| Ages | St. Paul’s School |
St. Paul’s Year Group |
Brazil | UK | USA/ American Schools |
| 3-4 | Pre-Preparatory | Pre-Prep 1 | Educação Infantil |
Nursery | Pre- Kindergarten |
| 4-5 | Pre-Prep 2 | Educação Infantil |
Reception | Pre- Kindergarten |
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| 5-6 | Pre-Prep 3 | Educação Infantil |
Year 1 | Kindergarten | |
| 6-7 | Preparatory | Prep 1 | 1º ano do Ensino Fundamental | Year 2 | 1st Grade |
| 7-8 | Prep 2 | 2º ano do Ensino Fundamental | Year 3 | 2nd Grade | |
| 8-9 | Prep 3 | 3° ano do Ensino Fundamental | Year 4 | 3rd Grade | |
| 9-10 | Prep 4 | 4ª ano do Ensino Fundamental | Year 5 | 4th Grade | |
| 10-11 | Prep 5 | 5° ano do Ensino Fundamental | Year 6 | 5th Grade | |
| 11-12 | Senior | Form 1 | 6ª ano do Ensino Fundamental | Year 7 | 6th Grade |
| 12-13 | Form 2 | 7ª ano do Ensino Fundamental | Year 8 | 7th Grade | |
| 13-14 | Form 3 | 8ª ano do Ensino Fundamental | Year 9 | 8th Grade | |
| 14-15 | Form 4 | 9° ano do Ensino Fundamental | Year 10 | 9th Grade | |
| 15-16* | Form 5 | 1ª série do Ensino Médio |
Year 11 | 10th Grade | |
| 16-17 | Sixth Form | Lower Sixth |
2ª série do Ensino Médio |
Year 12 | 11th Grade |
| 17-18* | Upper Sixth |
3ª série do Ensino Médio |
Year 13 | 12th Grade |
*Please note that as the IGCSE and IB Diploma are two-year courses, pupils should start them at the beginning of each cycle (Form 4 for the IGCSE and Lower Sixth for the IB). We therefore do not have entry points in Form 5 and the Upper Sixth. Pupils arriving from schools that follow the southern hemisphere academic year will need to repeat six months of their studies in order to be able to enter into the northern hemisphere academic year that we follow (whereby the beginning of the academic year is in August). Occasionally there are exceptions to our standard admissions procedures which the school deals with on an individual basis as appropriate in each case.
