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Education in the UnitedKindom
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National Curriculum in England, Wales and NorthernIreland
By law, all children in England and Wales
between ages 5 and 16 must receive a full
timeeducation, while in Northern Ireland,
children
must begin at age !" #or children underage 5,
$ubliclyfunded nurseries and $reschools
areavailable for a limited number of hours
each
wee%" &fter the age of 16, students canattend
si'th form colleges or other further
educationinstitutions"
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Independent schools (private) in theUK are renowned
worldwide for theexcellent conditions offered. There are
a variety of schools in England, Wales,Scotland and orthern
Ireland, whichaccepts st!dents fro" the first school
age (five years) and !p to #$ years.
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(rimary and secondary education
)he school year begins on 1 *e$tember+or 1 &ugust if a
term starts in&ugust"Education is com$ulsory for allchildren
from their -fth birthday to thelast #riday in .une of the school
year in
which they turn 16")his will be raised, in/01, to the year in
which they turn 12and, in /015, to their 13th birthday"
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Curriculum
&ll maintained schools in England are re4uired to
followthe National Curriculum, which is made u$ of
twelvesubects"157 )he core subects8English, 9athematics
and*cience8are com$ulsory for all students aged 5 to 16" &range
of other subects, %nown as foundation subects, arecom$ulsory at one
or more :ey *tages;
&rt < =esignCiti>enshi$=esign <
)echnology?eogra$hy
@istoryInformation < Communication )echnology9odern #oreign
Aanguages9usic(hysical Education
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The most important schools inU.K
Eton College Harrow School
$rivate school +%nown as a$ublic school in England inEton,
Ber%shire, England" )heschool was founded in 1!!0by @enry DI, %ing
of England,as the :ings College of FurAady of Eton Beside
Windsor"
is the largest college inthe Aondon Borough of
@arrow" )he college ishighly regarded for itsE*FA +English
fors$ea%ers of otherlanguages and E#A+English as a #oreignAanguage
courses"
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Rugby School
•
(rivate English secondaryschool, in Gugby,Warwic%shire, founded
in1562 as a free school forboys of the area under the
terms of the will ofAawrence *heriH, a wealthyAondon grocer" )he
mostfamous headmaster wasthe British educator )homas&rnold who
was in charge ofthe school from 13/3 to13!/"
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University of!ford
• Is the oldest institution ofhigher learning in the
Englishs$ea%ing world" )heuniversity is located inF'ford, England"
)here are
thirtyeight colleges of theniversity of F'ford and si'(ermanent
(rivate @alls, eachcontrolling its membershi$and with its own
internalstructure and activities"&ll
resident students, and mostacademic staH, must bemembers both of
a college orhall, and of the university"
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