High school intake age changing in 2022

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Its been much discussed and will finally be happening in 2022. Year 7, which is currently the last year of primary, will officially move over and become the first year of high school. Currently high school starts in year 8. Having said that, many private schools already start from year 7 intake and many kids move from the state system into private in Y7. State schools will all move in line with this from 2022. Year 6 will be the last year of primary and Y7 will be the first year of high school. 

Here is the Department for Education page explaining the changes

https://www.education.sa.gov.au/sites-and-facilities/year-7-high-school

And here is a news article explaining how this has happened

https://indaily.com.au/news/local/2018/04/20/labors-school-millions-to-help-bankroll-year-seven-revolution/