British system of education The School System n
British system of education
The School System n Primary School Age 6 - 11 Age 11 exam n Secondary School Age 11 - 16 GSCE n Six Form Age 16 - 18 Age 18 exam
Types of schools PRIMARY SCHOOL n Infant school age 5 - 7 n Junior school age 8 - 11 STREAMING A, B, C, D streams
Types of schools Secondary schools n Comprehensive n Grammar n Secondary Modern n Secondary Technical
What Sixteen-Year-Olds Do n 27 % Youth-Training n n n schemes 25% State Schools 14% Further education 12% Unemployed 10% Full-time employment 6% Independent schools 5% Part-time education in employment (furthereducation courses)
Higher Education n Oxbridge n Redbrick universities (Birmingham, Liverpool, London etc. ) n Plate-glass universities (1960 s)-Kent, Lancaster, York etc. n Scotland ancient universities (Glasgow, Edinburgh, St. Andrew’s, Aberdeen (15 th and 16 th centuries)
Do your test!
Discussion n 1. What do you think of the great variety of schools in Britain? n 2. How will you compare it with schools in Russia? n 3. What will you say about the system of examinations (tests) in Britain and Russia? n 4. What would you ideal school be like? n 5. Discuss the nicknames of categories of universities in Britain. What do they reflect? n 6. Do any of Russian universities have nicknames?
Express yourself! Make a project “A dream school” Ideas n School year n School bus n Subjects n Lessons n Marks n Teachers
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