Primary and Secondary Education
School in Tasmania is broken up into Primary, Highschool and College components.
| Year(s) in school | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tasmania | Primary school | High school | College | ||||||||||||
| Preparatory | Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Grade 6 | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 | Year 10 | Year 11 | Year 12 | |||
| State or
territory |
Minimum
age |
Age in the year
before year 1 |
Compulsory age | Nomenclature year
before school |
Nomenclature year
before year 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAS | 5.0 | Age 5 on 1 January | Year after
turning 5 |
Kindergarten | Preparatory |
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