Презентация на тему: "Школы в Великобритании"

Schools in Britain

Children in Britain start school when they are five and stay at school until they are sixteen or older.

Many children in Britain attend nursery school from age of about three, but these schools are not compulsory. Compulsory education begins at the age of five, when children go to primary school.

Primary education lasts for six years. They attend the infant school from five to seven and then junior school until they are eleven. Then pupils go to secondary school.

Most secondary schools teach French and some schools offer Spanish, German, Italian and Russian. The first three are called “core” subjects. Pupils take examinations in the core subjects at the age 7, 11 and 14.

After five years of secondary education, pupils take the General Certificate of Secondary Education examination. Most pupils take examinations in all subjects.

Compulsory education ends at sixteen. Some people choose to stay at secondary school for a further two years. Other people leave secondary school at sixteen and go to colleges or further education.

Higher education begins at eighteen and usually lasts for three or four years. Students go to universities, polytechnics or colleges of higher education.

Some parents choose to send their children to private schools where they pay for their education.

State education is free. More than 90% of Britain’s children attend state schools.