✈️ Academic route
FROM🇨🇭 Switzerland→TO🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Switzerland Grade 7 / Year 7 to United Kingdom: education route
Compare Grade 7 / Year 7 in Switzerland with the corresponding school stage in United Kingdom, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.
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Route alignment
Switzerland describes this point as Lower-secondary level. United Kingdom describes the receiving stage as Secondary school · nation-specific stages. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.
DEPARTING STAGELower-secondary level✈ARRIVING STAGESecondary school · nation-specific stages
📚 Side-by-side
What crosses with the learner
Route point🇨🇭 Switzerland🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Current stageLower-secondary levelSecondary school · nation-specific stages
Education authorityThe cantons hold primary responsibility for compulsory education; the Confederation and cantons coordinate upper-secondary and tertiary pathways.England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have distinct curricula and qualification authorities.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements
🧳 Preparation file
Bring these into the route
- Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
- School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
- Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
- Certified translations and language-learning history where requested
🔗 Official links
Open the issuing sources
Swiss education systemSwiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation ↗National curriculum in EnglandDepartment for Education ↗Curriculum for Excellence levelsEducation Scotland ↗Curriculum for WalesWelsh Government · Hwb ↗Northern Ireland curriculumCouncil for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment ↗
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🔎 Also described as
moving from Switzerland to United Kingdom for Grade 7 / Year 7Switzerland Grade 7 / Year 7 in United KingdomSwitzerland to United Kingdom school transfer requirements