PRIMARY SCHOOL nursery - ( 3-4 ) reception - ( 4-5 ) year 1 - ( 5-6 ) year 2 - ( 6-7 ) year 3 - ( 7-8 ) year 4 - ( 8-9 ) year 5 - ( 9-10 ) year 6 - ( 10-11 ) during assembly the year 6's get to sit on benches instead of the old wooden floor. depending on where you live year 6's also get their school uniform signed by their primary school friends before moving up to comprehensive. COMPREHENSIVE/SECONDARY SCHOOL year 7 - ( 11-12 ) year 8 - ( 12-13 ) year 9 - ( 13-14 ) year 10 - ( 14-15 ) year 11 ( 15-16 ) when you do your final exams/gcses. OPTIONAL year 12 - ( 16-17 ) year 13 - ( 17-18 ) (edit: I guess it's different for everybody but this is just how it was for where I live)
cassia *-cough-* well in Scotland we don't have reception we have seven years in primary school and in secondary school is s1 then s2 ect. Get it? Primary is as In p and secondary is as in s
cassia in year 6 when we got our shirts signed this little year 3 was writing kick me on some of us and one of the teachers turned it into a love heart and some Chinese words that she knew (I can't remember what it said)
I live in England and where I live nursery was never part of primary school. I didn't even go to one, I went to a preschool (ages 2-4) and then primary school (4-11) which were completely separate. My primary school was divided in two: infants (Key Stage 1, reception to year 2) and juniors (Key Stage 2, years 3 to 6). It's confusing because there are seven school years in primary school, but the first year is called reception, the second year is called year 1, and so on and so forth. Hope that helps.
Here in India in my school we have head girl,head boy,four houses,house captains,house vice captains, house prefects, prefects or monitors for individual classes and a sports captain. A house tournament is held every year and the winning house gets a house cup. 😀
PRIMARY: Nursery: Age 3-4 Reception: Age 4-5 Key Stage 1: Age 5-7 Key Stage 2: Age 7-11 HIGH SCHOOL Year7: 11-12 Year8: 12-13 Year9: 13-14 Year10: 14-15 Year11: 15-16 Sixth Form (Optional) 16-18
Scotland Primary: Nursery-3-4 Primary 1 4-5 Primary 2 5-6 Primary 3 6-7 Primary 4 7-8 Primary 5 8-9 Primary 6 9-10 Primary 7 10-11 Secondary: First year 11-12 Second year 12-13 Third year 13-14 Fourth year 14-15 Fifth year 15-16 (I'am here) Sixth year 16-17 Also in my school from first to third year you are a junior and fourth to sixth a senior there is a different tie that makes it easier to distinguish who is a junior and who is a senior.
For me (England) Nursery: 3-4 Reception: 4-5 Year 1: 5-6 Year 2: 6-7 Middle School Year 3: 7-8 Year 4: 8-9 Year 5: 9-10 Year 6: 10-11 High School Year 7: 11-12 Year 8: 12-13 Year 9: 13-14 Year 10: 14-15 Year 11: 15-16 Yeah, I personally had 3 schools, most people in England have 2
Lower Sixth is no longer optional, unless you're doing an apprenticeship. I was the last year group where it was optional, and I'm now in my third year at university.
For me (I went to primary school in England, and secondary school in Wales) PRE-SCHOOL/NURSERY (optional) Any age younger than 4. PRIMARY Start age 4 - leave age 11. "Infant years" (Reception, year 1, year 2) "Junior years" (Year 3 - year 6) SECONDARY Start age 11 - leave age 16 Year 7 - year 11 Sixth form. Age 16-18 (optional) Personally I didn't stay for sixth form and I went to college instead.
Well Ireland isn't British only the 6 counties in Northern Ireland are part of the UK. Im pretty sure their schools are very similar to English schools
I'm British and some of what you said still confused me:/ First, everyone I know calls 'private schools, just that, private schools. Second, secondary school is really up to 16yr olds not 18. After 16 you can go to a sixth form that is not at your school OR a college which is not part of a school to do A levels.
We do graduate, but from university; indeed, we don't have a "thing" for just leaving school at 16 or 18. (Though it's increasing, like the "prom", which used to be virtually unknown here.)
That public/private thing is only for England and Wales, In Scotland - schools you pay for are private and schools run by the government for free are public. It's really the correct way to describe it.
