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Exploring the British Education System: Schools, Exams, and University Choices

Dive into the British education system, from primary schools to Oxbridge universities, and compare it with Russian education. Discuss the variety of schools, exam systems, and university categories. Imagine your dream school project with creative ideas.

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Exploring the British Education System: Schools, Exams, and University Choices

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  1. British system of education

  2. The School System • Primary SchoolAge 6-11Age 11 exam • Secondary SchoolAge 11-16 GSCE • Six FormAge 16-18Age 18 exam

  3. Types of schools PRIMARY SCHOOL • Infant school age 5-7 • Junior school age 8-11 STREAMING A, B, C, D streams

  4. Types of schools Secondary schools • Comprehensive • Grammar • Secondary Modern • Secondary Technical

  5. What Sixteen-Year-Olds Do : • 27 % Youth-Training schemes • 25% State Schools • 14% Further education • 12% Unemployed • 10% Full-time employment • 6% Independent schools • 5% Part-time education in employment ( further-education courses )

  6. Higher Education • Oxbridge • Redbrick universities (Birmingham, Liverpool, London etc.) • Plate-glass universities (1960s)-Kent, Lancaster, York etc. • Scotland ancientuniversities ( Glasgow, Edinburgh, St. Andrew’s, Aberdeen ( 15th and 16th centuries)

  7. Do your test!

  8. Discussion • 1. What do you think of the great variety of schools in Britain? • 2. How will you compare it with schools in Russia? • 3. What will you say about the system of examinations ( tests ) in Britain and Russia? • 4. What would you ideal school be like? • 5. Discuss the nicknames of categories of universities in Britain. What do they reflect? • 6. Do any of Russian universities have nicknames?

  9. Express yourself!Make a project “A dream school” Ideas: • School year • School bus • Subjects • Lessons • Marks • Teachers

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