I am an American mother – I think British kids go to high school FAR too early, my son is just ‘too little’

An American mother living in Britain has revealed the one major problem she has with the British education system.

Lisa Dollan, who goes by the name Yorkshire Peach on TikTok, ventured across the Atlantic Ocean after living in Columbus, Georgia for 30 years.

Regularly documenting her family life as an American mother in Britain – as well as how much she loves the country – the parent shared the one aspect of British life she hates.

The content creator revealed that her son was about to enter high school and wondered why we don’t have a high school system.

“Now you know that I agree with 99.5 percent of the things here and I prefer them to American things,” she said.

“I just can’t accept this, though, and that’s because my son is going to high school not next year, but next year.”

Her child is currently in year five, which means he will be walking the halls with children up to 18 for the next two years, depending on whether the school has a sixth form.

And the American mother is not at all comfortable with that thought.

She asked, “Sorry, where is high school?” He’s just too small. He’s just too everything.

‘There has to be someone who agrees with me on this. Where’s high school?’

Lisa said she believes the structure of the American education system is better because of the three steps: elementary school, middle school, and high school.

She said: ‘From age 11 to 15 you’re in secondary school, which is a good transition for those really important years.

‘Here, ten and eleven year olds are thrown together with sixteen year olds [and] I just can’t ignore it.’

She added: “I think the Americans understand that part well. I really do that, because my children are far from ready for it. It makes me crazy.’

‘I’m in Britain and we have primary schools, secondary schools and higher schools here. Middle is fifth through eighth years,” one person wrote.

Several others reasoned that adopting the American system would be pointless because many may choose to leave formal education at sixteen.

‘It’s actually not that bad. Better than having to leave school three times and have to make friends again,” said another.

She explained that her son would be going to secondary school in a few years, exclaiming that he was ‘too small’ and saying that Britain should have secondary schools

Many flocked to the comments in an attempt to reassure the American mother that her son would do just fine in secondary school, while others emphasized that some parts of Britain do have secondary schools.

‘[I] I think everyone thinks it’s a scary process going to high school, he’ll be fine,” one viewer added.

However, many agreed with the mother’s view of high school, and some shared their own high school experiences.

“I went to a high school and I completely agree that it definitely helped with the transition to high school and was less intimidating,” one user said.

“I work in a secondary school as a cover teacher and Britain really needs to take over the transition to secondary education,” said another.

“Because year sevens stay like fish in water until they get to year nine.”