3/three.'

 

[PeterCW]

Yes, numbers are used here too. I was not writing about a school in England. But what is the general rule in BrE when writing small numbers? Can they be written as 'Year nine' or 'one', 'two', etc or should I always use numbers? As in 'The girl is in Year one/1.' Is it 'School three' or 3? 'She studies at school 3/three.'

The style guide for UK government publications is to write single digit numbers as words and the rest as numerics. It is best to learn your examiners' preferences if you are studying for a qualification.

 

[emsr2d2]

As far as the years go, I would write "She's in Year 9". As far as the school names that include numbers go, I'd have to be guided by how the name of the school is written in the country in question. We don't have a standard way of writing it in BrE because schools in the UK don't have those kinds of names.

 

[PeterCW]

No.

I go to Accrington High School. I'm in Year 9.

Year numbering was introduced in the late 1980s. Before that years in secondary school (ages 11-18) were the first to fifth forms and then lower and upper sixth for the last two.

If you were writing something set in the 1970s, to refer to an 11 or 12 year old as being in Year 7 would be an anachronism. They would be in the first form.

 

[Rachel Adams]

As far as the school names that include numbers go, I'd have to be guided by how the name of the school is written in the country in question.

I will leave it as 'school # 3'.

 

[GoesStation]

I will leave it as 'school #3'.

Use the format used where the school is located — except for spacing. We never put a space between the number sign and the number.

 

[GoesStation]

Use the format used where the school is located — except for spacing. We never put a space between the number sign and the number.

And that should be School #3. The first word is part of its name and therefore a proper noun.

 

[Rachel Adams]

And that should be School #3. The first word is part of its name and therefore a proper noun.

I later found out that school used to be called Turgenev State Public School #3. Names are used here too but a number is always added. Only private schools don't use numbers. I could use the original name as well.