EDUCATION

PRESENTATION
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
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 Table of contents :

Schools. Categories Of
School.

Going To University Further Education.

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In Britain.
 -OVERVIEW-
- There are five stages of education in the United
Kingdom:
Early years -> Primary -> Secondary -> Further
education -> Higher education.
- In the United Kingdom, parents are required by
law to ensure that their children receive full-time
education:
+ Great Britain: From 5 to 16 years old.
+ Northern Ireland: From 4 to 16 years old.
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 - According to statistics in 2004:
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+ About 96% (Now 93%) of students

receive free education paid from
public funds. 94%

+ About 4% (Now 7%) attend

independent fee-paying schools.
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 DEFINITIONS
Free Fee-paying schools
education Public funds
A free school is funded - ESFA: Education and
by the government or A fee-paying
Skills Funding Agency
public funds.
- OfS: Office for school is where
They can:
- Set their own pay Students parents pay the
- UKRI: United Kingdom
and conditions for
Research and Innovation
school directly for
staff.
- Change the length their children’s
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of the school and the

school day.
education.
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St at e
02.
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 State school
A school that offers free education
and receives money from a Local
Education Authority or directly
from the government.
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 England and Wales
Types Definitions In charge

Were traditionally owned and

Community LEAs.
funded by LEAs.

Include many of the former

Foundations The school governing.
grant-maintained schools.

- Controlled school. - LEAs.

Voluntary
- Aided school. - The school governing.
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 - All state schools in Scotland are directly
SCOTLAND managed by local authorities.
- There are also eight grant-aided
schools in Scotland, seven of which are
special educational needs schools.
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 Grant-aided schools SENS Schools

● Grant-aided schools are independent of ● Schools for children

local authorities but are supported
financially by the Scottish Government.
with mental or physical
disabilities
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 Northern Ireland
Protestant children
Most protestant children
attend controlled schools.

Catholic children
Catholic children attend
voluntary-maintained
schools.
54
54 voluntary grammar schools
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which tend to be either Catholic or

non-denominational.
 Primary Schools
Primary school education begins in the UK at age 5 and continues until age 11,
comprising key stages one and two under the UK educational system.

Some primary schools are split up into Infant and Junior levels. These are usually
separate schools on the same site. The infant age range (Key Stage 1) is from
age 5 to 7. The Junior age range (Key Stage 2) is from age 7 to 11.
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 The table shows the different standardized assessments and exams.
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 Secondary Schools
All Scottish state
Secondary pupils pupils also
in the maintained attended non–
sector in England selective
and all such schools.
pupils in Wales:
Northern Ireland
> Attended is currently
comprehensive organized largely
schools. on selective
lines.
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 The table shows the different standardized assessments and exams.
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 Independent Schools
Independent Schools :
 Not funded by the state and
obtain most of their finances
from fees paid by parents.

 Requiring to register with the

appropriate government
department and are subject to
inspection.
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 Department for Education

All independent schools in England are

registered with the Department for Education
and Skills and are regulated directly by the
Secretary of State for Education. The DfES can
close schools for serious or persistent breaches
of standards.
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 Curriculum
All state schools in the UK must provide religious education, but
parents have the right to withdraw their children from these
classes.

The curricula contain programs of study for age groups split into
Key Stages.
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 ● There are four Key Stages covering the ages of compulsory schooling

● Key Stages 1 and 2 are studied in primary schools, and Stages 3 and 4 in secondary
schools.

Organization of compulsory school

years
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 UK Education System Explained
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 Compulsory subject at Key Stages
Key stages 1 and 2

• Compulsory national curriculum subjects at primary school are:

• English
• Math
• Science
• Design and technology
• History
• Geography
• Art and design
• Music
• Physical education (PE), including swimming
• Computing
• Ancient and modern foreign languages (at key stage 2)
Primary schools must also provide:
- - relationships and health education
- - religious education (RE) - but parents can ask for their children to be taken out of the whole lesson or
part of it
Schools often also teach:
personal, social, and health education (PSHE)
citizenship
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modern foreign languages (at key stage 1)

sex education - parents can ask for their children to be taken out of the lesson.
 Key stages 3 and 4

Key stage 4
During key stage 4 most pupils work towards national
Key stage 3 qualifications - usually GCSEs.
Compulsory national curriculum subjects are: The compulsory national curriculum subjects are the ‘core’ and
•English ‘foundation’ subjects.
•Math Core subjects are:
•Science • English
•History • Math
•Geography • Science
•Modern foreign languages Foundation subjects are:
•Design and technology •computing
•Art and design •physical education
•Music •citizenship
•Citizenship Schools must also offer at least one subject from each of these
•Physical education areas:
•Computing •arts
Schools must also provide: •design and technology
•relationships, sex, and health education - parents can ask •humanities
for their children to be taken out of sex education •modern foreign languages
•religious education (RE) - parents can ask for their children
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They must also provide 

to be taken out of the whole lesson or part of it relationships, sex and health education, and religious education
(RE)
 at key stage 4.
 Qualifications

England Wales Northern Ireland

● 16- General certificate of secondary education (GCSE)

● 17- General certificate of education advanced subsidiary ( AS level ) equivalent to 50 %
of an A level.
● 18-General certificate of education advanced ( A level ).
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 Scotland
● The National Qualifications (NQ) Framework covers Standard Grade
(usually taken at age 16) ; and Access, Intermediate 1 and 2, Higher and
Advanced Higher qualifications (usually taken at ages 17 and 18).
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 Compulsory subject at Key
Administration and Management
State schools in England and Wales are
maintained by LEAs.

All schools are funded by the five education

and library boards In Northern Ireland.

Further education colleges in the United

Kingdom are legally independent
institutions.

Universities and higher education colleges

are legally independent corporate
institutions.
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 The School Day
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 Categories Of Schools
• The UK has many different
types of schools, but there are
two main groups 5state and
private.
• 93% of pupils go to state
schools, and the others go to
private schools, which are also
called public or independent
schools.
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• Another type of school is a faith
school, which is linked to a
religious group and academies.
• Pupils can also go to
academies /half–private/ They get
money from the government but
are managed independently. They
often get extra money from a
sponsor.
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 Going to University in British
● After school, many British students go to university
● Most universities receive some money from the
state
● Students in Britain formerly had received a
government grant to help pay their living expenses
● At most British universities the academic year is
divided into three terms
● In Britain, a professor is a person in charge of a
department or a senior member of staff
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 Further Education
● Further education in Britain means education after GCSE exams
taken around the age of 16
● Further education also includes training for professional
qualifications in nursing, accountancy, management, art, and music
● many students in Britain take vocational training courses in fields
● Courses students may do a placement lasting several months with
companies
● Student divide their time between periods of pain work and periods
of study
● Some students do a formal modern apprenticeship, learning their
skills on the job and attending college part-time
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