United+Kingdom+Education+System

Student entry age: **5** Student graduation age**: 16** Publicly funded schools: **90%** England and Wales students within the 30,000 schools**: 8.5 million** Scotland students within the 5,000**: 830,000** Northern Ireland students within the 1,300 schools**: 350,000** Curriculum**: National** School Funding: **5 education and library boards which control what funds are given to which schools.** Besides pubic funds**: Available grants** Core subjects: **Math, science, and English (also Welsh)** Foundation subjects**: Design and technology, history/ geography, foreign languages, art and music** Grades and Transcripts**: GCSE, SCE and AS and A-Level examination results** Students enrolled in higher education: **1.8 million** Attendance rates**: nearly 100%!** -added by Sarah Boone Grade levels**: Referred to as key stages** Key Stage 1**: 5-7 years old** Key Stage 2**: 7-11 years old** Key Stage 3**: 11-14 years old** Key Stage 4**: 14-16 years old** Primary education**: Key Stage 1-2** Secondary education**: Key Stage 3-4** - added by Sarah Boone

Grading scale**: 64-100 are considered A, 50-63 B, 38-49 C, 35-37 D, and 34 and below are F.** Literacy Rate: **Nearly 99%!** Higher Education options: **Universities, Open Colleges and Universities, College and Institution of Higher Education, College of Technology, and Teacher Training College.** Higher Education dropouts: **14.1%

Dropout Rates in the United Kingdom** -added by Sarah Boone

UNIICEF global education rank of Britian: **7th** UNIICEF global education rank of Ireland: **8th**

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