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1
Look at this table of the English education system. What
things are similar or different in your country?
2
read the text. Are secondary schools in your country similar
to English schools?
3
Match the words with the correct information.
Word
a
D & T
b
A level
c
GCSE
d
public school
e
comprehensive school
f
home schooling
g
Sixth form
4
SPEAKinG
What about you?
1
What is your opinion of secondary schools
in England?
2
Choose three things that are interesting
about secondary schools in England. Make
notes about your ideas. Then talk to your
partner.
You only do three or four subjects
when you’re 16 or 17. I think that’s
good.
information
1
The last part of secondary school, for
students from 16 to 18.
2
You pay to go to this type of school.
3
You take these national exams when you
finish Sixth Form.
4
This subject looks at things like clothes
and food.
5
You take these national exams when you
are 16.
6
These are state schools. They are for all
students.
7
This is when students have lessons at
home, not at school.
School Life in the uK
CIVILISATION
Secondary Schools in England
Everybody studies English, maths and science up to the age
of 16.These subjects are compulsory. In the first years of
secondary school, students have 12 different subjects.
90% of students go to
comprehensive schools
. Comprehensive
schools are state schools which are open to all students.
In England, private schools are called
public schools
, or
independent schools
. Independent schools are very expensive.
Only 7% of students go to these schools.
There is one subject in English schools that isn’t very usual
in other countries. It’s called Design and Technology
(D &T).When you study this subject, you study different
things like food, textiles and materials and electronic
products.
In England, parents can teach their children at home: this is
called
home schooling
. About 50,000 children study at home
and not at school.
At 16, English students take national exams called GCSEs.
GCSE means General Certificate of Secondary Education.
FACT FILE:
Secondary Schools in England
After GCSEs, it is possible to finish your studies.
Students who stay on at school study in the
sixth form
.
You study the subjects you like and no subjects are
compulsory. Students have just three or four subjects.
They take national exams in these subjects.The exams
are called
A levels
(Advanced levels).
English secondary school students normally call their
teachers
Sir
(for men) or
Miss
(for women).
Age on 1
st
Sept
School
3
Nursery school (not compulsory)
456789
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Primary school (Infants)
Primary school (Infants)
Primary school (Infants)
Primary school (Juniors)
Primary school (Juniors)
Primary school (Juniors)
Primary school (Juniors)
11
12
13
14
15
Secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school
16
17
Secondary school (Sixth
Form)/Sixth Form College (not
compulsory)
Secondary school (Sixth
Form)/Sixth Form College (not
compulsory)
Mini Dictionary
boarding school:
collegio
compulsory:
obbligatorio
(to) mean:
significare
prime minister:
primo
ministro
textiles:
tessuti
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