The education system in the UK has three main stages: primary education from ages 4-11, secondary education from ages 11-16/18, and further education from ages 16/18+. There are state-run and private schools at each level. Secondary education culminates in exams like GCSEs and A-Levels. Students may then pursue higher education at universities, where degrees like Bachelor's degrees are earned. The UK has a variety of university types including older universities like Oxford and prestigious newer research universities.

1. EDUCATION SYSTEM IN UK Based on the article by O’Driscoll DANICA KUBI HTG

3. The major stages of education in UK

4. UK Schools PRIVATE (fee-paying) STATE (non fee- paying) PRIMARY EDUCATION  4/5 - 11 NON-BOARDING (single-sex) BOARDING (single-sex)

5. SECONDARY EDUCATION  12-16/18 BOARDING (single-sex) STATE (non-fee- paying) NON-BOARDING (single-sex) COMPREHENSIVE GRAMMAR PUBLIC (age 13-18)

9. ETON COLLEGE http://www.etoncollege.com

16. The organisation of a school year AUTUMN TERM CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY (about 2 weeks) SPRING TERM EASTER HOLIDAY (about 2 weeks) SUMMER TERM SUMMER HOLIDAY (about 6 weeks) In addition, all schools have a “half term” ( = half-term holiday ), lasting a few days or a week in the middle of each term.

21. PUBLIC EXAMS

24. AGE NAME OF THE SCHOOL TESTS / EXAMS KINDERGARTEN or PRIMARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION NURSERY NOT YET 2/3 – 5 11 - 16 5 - 7 7 - 11 16 - 18 16 - 18 18 + INFANT SCHOOL JUNIOR SCHOOL SAT TESTS SAT TESTS GCSEs SAT TESTS SECONDARY SCHOOL THE SIXTH FORM 5 - 7 Age 14 Age 17 AS-LEVELS A-LEVELS Age 18 FURTHER EDUCATION UNIVERSITIES ALL KINDS OF EXAMS 11+ EXAMS Standard assessment test

36. RAKENDUSLIK KÕRGHARIDUS APPLIED HIGHER EDUCATION KESKERI HARIDUS VOCATIONAL SECONARY EDUCATION KUTSE- KESKHARIDUS SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

41. Terminology  different schools PÕHIKOOL BASIC SCHOOL KESKKOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL ÜLIKOOL ALGKOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL UNIVERSITY KUTSEKOOL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

42. UNIVERSITIES

50. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

52. Photograph of Cambridge colleges seen from St Johns College Chapel

53. OXFORD UNIVERSITY

55. GLASGOW UNIVERSITY

58. MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY

60. WARWICK UNIVERSITY, a campus university

66. TYPES OF SCHOOLS PRIMARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL PRIVATE STATE NON-BOARDING SINGLE SEX STATE PUBLIC (age 13-18) STATE COMPREHENSIVE GRAMMAR BOARDING SINGLE-SEX BOARDING SINGLE-SEX BOARDING SINGLE-SEX NON-BOARDING SINGLE SEX