secondary education uk

Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. You may need to download version 2.0 now from the Chrome Web Store.
If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware.

After primary school, students go to secondary school until they are sixteen (practical emphasis) or 18 (secondary school with 6th form – academic emphasis).
In this text you will find general information on the education system in the UK. As there are separate education systems in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the actual ages etc. might vary a little.

The plans for post-war secondary education in Britain aimed to remove the inequalities which remained in the system. The proportion of ‘free places’ at grammar schools in England and Wales increased from almost a third to almost half between 1913 and 1937. However, when poorer children were offered free places, parents often had to turn them down owing to the extra costs involved.
Most LEAs aimed to establish the three main ‘streams’ or categories of school – grammar, secondary modern and technical – which had been recommended in a Report by Sir William Spens in 1938. Children would be allocated on the basis of an examination at the age of 11, known as the ’11 plus’. This was intended to provide equal opportunities for children of all backgrounds.

References:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries/uk/school
http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/livinglearning/school/overview/educationact1944/
http://www.gov.uk/schools-admissions/school-starting-age