Middle Ages
Common people
• The first schools were
parish schools
• The grammar schools
Aristocracy
• They were taught
hunting and manners,
rather than reading
and writing
17th century
Common people
• Dame schools
Aristocracy
• Grammar schools
• The Dissenting
Academies
• Private boarding
schools
18th century
• Dame schools continued
• Charity schools were established
• The grammar schools
• The public schools
19th century
• schools and teaching were provided for the children
of enfranchised groups
• Schools were organised to run cheaply as possible
• Monitorial system teacher teaches the monitors
who then pass on their knowledge to the pupils
• The socalled Ragged Schools (supported by charity
and provided education for the very poorest children
of the cities.)
• 1833 Education Act gave the first Government grant
to schools.
20th century
• 1902 Local Education Authorities had to finance
secondary schools
• 1907 private secondary schools could get
financial help from the government
• 1918 the power of the LEAs increased: schooling
was made compulsory up to the age of 14 and this
reorganised the government grants to schools
• 1944all children should have an equal
opportunity to participate in secondary education
and it should be suited to their age.
The actions in Parliament
• Reform Act 1832 education was provided
to the middle class
• Reform Act 1867respectable working
class children were provided with
education
• Education Act 1880 everyone, at least up
to the age of 10 had to attend school
• Education Act 1891 free education
British Education System
D o c t o r a t e
a g e 2 3 - 2 7
f o r 3 - 5 y e a r s
M a s t e r ' s d e g r e e
a g e 2 2
f o r 1 - 2 y e a r s
B a c h e l o r d e g r e e
a g e 1 9 - 2 1
f o r 3 - 4 y e a r s
A - l e v e l o r
f o u n d a t i o n p r o g .
a g e 1 7 - 1 8
f o r 2 y e a r s
S e c o n d a r y s c h o o l
a g e 1 3 - 1 6
f o r 2 y e a r s
F u r t h e r e d u c a t i o n
a g e 1 6 + . . .
P r i m a r y s c h o o l
a g e 5 - 1 2
f o r 8 y e a r s
P r e - s c h o o l
a g e 3 - 4
School education
• primary education
up to age eleven
• secondary education
up to age sixteen
Private education
• Government does not support these
schools financially.
• People must pay for their education
• Choice: day and boarding schools, single
sex schools
• 2,400 schools in Britain
Further education
• Is for people over sixteen taking
courses for entry into higher education.
• Provides continued general education
for people of all ages.
• Used to study academic subjects and
explore recreational activities as well
as to develop and upgrade work skills.
Higher education
• All UK postschool courses above GCE
Advanced level or Scottish Higher
standard.
• Courses are available at universities,
colleges and institutions of higher
education.
Universities
• There are 88 universities in the UK.
• A private university (Buckingham).
• A school which is devoted entirely to
distance learning (the Open University).
• Most famous Universities in Britain are
Cambridge and Oxford.
Facts about Cambridge
• Students: over 16,500 (over100 nationalities)
• Staff consists of 7,000 people
• Divisions: Humanities, Life and Environmental
Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences,
Medical Sciences, Social Sciences
• Chancellor: The Duke of Edinburgh
• Members of Cambridge have won over 60 Nobel
Prizes
Facts about Oxford
• Students: over 16, 500 (130nationalities)
• Academic community includes 426 people
• Divisions: Humanities, Life and Environmental
Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences,
Medical Sciences, Social Sciences
• Oxford was named the most innovative
University
• Chancellor: Roy Jenkins
Distance education
• Learners are separated from the institution
• Learning takes place outside the education
establishment.
• Students learn where and when it suits
them, at their own pace.
• Studies and private and professional
commitments can be combined
Teacher education
• Schools have responsibility for
planning and managing teacher
training courses and for the selection,
training and assessment of students.
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