Education in Britain todayEducation in Britain today

We will look at :We will look at :

Brief overview of England/WalesBrief overview of England/Wales Testing & StressTesting & Stress Private schools/state schools + school Private schools/state schools + school

selectionselection Exam resultsExam results What do kids think of school?What do kids think of school? Some useful websitesSome useful websites Interview with Elisa (filmed?)Interview with Elisa (filmed?)

England and Wales England and Wales Age 3 – 5Age 3 – 5 Nursery Nursery

SchoolSchool

Age 5 - 11Age 5 - 11 Primary Primary SchoolSchool

Age 5 - 7Age 5 - 7 Infant Infant SchoolSchool

Age 8 – 11Age 8 – 11 Junior Junior SchoolSchool

Age 11- 16 Age 11- 16 SecondarySecondary

SchoolSchool

Age 16 – 18Age 16 – 18 Sixth FormSixth Form

Exams and TestingExams and Testing(and the National Curriculum)(and the National Curriculum)

http://www.nc.uk.net/http://www.nc.uk.net/nc_resources/html/knc_resources/html/ks3and4.shtmls3and4.shtml

SATS: Age 7, 11 SATS: Age 7, 11 & 14& 14

GCSEs: Age 16GCSEs: Age 16 (optional)(optional) A A

Levels: Age 18Levels: Age 18

SATS = Pressure! SATS = Pressure!

What are the following types of school?What are the following types of school?

Public School Public School State SchoolState School http://http://www.publicschools.co.ukwww.publicschools.co.uk//

Specialist SchoolSpecialist School Grammar SchoolGrammar School

Which of these have been moreWhich of these have been more or less ‘phased out’?or less ‘phased out’?

Specialist schoolsSpecialist schools

http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?qhttp://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q==specialist+schools&scopespecialist+schools&scope==all&taball&tab==av&recipeav&recipe==all&xall&x=34&y=11=34&y=11

School selection controversySchool selection controversyhttp://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/searhttp://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?tabch/results.pl?tab

==av&qav&q=school%20selection%20&recipe==school%20selection%20&recipe=

all&scopeall&scope==all&editionall&edition==

League tablesLeague tables

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/displayPopuphttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/displayPopup/0,,115677,00.html/0,,115677,00.html = all schools = all schools

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/leaguhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/league_tables/default.stme_tables/default.stm = find out how schools compare = find out how schools compare

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhthttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/07/nschools07.xmlml?xml=/news/2006/12/07/nschools07.xml

= results for primary schools= results for primary schools

Exam results Exam results

GCSE results GCSE results http://news.bbc.co.uk/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/5278771/hi/education/5278774.stm4.stm

A level results A level results http://news.bbc.co.uk/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4801031/hi/education/4801035.stm 5.stm

SUBJECT ENTRIES last year's position in brackets

1 (1) English 86,6402 (2) General Studies 58,967

3 (4) Mathematics 55,9824 (3) Biology 54,890

5 (5) Psychology 52,6216 (6) History 46,944

7 (7) Art & Design Subjects 41,9898 (8) Chemistry 40,0649 (9) Geography 32,522

10 (11) Media/Film/TV Studies 30,964

Softer subjects more popularSofter subjects more popular

Boys vs girlsBoys vs girls The A-level pass rate (grade A The A-level pass rate (grade A

to E) for girls was 96.4, while to E) for girls was 96.4, while for boys it was 94.3. For the for boys it was 94.3. For the genders combined, the figure genders combined, the figure was 95.4%. was 95.4%.

The only major subject in The only major subject in which boys had a higher pass which boys had a higher pass rate was German - 97.7%, rate was German - 97.7%, compared with 97.3%. compared with 97.3%.

The sexes were evenly The sexes were evenly matched in chemistry and matched in chemistry and business studies. business studies.

Overall, girls took more A-Overall, girls took more A-levels than boys - 404,855 levels than boys - 404,855 compared with 345,682. compared with 345,682.

So are British kids happy?So are British kids happy?

No!No! http://http://

news.bbc.co.uk/news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6350000/newsid_6350000/newsid_6359300/635newsid_6359300/6359333.stm9333.stm

Some teaching websitesSome teaching websites

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/index.shtml British council tips etcindex.shtml British council tips etc

http://education.guardian.co.uk/ issues, http://education.guardian.co.uk/ issues, ideas; UK and International ideas; UK and International

http://www.tes.co.uk/ from weekly Times http://www.tes.co.uk/ from weekly Times Educational SupplementEducational Supplement

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/default.stm thousands of clips, ideas & default.stm thousands of clips, ideas & articlesarticles

interviews with teachers etcinterviews with teachers etchttp://www.tda.gov.uk/Recruit.aspxhttp://www.tda.gov.uk/Recruit.aspx

?ilewa=10000003?ilewa=10000003

QuestionsQuestions

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