1. EDUCATION IN BRITAIN
By Alex Grinyer

2. The end of Primary School
Homepage
Aged Schools
The end of Primary School
Key Stages & Lessons
Nursery
A Change
My Timetable
Primary School
Secondary School Me

3. Different schools for different ages...
In Britain, there are 3 different phases of schooling a child goes through. These are:
Nursery ( up to 4 years old)
Primary School (4-11 years old)
Secondary school (11-18 years old)
There is also a system of ‘years’. Year 1 starts when you are 5-6yrs old, year 2 is from 6-7yrs, year 3 is from 7-8yrs etc...

4. A place for the young
Nursery

5. Nursery
Children can go to nursery from a month or two, however most children go at the age of around 2, depending on parental decisions and circumstances.
Nursery fulfils two roles: Child care for working parents, and pre-school education.
Every child goes to nursery for at least a year, leading into primary school, this familiarises the child with a school like environment and encourages them to socialise with others of their age.
Nursery Building

6. Nursery
At nursery, there are no lessons as such, as children are too young for them, but instead, there are sessions of learning; in the younger years they will do drawing and craft activities, and in the older years the sessions will be longer, and they may start to learn to read and write. Again though, this varies.
Nurseries also allow parents to go to work whilst their child is under care for the day.

7. Infant and Junior Education
PRIMARY SCHOOL

8. Primary school Children go to primary school at 4 years old.
The first year is called ‘reception’.
In reception, children start to learn how to read and write. They also learn numbers, art and craft and do project work.
A lot of work is play-based.
They spend time each week in physical education.
After reception, children start year 1.

9. Primary school
As a child progresses through school, different core subjects will be introduced to them, these include:
History
Science
French
Citizenship and Guidance (C&G)
Geography
Individual sports (such as football)
Also, musical instruments are commonly taken up at this age.

10. Primary school
Many schools do Drama productions/ plays. They can be open to the whole school, or just the elder or younger years.
Also running are after school are clubs and activities. They can involve sports, music ensembles, or art etc.

11. At the end of primary school...
The end of primary is a large step that children take at the age of around 11 years old.
They leave their schools and go to new ones with students up to 18 years old. Some secondary schools require the student to have sat an exam called the 11+. If they pass, they have a place at a grammar school, however that does not apply to all schools, such as NSB.

12. A Change... Primary School Secondary School
Most subjects are taught by the class teacher
The average school is smaller, with fewer classes
Basic facilities e.g. Science
Less teachers
Few extra-curricular activities e.g. Sport, music etc.
Dependence
There are different teachers for different subjects
Large schools up to 2000 pupils, with many classes
More and better facilities
Many teachers
Lots of extra-curricular activities at lunch time and after school
More independence

13. The main part
Secondary school

14. An introduction to Secondary School...
A child arrives at secondary school...It is:
Bigger
Either single sex or mixed
The classes are larger
There are more teachers
The building/s are larger
There are more classrooms
The uniform is likely to be very different...
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15. Key stages
Through both secondary and primary schools, and across Britain, there are ‘key stages’ of learning; like guide lines that every school follows, these are:
Key stage 1 (years 1-2)
Key stage 2 (years 3-6)
Key stage 3 (years 7-9)
Key stage 4 (years 10-11)
Key stage 5 (years 12-13)
In year 11, students sit GCSE’s, a set of exams which one studies for from year 9 onwards. Students sit AS level exams in year 12, and A level exams in year 13.

16. New lessons
Many new subjects also occur, such as new languages: French (if not learnt before), Spanish, German and sometimes Latin. A main one is Design Technology (DT), in this, you manufacture products e.g. Wooden toys and learn about their designs. Our school specialises in music and DT.

17. Lessons in general
The number of lessons in a day varies from school to school in Britain, and usually, secondary schools will have more lessons and a longer day than most primary schools. However, the average is around 6-8 lessons every day.

18. Lessons at our school
At NSB, we have 7 lessons every day. We call them periods. We have 3 before break, which is 30 minutes, then 2 before lunch, which is 1 hour, and then our last 2.
School starts at 8:45am, although is open from 7:45, and finishes at 3:35pm, however you may choose to do a club/activity after school, and that finishes at 5:00pm.
School runs from Monday to Friday in most British schools, including ours.

19. My timetable Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Period 6
Monday
Music
Art
Geography
Science
Maths
English
Tuesday
Design
Technology
Citizenship and
Guidance
Religious Education
Physical Education
(sport)
French
Wednesday
Information Computer
Thursday
Dance/
Drama
History
Spanish
Friday
Design Technology

20. Me I am in year 8, and I’m 12 years old.
This is my second year at secondary school.
I go to school at Northampton School for Boys, a school for just boys, apart from the two last years of school; the sixth-form.
I am good at academics and most expressive arts, but I enjoy all subjects and learning in general.
There are over 1500 students at my school; that is fairly large for a secondary school in Britain.

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EDUCATION IN BRITAIN
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