How do you count the grade in school/college/university in the UK?

[Sabotender]

How do you count?
Do you stop counting the grade at 12th like in the US?
And how do you call 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year in college/university?

Can anyone help?

Thank you!

 

[David H]

You can't really compare the two systems, but:-

Schools go from year R (age 4) the year 1 to 11 (age 5 to 16) - changing schools after years 2 and 6.
Some schools go on to "A levels" (ages 17 - 18)
Otherwise there is college for 1st year; 2nd year and possible 3rd year depending on how long the course is (ages 17 and 18 + possibly 19).

University is freshers; 2nd year; 3rd year; post grad year 1, year 2 etc, but exact expressions vary from university to univesity.