Transcript System of Education in Great Britain

System of Education in Great Britain
Primary education
Infant schools- 4/5-7 years.
Lessons are informal.
Primary education
Junior schools- 8/11 years old
Lessons are more formal.
Compulsory secondary education
► 11/12-18
years old
► lasts 5 years (5 forms)
After the 5-th form
Leave school
Go to the 6-th form
Secondary Education
Comprehensive schools
take pupils of all abilities
no exams
General Certificate of Secondary
Education
(GCSE)
At the end of the 5-th form.
Further Education College
Gives practical courses (hairdressing, typing)
The sixth form
Lasts 2 years
Prepares for “A” Level Exams
Private Education
Independent schools are called
preparatory schools (age up to 13)
public schools (age 13-19).
Boarding schools
Children live as well as study.
Boys’ schools
Girls’ schools
Coeducational schools
The system of education