That is absolutely incorrect- I don't know where in Scotland you are pretending to be from but public is NEVER used to describe state schools, public is accepted as an alternative for private schools and private schools alone.
+AlbanZap The reason they are called public schools are because they were available to ALL of the fee paying public (and sometimes the poor through scholarships) instead of being based on your religion, as at the time almost all state schools were religious institutions. So while it is archaic, knowing the reason why they are called such allows you to understand why it is considered correct to call private schools public schools.
+AlbanZap the reason private schools are sometimes called public ones because when schools first existed, none of them were free, and thus public means anyone is welcome, so long as you have the cash.
+AlbanZap They were originally called public schools as it was the alternative to private tutors with classes for groups of fee paying students (public). Many of the schools were started by trade guilds about 500 years ago such as haberdashers or taylors. In that time if you could not pay you did not get an education.
That's how it works in the US. Schools that use uniforms in the US do it so that kids look basically alike and won't tease each other for not wearing name brand clothes or wear things that identify themselves as part of a gang or clique.
No... that's a post hoc rationalization invented after the fact to justify their continued existence. Fact is school uniforms were never conceived for this purpose. They exist (and alway have) for the express purpose of establishing conformity, authoritarianism and control by the institution. Notice they are not required of teachers?
It's still easy to judge the parents income whilst wearing uniform, you simply take other factors, like how your parents are dressed when picking you up, or dropping you, what car they are driving, or what your out of school activities are for example
@@Anna-dp9nz •Children walk alone after a point, and parents can't be judged by other students •Until that point, children are usually too young to make fun (or considering children make fun of everything: make fun of knowingly) others' wealth, probably being too young to understand income •If your concern is teachers mocking parent income, then those teachers probably shouldn't be teachers. •also who tf asks about what others do in their lives?
@@cerebrummaximus3762 "•Until that point, children are usually too young to make fun others' wealth, probably being too young to understand income" That is (kinda) true but kids, in my experience, still judged how "rich" others were only based what kind of houses or cars their families could get. Im pretty sure nowadays what phone or gadget you have could also be used to measure if you are the "rich cool kid" or not "•also who tf asks about what others do in their lives?" Well probably most people. Friends will always do that. Classmates are still gonna ask what you do outside of school (speaking from my own experience but its probably true for most places) and teachers will always tell students to make presentations and stuff on what you did during holidays
Maybe you could have pointed out that the Scottish school system is completely different from the English one and that it's not just a 'different name for A Levels'?
*ENGLISH Schools explained. Scottish schools are very different. For a start, kids here do National 5 instead of GCSEs, this used to be called Standard Grade. Sixth form doesn't exist in Scotland.
Exactly! We do our Nat 5s at 15/16 then our Highers at 16/17 then pick other subject to take a higher in at 17/18 or take advanced highers at 17/18 or you can leave school at 16 and go to college and then uni
Connelly90 i think you'll find this is pretty much wales and northern ireland as well as england so yes it is 'british schools explained' she did try try to explain scotland and its not anyones fault that scotland trys so hard to be different from the rest of britain.... it annoys me when scots comment like this because they are not the only country that's apart of britain and they feel the need to point this out even though she was talking about the rest of britain not just england!
Connelly90 i get your point, but i'm sick of scots thinking its needed to point out that they are different from the rest of britain, im welsh but i don't feel to point out every difference that we have with the rest of britain because i am british and if someone asks me where i come from when im abroad i say im british. and i get that most of her stuff explains about england, but thats because shes english but she also goes in to detail about the other country's apart of britain as well, but the only reason im saying this is because you all seem to think your better than the rest of britain and like your ashamed of being called british, but saying that its not like i dont get your point
Jadey Carter "but i'm sick of scots thinking its needed to point out that they are different from the rest of britain" I'm sick of lazy use of "Brit" or "British" causing people to think that "England" and "Great Britain" and "The United Kingdom" are all the same thing. It's almost like a huge political statement to use "The B-word" in Scotland, so it's natural that a lot of Scots would be a bit annoyed at the whole island's cultures being amalgamated into a single, mostly English one. "your ashamed of being called british". That could certainly be the case for many people, but personally I don't like the word "British" being used internationally because it's synonymous with, not just England, but London. Every single typical "British" symbol or icon that is recognised internationally comes from London, whereas if I define myself as "Scottish" that brings up a whole different set of cultural symbols and icons which are a lot closer to who *I* am. So that's what I choose to use over "British". I wouldn't say Scots think they are "better" than the rest of the UK, but I would argue that we have a stronger national identity than the other countries in this union.
