It is usually the fifth year of compulsory education and incorporates students aged between nine and eleven.
Although there are slight variations between the states, most children in Year 5 are aged between ten and eleven.
Children are aged nine or ten in this year group.
It is also the third year of Key Stage 2 in which the National Curriculum is taught.
[5] In Northern Ireland and Scotland, the fifth year of compulsory education is called Primary 5, and pupils generally start at the age of 8 or 9.