Transcript The System of Education in Great Britain

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The UK educational system
There are two sectors
of education:
state (free
education)
private (paid
education)
The most typical
kind of school in
Great Britain is
Boarding School
in which pupils
both study and
live.
Preparatory education (3-4
years)
System of
education
in Great
Britain
Primary
education (4,510,11 years)
Secondary
education (1116years)
Sixth form
(16-18 years)preparation for
universities
 One teacher teaches:
 Art
 Analysis
 Drama
 English
 Geography
 History
 Mathematics
 Scottish Gaelic (in Scotland)
 Mathematics
 History
 Science
 Social Education
 Technology and design
 Religion
 Information Technology
 Cooking
 English
 Music
 Modern Languages
 Physical education
(French, German, Spanish)
 Geography
 Greek and Latin (grammar
and independent schools)
Classification of schools by a sex of the
pupils:
Co-educational schools are the
schools where both boys and girls are
trained.
Girls only Schools are schools
where only girls are trained.
Boys only Schools are schools
where only boys are trained.
Secondary school education
Secondary education is compulsory for children till 16 years. At all state and private
schools children study from 11 till 16 years and prepare for GCSE (General
Certificate of Secondary Education) — the general certificate on secondary
education, or GNVQ (General National Vocational Qualification) — the national
certificate on professional qualification.
Secondary education at private schools of England means studying of compulsory
subjects and disciplines for choice. For each child the training program is made
individually, proceeding from its abilities and interests in relation to the future trade.
Compulsory secondary education (with 11 till 16 years) is divided into two basic
levels - Key Stage 3 and Key stage 4/GCSE. Children pass a special general cycle of
training in various subjects which comes to an end with passing Common Entrance.
General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE)
General Certificate of Secondary Education
(GCSE) are the basic examinations which
schoolchildren pass at the end of the first
step of secondary education in England.
In each subject, the schoolboy can receive
marks from A (the highest mark) to G (the
lowest mark). The final result of GCSE will
depend on the received marks for course
and practical works during the year and
results of some examinations which are
checked by special examination boards.
The marks for GCSE subjects are taken into
consideration at getting schoolchildren to
the following educational level - A Level or
its equivalent
Education under 16
Training at high school in England after 16
years is called as the Sixth form (Sixth Form or
A–level – from 16 till 18, sometimes till 19
years). The Educational program of the Sixth
form is completely based on preparation of
pupils for entering higher educational
institutions. In 16 years, after the end of
compulsory education, students can both
leave school and start working and continue
education to enter the university. A-level
course is offered to enter the university. After
the first year of training A-level examinations,
and after the second year A2-levels are passed.
The first year of training means compulsory
studying of 4-5 subjects, the second – of 3-4.
The student choose individual subjects from
15-20 offered by school, thereby defining the
specialization to of training at university.
 England is the country of
conservatives, a school uniform is
always approached to classical
fashion there though lately
English stylists created the most
liberated and scandalous
collections.
 For a long time the uniform for
boys in Great Britain was
consisted from a jacket-blazer, a
grey flannel shirt which was
replaced by white in summer or
on holidays), dark grey trousers or
shorts, grey long socks, a dark
blue raincoat, black boots, and in
cold weather – a pullover with
triangular cut. Also a suit had a
cap with a logo of school and a
firm tie.
 Great Britain is the birthplace of a
school uniform, and for many
years and centuries schoolboys
wore various uniforms.
Traditionally English schoolboy is
dressed in a blazer, a cap and short
trousers-shorts, and carries an
obligatory leather satchel. To some
extent this form is a past echo though
the image lives in films and cartoon
films. The blazer with a school badge
on a breast pocket still rushes many
pupils, but caps, short trousers and
satchels tribute to the old form now
there is more. There can be scarves of
corresponding color of school.
Eton
Eton is a highly-exclusive private
school for boys where children only
from the richest families of Great
Britain or princes from royal family
study, because a tuition fee is very
high. The suit of the pupil of school
Eton looked so: the wide white
starched collar, a vest and a short
black jacket that was usual clothes at
many paid schools of the first half of
the 20th century. In the late sixties
the form of the Eton college was
cancelled, but today this school
uniform is worn at specialized
choral schools for boys.