It is usually the sixth year of compulsory education and incorporates students aged between ten and eleven.
It is generally the same as Fifth grade in the United States, although the birthday cutoff date varies for different countries and schools.
Although there are slight variations between the states, most children in Year Six are aged between eleven and twelve.
[4] It is also the year in which all students in maintained schools undertake National Curriculum tests (known as SATs) in the core subjects of English and Mathematics.
[6] In Northern Ireland and Scotland, the sixth year of compulsory education is called Primary 6, and pupils generally start at the age of 9 or 10.