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Educational
System in
Great Britain
SCHOOLS
Education in Britain is compulsory from the ages
of 5 to 16. The great majority of children attend
Britain's 30,500 state schools. No tuition fees are
payable in any of them.
 State schools are almost all day schools holding
clasps between Mondays and Fridays. The school
year is 39 weeks long and is divided into three
terms: autumn (September to Christmas); winter
(January to Easter) and summer (Easter to July).
 Each school day is divided into periods of 40-50
minutes - time for various lessons - with 10-20
minutes' breaks between them
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 Most
the pupils' time is spent in the
classroom or laboratories. Most classrooms
have some form of large writing surface on
which the teacher can make notes for the
class Traditionally, this was in the form of
a chalkboard but these are becoming less
common, and are replaced by whiteboards
and interactive whiteboards. Many
classrooms also have TVs, maps, charts,
books, LCD projectors for presenting
information and images.
SCHOOL
 The
HOLIDAYS
summer holiday is around 6 weeks
long; and there are two-week holidays at
Christmas and New Year and at Easter.
There are one week holidays in the middle
of each term ('half term'). In Scotland, the
school year starts a little earlier, in late
August, and ends at the end of June. The
school year starts at slightly different
dates in different cities and we do not have
a big festival for the start of the school
year like you do here in Ukraine.
PRIMARY
 In
SCHOOLS
England, children start school when
they are 5 years old. Sometimes, children
start just before their 5th birthday. This is
earlier than in Ukraine and indeed most
other countries, where children start
school when they are 6 or 7. Primary
schools in England are divided into two:
infant schools for ages 5-7 and junior
schools for ages 7 to 11. In Scotland,
children start school at the age of 6 and
leave when they are 12.
THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM FOR
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
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In infant schools (ages 5-7), the main
emphasis is on basic literacy and
numeracy - learning to read and write and
basic arithmetic. In Junior schools are
required to teach: English, Mathematics,
Science, Information Technology
(Computers), Religious Education, Design
and Technology- History, Geography, Art,
Music and Physical Education. And, the
NC lays down what is to be taught in each
subject.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
 At
the age of 11 in England, children leave
primary school and go to secondary school,
and they are required to stay at school
until they are 16. There are different sorts
of secondary schools.
 The National Curriculum at Secondary
schools includes: English, Mathematics,
Science, Design and Technology, IT,
History, Geography, Modem Foreign
Languages, Art, Music and PE. Children
are required to study a foreign language
for only 3 years. The most popular are
French, German and Spanish.
 Comprehensive
schools. These are
schools for children of all abilities that aim
to teach the full range of subjects
 Grammar schools. These are schools for
the academically more able children.
Children have to pass a test to get into
grammar schools.
 In recent years, the government has
encouraged schools to specialise in
certain areas, e.g. science and technology.
Specialised schools still have to leach the
NC, but give more emphasis to their
speciality.
UNIVERSITIES
BRITAIN.
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AND
COLLEGES
IN
GREAT
There are over 90 universities in GB. They are divided
into three types: the old universities (Oxford, Cambridge
and Edinburgh Universities), in the 19th century
universities, such as London and Manchester
universities, and the new universities
Full courses of study offer the degree of Bachelor of Art
or Science. Most degree courses at universities last three
years, language courses 4 years (including year spent
aboard). Medicine and dentistry courses are longer (5-7
years).
Students may receive grants from the Local Education
Authority to help pay for books, accommodation,
transport, and food. This grant depends on the income of
their parents.
Most students live away from home, in flats of halls of
residence.