Education is compulsory from 5 to 16.
The academic year begins in September and runs to early July. It has 3 terms, divided by the Christmas and Easter holidays ( besides, each school has “a half – term holiday”, lasting a few days or a week, in the middle of each term).
Compulsory education is free of charge, but parents may spend money on educating their children if they want to.
There are 3 stages of education. Children move from the first stage (primary) to the second stage (secondary) at the age of 11 or 12. The third stage is “further” education at university or college.
Many British children start school at the age of 3 or 4 if there is a play school near their house.
These schools are nursery and they are not compulsory.
Children are taught to sing, draw, they play different creative games.
Compulsory education begins at the age of 5, when children go to primary school.
All children start primary school at the age of 5. Primary education lasts for six years. They attend the infant school from 5 to 7 and then junior school until they are 11.
More than 90% of British children attend state schools where education is free.
Some parents pay for their children to attend a private school. Private schools are called public schools. Most of them are boarding schools.
In English schools pupils have to address men teachers “Sir” and women teachers “Miss” or “Mrs”.
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After six years of primary education children take exams in core subjects and go to a secondary school.
Children study compulsory (core) subjects:
- English
- Literature
- Mathematics
- IT (Information Technology)
- Religious Education
and optional courses:
- one foreign language
- one science subject
- one art subject
- History
- Geography
- PE (Physical Education)
- Design and Technology
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