2. Students have to study:
• from age 5 to 16: English, Mathematics, Science, Information
Technology, and Physical Education
• from 5 to 14: History, Geography, Art, Music
• from 11-16: 1 Foreign language and Citizenship
They can study:
• Musical instrument
• Religious Education
3.
4. School days: from 9 am to 4 pm
School year: from September to July
Holidays: 6 weeks in summer
one week holiday in October, February and May
2 week-long Christmas and spring break
Pre-school education
No state nursery schools
For 3-4 year-old children
5. Primary Education
From the age of 5
Until the age of 12
Secondary Education
4 types:
• Comprehensive schools
• Grammar schools
• Secondary modern schools
• Public schools (boarding schools)
6. GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) examination in 9 subjects:
• English literature
• English composition
• Mathematics
• History
• Foreign language
• Biology
• Physics
• Chemistry
• An elective subject
A-levels examination in 2-3 subjects:
• English literature
• English composition
Higher Education
87 universities
64 colleges
• University of Oxford – founded 1167
• University of Cambridge – founded 1209
• University of St Andrews – founded 1413
• University of Glasgow – founded 1451
• University of Aberdeen – founded 1495
• University of Edinburgh – founded 1583
• University of Dublin – founded 1592