Connelly90 'but I would argue that we have a stronger national identity than the other countries in this union.' - yep definitely agree with this but because of that it makes scots come across a bit arrogant just like some americans who are very 'country proud'
Also, for confused Yanks, we have Key Stages (KS). Key Stage 1 (KS1) is from Reception to Year 2, then KS2 from Year 2 to Year 6, KS3 is Year 7 to Year 9, and KS4 is Year 10 to Year 11. In order, these are the years: Reception (4-5yo), Year 1 (5-6yo), Year 2 (6-7), Year 3 (7-8), Year 4 (8-9), Year 5 (9-10), Year 6 (10-11), Year 7 (11-12), Year 8 (12-13), Year 9 (13-14), Year 10 (14-15), Year 11 (15-16), Lower Sixth (Year 12, 16-17), Upper Sixth (17-18) and finally, University starts it again from Year 1, except it´s called first-year, second-year and so on until you finis your degree (18+) Also, we take SATs in Year 6, GCSEs (O levels) in Year 11, and A levels in Year 13.
Prefects in my school are kind of ‘cool’ I guess as they get special prefect hoodies, get to skip the lunch line, get to stay inside at lunch and all they have to do is make sure everyone else is either outside at lunch or in the canteen.
I think 'public school' is a term which is being used less and less, but they do mean the same thing. Yeah, it makes no sense. Which'll be why it's being used less now.
Anglophenia How about a show on Curry? Smells nasty to me, but okay... I have seen a couple shows by those two female cooks that travel around the country on a motorbike/sidecar.
Barrie Tingle great I was one one the first cohorts, I started reception in 2000. So I had to take the Year 2, 6 and 8* test. the science was scrapped the when I was in Year 8, but my school had paid for them already so yeah...I don't midn the SATs being used within the school see how a child is doing/placement for next year. ** But for Year 2/6/8 they are used for national stats so the teachers lie to you so then the grades go up because you think average is higher than what it is, just to make the school look better. *Dorset has a slightly different way of organising school ages groups, so the first year of high school is when we would normally take the test and they were seeing if taking it a year early while in middle school (we'd been there since we were 9) would improve grades. **Placement can also be bull, because I had low English grades it meant that I couldn't be good at Science either, even though I'd got a good grade in that paper. So I was in 3rd set set out of 5 and it was sooo tedious, I got myself moved up to 1st set as I tokk triple for GCSE.
I went to a public school (pre-prep and prep) and it's often a mouthful to explain to other British people who don't understand the public schooling system.
@@ellacarr9533 You should explain that the “public” in Public Schools goes back to the early 19th century when educational theory first put forward the idea that it was important for boys to learn teamwork by mixing with other boys. This influenced the upper classes to stop educating their sons at home with “private” teachers and instead send them to a “public” school. This was when only the relatively well-off got any sort of education so these schools were fee-paying, privately run institutions and far from public in the modern sense. However, the name stuck and when universal education was brought in, in 1870, the schools they built were called State Schools. As so often, there’s an historical reason for the usage.
The Scottish Primrose didn't know you watched this I was just about to teach every freakin' person about Scottish schools Nursery: it's were you go when your 3-5 and you learn manners and how to play nice (And if you were at my nursery playdough too) Primary school: you have a variety Of ages from 4 to sometimes even 13 but most if the time 12 and 11. You have seven years at primary school each being known as Primary one Primary two Primary three Primary four Primary five Primary six And primary seven Secondary school: you come here for six years after primary school but you get the option to drop out when your sixteen And that's school in Scotland for you very simple
More like "minus most of Britain" - it's out of date with the terminology for England, let alone Scotland and Wales. EDIT: yes, and probably Northern Ireland too. "British" could mean Great Britain, which doesn't include Ireland, so I gave them the benefit of the doubt there.
Dean Winchester You're probably right, it just amazes me that a country could have all these varying ways in the same school system without it collapsing in on itself from mismatch alone, but perhaps with such a small population and very few extremists with pet issues it is possible.
Which is odd, because in a primary school they rarely call them that now, it's Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Just the separated schools still say Infant and Junior.
