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Education

Learn about the education system in the UK, including stages from Early Years to Higher Education, types of schools, and pathways for getting an education. Discover key terms and concepts in English education.

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Education

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  1. Education Upper-Intermediate Lesson 07

  2. Today we are going to learn: • About educational system • Lexis to speak about education

  3. England, Wales, Northern Ireland- depthScotland - breadth

  4. Main stages • early Years Foundation Stage (ages 3–5). • primary education (ages 5–11). • secondary education (ages 11–18). • and tertiary education (further education and higher education (ages 18+).

  5. Ways of getting education • Full-time education is compulsory for all children aged 5 to 18 • State-funded schools • Independent schooling • Home schooling

  6. Early Years Foundation Stage(ages 3–5) • all 3-and-4-year-olds are entitled to 15 hours of free nursery education for 38 weeks of the year. • State: nursery schools, nursery classes and reception classes within primary schools. • voluntary pre-schools, privately run nurseries or childminders.

  7. Primary education (ages 5–11) • infant (5 to 7 or 8) (Key Stage 1) and junior (up to 11 or 12) (Key Stage 2). • boys and girls in mixed classes. • major goals – basic literacy and numeracy, establishing foundations in science, mathematics and other subjects.

  8. Secondary education (ages 11–18) • High school (ages 11-16, key stages 3-4). • And Sixth Form (ages 16-18, years 12 and 13, key stage 5).

  9. State-funded schools Comprehensive is a type of secondary school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude or the wealth of the parents of the children it accepts. Grammar originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school. Select students based on their academic results.

  10. Specialist schools Former USSR - specialized school, the USA - magnet school. Secondary schools that specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement (Arts, Business & Enterprise, Engineering, Humanities, Languages, Mathematics & Computing, Music, Science, Sports and Technology).

  11. Academy • funded by the Department for Education. • independent of local authority control. • self-governing non-profit charitable trusts. • may receive additional support from personal or corporate sponsors. • do not have to follow the National Curriculum. • must have a broad and balanced curriculum, have to include Mathematics and English.

  12. Faith school • a school that teaches a general curriculum but which has a particular religious character or formal links with a religious organisation.

  13. Boarding school a school in which most or all of the students live during the part of the year that they go to lessons. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals. Some boarding schools also have day students who attend the institution by day and return off-campus to their families in the evenings.

  14. Independent Schools

  15. Independent schools • fee-paying private schools. • governed by an elected board of governors. • independent of many of the regulations and conditions that apply to state-funded schools.

  16. Public schools • older, expensive and more exclusive schools catering for the 13–18 age-range. • the term "public" comes from the fact that they were open to pupils regardless of where they lived or their religion.

  17. Public schools • Common Entrance Examinations (commonly known as CE). • Prep schools, (or preparatory school) educate younger children up to the age of 13 to "prepare" them for entry to the public schools and other independent schools.

  18. General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) • Awarded in a specified subject, generally taken in a number of subjects (usually 10) over two years. • Key stage 4, Age 15-16. • GCSEs in English, mathematics, and science – obligatory. • Continuous assessment + formal test.

  19. The General Certificate of Education Advanced Level • A Level - school leaving qualification. • Sixth form college. • Key stage 5, Ages 16-18. • Taken in a specific subject. • Necessary to enter a University.

  20. Higher Education

  21. Higher Education • bachelor's degree, and usually lasts for three years. • first degree or undergraduate degree. • Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.), Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.), Bachelor of Philosophy (B.Phil.), or Bachelor of Sacred Theology (B.S.Th.).

  22. Postgraduate degrees • Master's degree (typically taken in one year, though research-based master's degrees may last for two). • The two most common titles of master's degrees are the Master of Arts (M.A.) and Master of Science (M.S., M.Sc., M.Si., or M.C.A.). • The Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), the Master of Health Administration (M.H.A) etc.

  23. Postgraduate degrees • Doctorate (typically taken in three years). • most common - the PhD (from humanities to science). • the Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) and the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.).

  24. Today we have learned: • About educational system • Lexis to speak about education

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