Education in Great Britain ? Education is compulsory from the age of 5 (4 in Northern Ireland) to the age of 16.
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Child
ren study English, M athe matics, Science , Inf orm ation technolo gy,
hist
ory, Geog raphy , Mo dern foreign languag es, Art, Music, Phy sical Education
a
nd religio us Education.
In
Great Britain pa rents ha ve a choice b et ween State schools an d
In
depend ent schools.
State
schools
ar e scho ols run by th e g ov ern ment.
The y a re financed b y
p
ublic funds: t he money com es fro m the n ational a nd local taxes .In
depend ent schools ,
als o called "public schools " are pri vate , expensi ve
a
nd elitist.
Their tradition al va lues a re ve ry strict.
These fee-pay ing schools
also
called pr epar atory schools pr epar e child ren for the Com mon Entrance
Examin
ation set by the independe nt schools.
M
ost Ind epende nt schools a re bo arding sc hools.
The mo st fam ous ar e
Rug
by, Har row, Wincheste r, and Eton.
9
5% of p are nts pre fer State p rima ry schools whilst onl y 5% pref er
In
depend ent schools.
M
ost sc hools in England require child ren to wear a sc hool u nifor m
(
nor mall y w ith a lo go on th e cardi gan or jumper wh ich is sp ecial to that
p
articula r school ).
2.
SECONDAR
Y SCHOOL The
usual age for tr ansfer from pri mary school to seconda ry sc hool is 11 (1 2 in
Scotland
).Second
ary schools pro vide co mpulso ry e ducation for child ren bet ween the
a
ges 11 to 16.O
ve r 85% of sec ondary school pu pils attend C
omprehen sive schools .
Co
mpre hensiv e schools are state scho ols, no n-selecti ve, free and co- e
ducational.
They are of ten ve ry large schools.
Co
mpre hensiv e scho ols w ere in troduc ed in 19 65.
The idea o f this fo rm of
e
ducation, supp orted b y the Labo ur Part y, was to gi ve all c hildren of w hateve r
b
ackgrou nd the same opportunity in educ ation.
Ther
e are also Grammar
sch ools .
These a
re selective.
Entr
ance is bas ed o n a test of ability .
Children ent er Gra mma r sch ools o n th e
b
asis of thei r a bilities, fi rst sittin g th e 1
1+
o r e ntra nce e xaminati on.
Up until
th
e1970 's ev ery c hild in England a nd Wales ha d to sit the 11+exa mination to
d
eter mine wh ich ty pe of seco ndary sc hool they would go to once th ey had left
th
eir prim ary school.
Those who pass ed the e xam successfully w ent to
G
ram mar sc hool.
Nowada ys onl y a few will take the exa m.Ther
e can be state or indep endent sc hools..
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