I'm from the uk and this confused me haha I went to play group until I was 4, then went to primary school from 4-11 then a comprehensive secondary school from 11-16 then college from 16-18 lol
Holly Boreham No? When I was little "play group" was what they now call nursery, they didn't do a lot of childcare for under 3's so I went there until I was 4 like I said. Then I started primary school when I was 4; starting in reception.
Only a few counties in the UK have separate colleges, most people take their A levels at their secondary school. But yeah, people often make the misconception that you mentioned!
That's cos she went to private school and they call it 6th form there she also didn't talk about primary school and secondary school she spoke about juniors and seniors argh.. I've been to both private and state schools and this does wind me up
***** Originally Colleges were a lesser option, and often called 'Tech college' which concentrated on vocational courses, but in the last 15 or twenty years most Tech Colleges have decided to change to 'University' which means that many cities, like mine, have two or more universities. Which is horribly confusing for those applying to join, who find themselves in the wrong building, in the wrong part of town.
Imagine a Swede making a short video about Swedish education and calling it "Scandinavian schools explained". People from Norway, Finland and Denmark would say - "Eh... Hang on". It's essentially the same thing for Scottish people watching these videos.
i'm from the UK & remember My Schooldays!, I remember My Last Fight at School!, The head Master was furious, He Marched Me into His Office & said "What are You Playing at?, You're a Teacher & supposed to set an Example!".
+Yuvann Sayandan I hate how people make out as if Britain is only England and Wales, I really wish more people voted yes to leave the uk and to stay in the European union
Her name means someone who loves England so she's going to be primarily talking about England, with a few bits about the other countries, she probably only said British because she mentioned the other countries a couple times (at least I think she did, if she didn't I'm sure it was a mistake)
Most of the things here is wrong... to trully explain ENGLISH education system, one must go through it. ×nursery/ pre-school (3-5 mostly, or younger if independent) ×primary school (5-11) ×secondary school (11-16) ×sixth form/ college(16-18). -IT'S THE SAME THING. though a sixth form is joint to a school. college is just an independent building and not joined to anything. ×university. you also forgot to mention SATs... and with that, you forgot to mention that many old schools that were based in a church were sometimes girls schools (not all, but as small majority), later being changed to mix. though there are many all - girls around now but a small number of all- boys schools exist now, mainly only private or academy, and the rest are mix.
In fact, some English areas still have 'middle' schools too. They usually go Nursery-Primary-Middle-Upper-and then college/uni if the student wishes to. It's much rarer in Scotland, they tend to do the Primary-Secondary system, and more and more places in the UK are calling Secondary schools 'High' schools like the Americans.
Nope u are wrong It's: Nursery: (3-4 year olds)Some private nurseries accept 2year olds in London Primary: The Infants- 3-5(3-4 is Nursery, 4-5 is Reception) Key Stage 1: Year 1 ( 5-6 y/o) Year 2- (6-7 y/o) Key Stage 2(7-11 y/o) the school year starts in September so say if u were in year 2 you would have left year 2 as a 7 year old in July and would be entering year 3 as a 7 year old if ur birthday is after September but if ur birthday was in September to December u would have turned 8 Then we have secondary which is Year 7 (11-12) year 8(12-13) year 9(13-14) year 10(14-15) year ten is when ur GCSEs start but u can so early GCSEs in year 9, Year 11(15-16) That is when u choose to leave secondary go to the sixth form in ur secondary or go to college College after year 11 is: year 12 and year 13 that is wear u do ur A Level and if u failed GCSEs u do it again about 2 or 3 times until u pass then u go onto uni (if u want) for a degree or go straight into getting a job or u can relax
my English school experience/journey : Kindergarten (age 3-4) - I went to a private school for a year because my mum worked there, instead of going to nursery. Primary school (age 4-11, reception - yr6) secondary/high school (age 11-16, yr7-yr11) sixth form college (age 16-18, yr12-13 or AS and A2) I'm just about to start my A2 courses. at GCSE we typically take around 11/12 subjects, all the compulsory ones (maths, English, science ICT & religious studies) plus 4 options, subjects that interest you that you want to study. at ALevel we typically take 3/4 subjects, usually 4 at AS then 3 at A2. all of which should interest you. then we can go on to study at university or go into a full time job or apprenticeships. for some students who go on to study at uni they take a gap year before they start studying, this is so that they can travel, or start earning money or help projects in England or abroad. also, my prefect experience was standing in pairs at doorways making sure that younger students didn't go where they weren't supposed to go. however we noticed over the years that yr7's kept getting cockier compared to what my year group was like in yr7.
+Kerry Preece I think it was originally so that we could choose to do half or full course, then they changed it so that everyone had to do full course.
I want to teach in England (from Canada), so not only did I have to look up the American comparisons she was making since our schools are different than theirs, but so help me when trying to figure out the ins and outs of the British system!
British schools explained nursery or play group : 3-4 infants school (not always called infants sometimes apart of a juniors school) reception- 4-5 Year 1-5-6 Year 2-6-7 Junior school Year 3 7-8 Year 4 8-9 Year 5 9-10 Year 6 10-11 in year 6 you do sats ( pronounced ser ats ) they don't really mean anything the government just wants to see how everyone's doing and making sure each school is doing good teaching. Senior school (secondary school or High school) Year 7 11-12 Year 8 12-13 Year 9 13-14 in year 9, now, you pick your options for GCSEs for example I choose: Art, sociology, French and history as well as the core maths English and RS (religious studies) Year 10- 14-15 Year 11- 15-16 in year 11 you do your GCSEs which help you get onto the collage courses that you want to take. some universities will look at these and others will look at your A levels sixth form I'm not entirely sure if sixth form is optional anymore. (some one let me know please :) Year 12- 16-17 Here you do your AS levels. Year 13- 17-18 here you do your A2 levels then university
Well done, this is very well explained! And sixth form/college is compulsory now (I think, as I know for certain u need to stay in an education establishment until you're 18) Also, I like your EastEnders pp!
Ian Beale I'm Scottish we don't get this (we get p7 trips well we get to stay a week somewhere I went to a active pursuits place did some cool stuff whatever)
Brilliant! I think that is how the Brit's would say it. She could talk about anything and make it interesting because of her sharp-witted expressiveness and fun comedic style.
We didn't have them at our high school for exactly that reason. The teachers may as well have given them a cuddle and a kiss in class and told them how much they loved them. Red rag to a bull.
This is probably already in the comments, but I'll say it anyway, but there's something you've missed. Not all senior (where I'm from we call them 'secondary') schools have a sixth form, mine certainly didn't. Even if they do you can choose to go to a college where you'll do your A levels, which depending on the courses are exam and course work based. Although, some colleges do (or in some cases, specialise in) vocational courses, called BTECs or City and Guild Diplomas (while similar, these two are different). These are coursework based and you only do one of them, which will equal 3 A Levels in theory, although a lot of universities aren't so keen on them, preferring to take A Level students. The vocational courses also have a different grading system. Instead of A B C etc. it's Distinction, Merit, Pass and Fail.
@thumbhat1039 @ellar-d7131 As far as official documents and on paper they're referred to as public and state schools. The thought being that public schools are funded by the public and their large tuition fees and state schools are funded by the government
I live in South England and nobody says state school. A school that's free and there's no test to get into it (that's a grammar school) is a public school and if you have to pay itsa aprivate school
You're not wrong to have thought that :) A lot of schools don't have Head Boys/Girls. My school only recently introduced the idea as an opportunity for students.
+Sushi subedi I don't remember head girls/boys at my school either, but I was a prefect. And I didn't manage lunch rooms or anything like that. In my school there ware often new kids that joined after the school year started, so when they ware starting out they were assigned to me for like a week. So I would show them what is what, the classrooms, teachers, answer any questions, help with homework in some cases to cach up, etc. It wasn't much work at all and I did get a cool badge ;)
+Gareth Long Well that's more than a bit OTT. Those prefects may have had mini God complexes but they weren't systematically killing people because of their religion or mental or physical disabilities. (Granted, it might have felt otherwise to the victims. But gee!)
3:20 "Hangover" That means something entirely different in American English. It means waking up after hard partying with a bad headache, severe nausea and feeling like you have fur on your tongue. :)
Schools in my town (Redditch, Worcestershire) are so weird. We have First Schools (4-9) Middle Schools (9-13) and High Schools (13-18). A lot of our high schools are becoming Secondary Schools like the rest of the uk.
For some reason? To try create more social mobility, paying a little more tax and putting a little more of it toward giving free education. Something that could and should be rolled out across the Uk, for some reason it isn't, I don't get why but it's not.
+lightisfading I have to disagree - 'prep' in a private school is used exclusively to refer to homework. I've never heard of a year group called 'prep'. Our school years were B Block, A Block, O Block, Lower and Upper Sixth (in that order).
