▪ Comprehensive schools
introduced in the 1960s. The purpose of the comprehensive school is to
democratize education and provide equal opportunity for all children.
Higher Education
❖ Recruitment base on: ▪ A-levels ▪ School references ▪ Interview
❖ All British universities are partially funded by central government grants. ▪ Except Buckingham University and BPP University College
英语国家概况
A Guide to English-Speaking Countries
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Chapter Five
Education, Media and Holiday
英 语 国 家 概 况
▪ Better funded ▪ Better teachers ▪ Better facilities ▪ Better chance to enter famous universities
Primary and Secondary Education
❖ Eton College
▪ Eton College, often informally referred to as Eton, is the largest public school (independent secondary school) in England and one of the highest in prestige.
▪ Certifying that the students have achieved the standard expected after 11 years of compulsory education
Primary and Secondary Education
State System (Cont.)
A-levels (General Certificate of Education—Advanced)
—for universities admittances
▪ GNVQs (General National Vocational Qualifications)
—for vocational training
▪Independent system—Public schools 7%
•(Parents pay for their children's education)
❖ National curriculum:
▪Compulsory in state school ▪Optional in independent school
❖ National Curriculum was introduced in 1988.
❖ Subjects include mathematics, English, science, geography, history, technology, music, arts, physical education and a foreign language.
Primary and Secondary Education
❖ Two parallel school system:
▪State system—local authority maintained 93%
•(Free to all children between the ages of 5—16)
❖ “sixth form” (2 years)
(English education system) the final two years of secondary schooling during which students are about sixteen to eighteen years of age.
apart from the Scholars, lives in a boarding house. ▪ Each house also had a set of house colours, which adorned the ribbon worn around boys' "strats" (straw hats).
3 to 5 years
Famous Universities

Famous Universities
❖ Oxford University and Cambridge University are sometimes referred to collectively as Oxbridge.
Primary and Secondary Education
❖ A-levels
▪ The A-level, or “Advanced Level” is a grade of education that is offered by educational institutions such as schools and colleges and is an accepted form of qualification.
less-poor students receiving only a partial grant. ▪ Having been abolished in 1998 by the Labor
government and a tuition plan for university education was implemented
(most are comprehensive schools) GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education)
Primary and Secondary Education
❖ The General Certificate of Secondary Education(GCSE) （普通中等教育证书）
CONTENT
I
Education
II
Media
III Holidays and Festivals
Education
Educational Policy Educational System
Educational Policy
❖ Compulsory education for all children between the ages of 5 and 16 (17 from 2013)
Higher Education
❖Maintenance grant
▪ Received by students from poor families ▪ Financial aid based on need, from the central
government ▪ Very poor students receiving the full grant and
Hale Waihona Puke Primary and Secondary Education
State System
❖ state system—11-year compulsory education ▪ 5-11: primary schools (co-educational/ mixed schools) ▪ 11-16: secondary schools
Primary and Secondary Education
Independent System ❖ the most famous — Eton, Harrow and Winchester ❖ over 2500 independent schools across Britain ❖ Over 7% percent of all British children ❖ A privilege for the rich
▪ An academic qualification generally taken in a number of subjects by students aged 14–16 in secondary education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
▪ Grammar schools
offers an academic course in preparation for university entrance and for the professions.
▪ Vocational schools
It may be obtained either formally in trade schools, technical secondary schools, or in on-the-job training programs or, more informally, by picking up the necessary skills on the job.
▪ It educates over 1,300 pupils, aged between 13 to 18 years and was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor".