Education in Great Britain? Education is compulsory from the age of 5 (4 in Northern Ireland) to theage of 16.

« Educ ation i n Great Britai n Educatio n is comp ulsory from t he age o f 5 (4 in Nort hern Ireland) to t he a ge of 16 .

The s ystem of educati on is divided into 3 stag es: 1.

Pri mary education 2.

Second ary education 3.

High er ed ucation  Befo re the st art of for mal schooling , many c hildren a ttend n urse ry sch ools , also kn own as Pre-Schools ( actually 47% of 3 and 4 ye ar ol d child ren).

M an y nurse ry sc hools a ctually a llo w child ren to s tart in the te rm a fter that they are two and a h alf years old.

 Pre -schools a re optional.

These schools a re often staffe d by teach ers an d studen ts in training.

1.

PRIMARY EDUCATION  Pri mary education is gi ven to child ren between the ages of 5 to 11.

Pri mary schools are divided into two pa rts: infant sc hools and junior schools.

a.

inf ant schools Scho ol year A ge Rece ption 4-5 Year 1 5-6 Year 2 6-7 Child ren first atten d Inf ant sc hool fro m th e ag e of 5 to 7.

Actually English child ren ente r the r eceptio n class of pri mary school in the n ext term aft er their fift h birth day.

Reading , writing a nd a rith metic a re taught .

By the ti me the y a re re ad y for Ju nior scho ol, they wi ll be a ble to read, write, and do simpl e addition a nd su btractio n of numbers.

b.

junior scho ols Scho ol year A ge Year 3 7-8 Year 4 8-9 Year 5 9-1 0 Year 6 10-1 1 F ro m the a ge of 7 to 11 child ren th en mo ve to Junio r school.

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