I've never come across pre-prep, but what I know from the English schooling system is: Nursery (2-4), Primary school (11-16), College/Sixth Form -at this point you can also move on to an apprenticeship, where you learn about a specific subject that you wish to do as your career, from someone talented and experienced in that field - (16-18). From here onwards, any further education is optional, however you can choose to go on to University, and the age range depends on both what you're studying and what your end goal is.
British subscribers, how about we put our school journeys up? (because it's different around the country) Mine: Primary School Secondary School (left at 16) College (did a BTEC Extended Diploma, instead of A Levels) University
In some countries, school uniforms are used to hide distinctions between the rich and poor. This works well for those who are fashion conscious or affected by limited wardrobes.
I know that I am 2 years late, but when you write like that, I have no idea does 11 years old goes to primary, secondary, or both schools, and does 16 goes to secondary or sixth form or both of them.
in Northumberland where I live, I have first school, middle school, and high school, it will change to primary and secondary soon but at the minute Northumberland is the only county to have this system (I think)
+Jenny Warm You can go into an internship or some other form of training. Whatever you do has to be educational in some form. This is a pretty recent change, it only went into force a couple of years ago I think.
That Oxbridge charges their students 9250 quids a year and HYPSM charge their students more than 50k a year was quite a symbol of difference between the UK and the U.S. system.
In my county the school system is different: First School: Reception: 4-5 years old Year 1: 5-6 Year 2: 6-7 Year 3: 7-8 Year 4: 8-9 Year 5: 9-10 Middle School: Year 6: 10-11 Year 7: 11-12 Year 8: 12-13 High School: Onwards
I'm from America and have plans on moving over to England after I get my degree in anthropology. I have always been confused on how the British school system works and it makes a little more sense now after watching this.
England for me : Preschool (optional) Primary school: nursery- 4-5 year 1- 5-6 year 2- 6-7 year 3- 7-8 year 4- 8-9 year 5- 9-10 year 6- 10-11 Highschool: year 7- 11-12 year 8- 12-13 year 9- 13-14 year 10- 14-15 year 11- 15-16 Sixth form- 16-17 (Optional instead of college) 2 extra years of highschool College- 16-17 Key stage 1- 4-7/8 (I think) Key stage 2- 8-10/11 (I think) Key stage 3- 11-15/16 (I think)
+Lewis Bentley No it's not. Not generally speaking. I.e. 90% of the time. College has a bigger range of subjects to choose from. Sixth forms have fewer subjects because there are fewer teachers.
+SRB No. You go to college to do 4 subjects (AS level- 1st year), then do 3 subjects (continued) at A2 level (2nd year). People come out with 3 ALevels (or 4 if you continued all 4). OR You do a Diploma. In which case you are only focussing on one subject. And come out with one certificate
Hogwarts is what in the UK would be called a public (i.e. fee paying) school. This would not be typical. Most British pupils would have to learn their OWLs at Secondary School. Seriously, most people learn about other country's education system through films and television programmes. Many children in the UK think that American High Schools are like the one in 'Grease'.
Northumberland has scrapped this this year. It's a shame because now kids who went to my first school (turning into primary) and then my high school (turning into a secondary), will be going from a school of around 100 pupils to one with around 2000. It'll be a big shock to the system.
It depends. Further Education Colleges or Sixth Form Colleges can offer A-Level or equivalent, although Sixth Form tends to be free and mostly for school leavers. IE 16-18 year olds. Then you have some colleges which can do degree equivalent as well, but can't award their own degrees- usually degrees are validated by a local university.
1. what are sets? How many are there? how do you get into different sets? 2. are there community colleges in the uk? 3. can you pick all of your GCSE subjects? what do you do if you fail your GCSE's? Is there a minimum you have to pass? 4. do you get scholarships or financial aid for university?
Anne M. I'm a German, so whatever history lessons we got on English Renaissance monarchs were brief and superficial. That said, I do know about Henry VIII and his breach with the Catholic Church. I just figured that since this isn't the 16th century, some legislation would have been enacted in the meantime that guarantees freedom of religion, separation of state and church and all that good stuff.
+antred11 Church schools have to follow to the same curriculum as every other school, it's not like they teach religion. Praying at assembly and getting lectured about god is about the extent of it. There is freedom of religion, you can make an Islamic school if you wanted to
+antred11 In principle there is no separation, but in practice British politics are very secular. You'd never hear a politician talking about their own religious views, for example.
