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Originally Posted by Redway
Do you not have official sixth-forms/sixth-form colleges in Ireland?
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No, Secondary school is for 6 years, you do 1st year to 3rd year and at the end of 3rd year you do state exams called the Junior cert which I think would be similar to your GCSEs. Then there's 4th year or Transition Year which is optional, in that year there's a lot of trips/work experience and more fun stuff. Then there's 5th and 6th year and at the end of 6th year you do the Leaving Cert which is state exams and I think this is similar to your A Levels, the results you get here will determine what College (University) course you can get in to. For the leaving Cert the results work on a points system, they take the results of your 6 best subjects (most people do 7) in schools here you have to do exams in Irish, English and Maths and then you pick 4 others
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