The US tends to offer more choices in sports and other extracurricular activities, including clubs.

In British schools there are also extracurricular activities and sports, but with a more selective
offering available.
One of the other key differences between the British and American school systems is the school
calendar. Most US schools have federal holidays off here and there but the bigger school breaks
tend to be in December, one in the spring time around March or April, and then a long summer
break. In the UK schools go for approximately 6 – 8 weeks and then have a week off, a slightly
longer break in December and spring and a shorter summer break than their US counterparts.
The number of actual school days is approximately the same, just a difference in how the
breaks are distributed throughout the year.
When students get into the upper grades in both US and British schools there are other
differences between the two educational systems. In most cases, the US students continue on
with a broad, liberal arts education with some choices that are of particular interest to the
learner, but not a concentration in a specific area.
The United States school system puts less pressure on examinations.
The students have to study the general subjects until the end of secondary school.
They graduate with a high-school diploma at the end of Grade 12 finally.
That is equivalent to Year 13 in the U.K.
The strict education culture of the UK sometimes makes it tough for the students to adjust. The
norms of the college are really strict which is quite challenging for the students to cope with on
an everyday basis.