British Education

Students in Britain can start their 6th form when they are.... years old

16

The Open University was started in....

1969

When ere 2 major changes introduced by the government? What were they?

1980. setting up of national curriculum and opting out of LEA

There are .... key stages at a secondary school.

2

There are ...... key stages at a primary school

2

Full-time education is compulsory for all children aged between....

5 and 16

What is 6th form? Where do Ss do their 6th form?

A preparatory course for A-level exam which lasts for 2 years. At secondary schools.

The British government always attaches little importance to education.

False

There is only one national curriculum in Britain now.

False

Students take "O" level examinations to get....

GCSE

Public schools in Britain means....

Independent schools

..... has traditionally been given a comparatively high value in Britain.

Learning for its own sake, rather than any particular practical purposes

What does " LEA" stand for?

Local Education Authority

The universities of Oxford and Cambridge can be donated as....

Oxbridge

What are known as " the three Rs"?

Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic.

Who could enter a grammar school?

Ss who passed the exam of primary school

What does "SAT'' stand for?

Standard Assessment Tests.

The schools funded by government either directly or via local education authorities in the UK are called.....

State schools

How is Primary education in England normally conducted?

Through infant & junior or combined primary school

Each university in Britain is responsible for the syllabus, methodology, entrance requirements and examinations.

True

In the past, public school used to be single sex schools.

True

Only sons of the upper and upper-middle classes were educated in the small group of schools or publich schools in Britain in 19th century.

True

Which is the qualification from a university?

a degree

Public schools' emphasis was on...

character- building and the development of team spirit rather than on academic development

Which local school do most eleven-year-olds all go on these days?

comprehensive school

Nearly all schools work a...... week

five-day

School day starts at or .... and finishes at....

just before 9 o'clock , between 3 or 4 o'clock or a bit later for children

Children are mostly taught by a teacher who teaches all subject in.... schools

primary

Eton, Harrow, Rugby and Winchester are examples of .....

public schools

"O" levels means ordinary levels and "A" levels means advanced levels.

true

Full time education in Britain is basically compulsory up to the middle teenage years.

true

Pupils at most secondary schools in Britain have to wear a school uniform.

true