Monday, June 21, 2010

How does the schooling system work in England


How does the schooling system work in England?
I'm just curious, I always knew that the schooling system would be different from where I live in Canada, but in the YA questions I've read, it seems A LOT more different than I thought it would be. Can someone explain their education system. Like here it's Elementary School Middle School High School Community College/College/University Then Grad school if you get a Bachelors degree. What's it liek there? Thanks in advance :) wow, its really not that different, lol, great answers though ill pick one when it lets me :)
Other - Education - 6 Answers
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nursery / pre-school primary school secondary school college university kinda sucks if you ask me.. the guy below me has ages .. just choose him :)
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Age 0-3 - Nursery (optional) Age 4-11 - Primary school Age 12-16 - Secondary school Age 17/18 - College (optional) Age 18+ University (optional) We also have apprenticeships where at 18+ you can go to work with someone who does a job, and learn how to do their job. These are called NVQ training.
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Primary school Secondary school 16-18 College/school (most secondary schools offer this) University
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Primary School Secondary School 6th Form College Then College or University are both optional
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Well in Scotland it goes like this : ages 4/5 usally 5 - Primary School Ages 11/12 - Secondary School Age 16 - you can leave school or stay on at secondary Age 18 - Secondary 6th year Then you can go to College or University or go into a job You have to stay on till you are 16 and once then you can go into college to do highers (whatever you want) then you can go into University.
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Hmm English education system I can't help you with in detail but I think it's similar to our education system (Scotland) Here's how ours goes: Nursery School (ages 3-4) Primary School (5-11) Academy (11-17) (Secondary School) College (if you didn't get the grades you need to get into Uni, if you did you can go straight to University after school, or if you just want to do a college course which you can reach a Higher National Diploma as the highest certificate which is equivalent to 2nd year at University) University where we get all our degrees from Bachelors to Masters and Phd's etc.