The grades are different here, but we have some experience in this area. Where we live, children start kindergarten (the first year of primary or elementary school) at around age five. Elementary goes from kindergarten to 1st grade and then continues through 5th grade. Middle school (like jr. high school)is grades 6 through 8 and then high school is grades 9 through 12.
Dd#1 skipped 5th grade (the last grade of elementary)and went directly to middle school as a 6th grader this past year. While she does not have aspergers, it has been a very good move for her. She was still a straight A student, on the honor roll, and it has worked much better socially for her.
