EDUCATION IN UNITED KINGDOM Prepared By: Nicole Shane M. Ngolab, RPm

RANDOM IMMIGRATION CHECK POINT NAME THREE CITIES IN UNITED KINGDOM NAME ONE FAMOUS UNIVERSITY YES OR NO IS EDUCATION IN UNITED KINGDOM COMPULSORY?

OBJECTIVES: a.) Describe and explain the different types of schools in United Kingdom. b.)Describe and explain United Kingdom’s educational system. c.) Differentiate the major stages of United Kingdom’s educational system

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TYPES OF SCHOOLS STATE SCHOOL – non fee paying school run by state For Secondary: a.) Comprehensive School- a state school where students of all abilities are taught together b.) Grammar School – a school for children with high academic abilities

PRIVATE SCHOOL – fee paying school sometimes connected with one religion PUBLIC SCHOOL – fee paying school that is long established a.) Boarding School – a school where the students live b.) Single Sex School – all boys / all girls school

PRIMARY STAGE 5 – 11 years old INFANT SCHOOL -(5 -7 years old) – Emphasis on the 3R’s : Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic JUNIOR SCHOOL ( 7 years old – 11 years old) – Core Subjects: English, Mathematics, Science

STANDARD ASSESSMENT TEST Test that students take at the ages 7, 11 and 14 , to see whether they have reached the standard set by the national curriculum. 11+ / ELEVEN PLUS EXAM -It examines the ability of students to solve problems using verbal and non verbal reasoning Determines whether a student will go to a grammar school or a comprehensive school.

SECONDARY STAGE/ LEVEL 11 – 16 years old Year 7 - 11 Subjects: Art, Geography, Music, History, Design and Technology, Information and Communications Technology, Physical Education, Religious Education, Sex and Relationship Education, Careers Education, Citizenship.

GENERAL CERTIFICATE ON SECONDARY EDUCATION Test taken by 15/16 year old students Usually taken in 5 subjects Core Subjects: English, Mathematics and Science Additional Subjects: Music, Art and etc. Marks the end of the compulsory education Students have the choice to work or continue to further studies

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION School lasts from 9 am – 3:20/5:00 pm Lessons are 1 hour 15 minutes long Usually breaks lasts 20 minutes Usually lunch breaks last an hour and fifteen minutes.

FURTHER STUDIES / Sixth Form ages 16 - 18 Academic Qualifications or Vocational Qualifications Vocational Qualifications work-related qualifications designed to enable the learner to acquire knowledge and skills that are required by the national occupational standards (NOS) to be able to perform a particular job

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS students typically study A-levels, further academic qualifications required of students before they enter higher education and a degree program. A LEVELS a public exam taken by students at the age of 17 or 18 First Year – AS Level Exams Second Year- A2s Exams

HIGHER EDUCATION/ UNIVERSITIES 18+ Bachelor’s Degree/ Undergraduate Degree Postgraduate Program PhD

University of Cambridge SOME UNIVERSITIES IN UNITED KINGDOM University of Oxford University of Cambridge

University College London Imperial College London King’s College London University of Edinburgh University of Manchester

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