Schools in Great Britain

Education System

• Primary school (5-11 years old)• Secondary School (11-16 years old)• Sixth Form or College (16-18 years old)• University (18 + years old)

Primary School

Children go to school at the age of 5 years old.

They read, write, draw, count, play games and sing songs.

Secondary School

• When students are 11 years old, they go to the secondary school. They study a lot of subjects: Science, History, Geography, English, Maths and IT. Children wear uniforms.

Sixth Form

• Teenagers have their exams at 16 and then they go to the sixth form. It helps them to get ready for the University.

• Some students go to college and get a profession there.

UNIVERSITY• At the age of 18 years old students go to

university. The most famous universities are Oxford and Cambridge.

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Practice • Fill in the missing words:1. Kitty is 6 years old. She goes to the _____ school.

2. Mark and Tom are 12. They go to the _____ school.

3. Dan is 16. He doesn’t go to school. He goes to _____.

4. Laura goes to the _____ _____. She wants to go to the University after school.

Key: 1. primary 2. secondary 2. 3. college 4. sixth form