Chris TDM my school didn’t have a prefects but the some of the six form people “looked after the year 7-11” and we had different tutor groups like “houses” for sport I was in D yellow
I wish people wouldn't say 'UK.' when their actually just thinking of 'England'. I live in Scotland and most of the things at the start of the video aren't true here
+Desiree Paahana I think it's much different over here than in the US. For instance, if you want to study Law, you go to university and study Law. You don't go to college and then have to go to another school to study afterwards. Same for Medicine. Go straight into it and study for 5/6 years.
Flutter GoBye In scotland, you need a national 5 C english, or if you're an international student you need an equivalent qualification or have to sit an internal exam
Im in the NE of england and the school system as i have known it is far simpler than it is made out to be on this video. •Nursery = Where the small kids go before they actually start school. •Primary school = This is years 1-6 of education, there is usually an exam at the end. •Secondary school = This is years 6-11 of education, GCSE's are at the end (the last two years). After secondary education everything is optional. •Sixth form/college = This is years 12 and 13. Year 12's do AS, year 13's do A2. The AS and A2 combine to become a full A level. The AS is a standalone qualification if you chose not to take a subject to A2. Most students do 4 AS's and then drop down to 3 A2 subjects for the second year. This is the last year of free education. •University = This is where you start paying £9000 a year for your education. This is what Americans know to be college where you normally do a single subject. But unlike what has been said in this video you can do a combined course that combines two separate uni courses, but i dont know much about them.
The U.s. states are basically a union of countries under the same law, a country typically only have one state and thus only one government-like thing while the us has the government and one for every state. In the uk it seems like the "state schools" is run by the state
In Scotland; Private schools cost money Public schools are free Grades/years are; Playgroup (young toddlers) Nursery (older toddlers) Primary school (ages 5 to 11) ^the years are,^ Primary 1 Primary 2 Primary 3 Primary 4 Primary 5 Primary 6 Primary 7 Highschool (ages 12 to 17) ^the years are,^ S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 Then college/university. I’m not sure about private schools but in primary schools having houses or prefects is unique to that school. In primary we had 2 people in p7 that were the head of their house. We also had a point system and competitions. Sort of like Harry Potter but less fancy. In highschool, my school didn’t have any houses, not all schools do. But we did have a student council where student would chip in when changes were being made to the school. (E.g. what new clubs to start, new school logo, school uniform etc) About 90% of public schools and 100% in private schools in Scotland have a school uniform. In private the uniform will be a lot neater and will be a lot stricter. In public schools you are required to wear a shirt and tie or a polo shirt with the school logo and jeans/trousers/skirts. And black footwear(depends on school). Most public schools aren’t that strict with the uniform anyways. Also in Scotland, we have a half day on a Friday. It’s something to do with the 1 o’clock canon on Edinburgh castle. Not sure, but we only get to go to school up till lunch (12:20). Our exams that get us the qualifications for university are graded based on the average test results of everyone taking an exam. So if the majority done really bad on their exam then they would lower the pass rate. For example, most people got 90/120 on their higher biology exam then the pass rate would be suited to how many students actually passed. We get to take 2-3 sets of exams in highschool. National 5 Higher Advanced higher National 3 and national 4 don’t have an exam but requires you to do unit tests in your class room. I hope this has helped anyone wanting to know the basics of Scottish schools. Reply if you have any questions (Also, we don’t have homecomings or graduation, but we do have a qually (Scottish word for prom) at the end of primary and prom at the end of secondary( high school))
coming froma british person here. i was confused most of the vid. never heard of a school being called a state school. to me a private school is the one you pay for and wear the blasier uniforms. public is free one. i went to a church school i guess but i just saw it as a public school andit was never called a church school. being a kid though, i didn't realise not all schools sang hymes at the end of each day and occationaly went on church visits and did christian plays. wish i'd known that sooner as it was one of the worst parts of school. pretty much turned me Atheist. 6th form is completly optional. you forgot to mention that. A-levels can be obtained in college. college is also optional. ages 16-19 get to do college free though so best to do straight away. i did a btec course since A-levels hadn't been explained to me.
Larkspur at my primary school we had to sing hymns as well but only in assemblies (which were every Friday and sometimes on Mondays). We all hated it, at least in my year, so we protested against it as our school was not a church school or anything and stopped us all from having to sing
Larkspur she actually is correct on that. We don't tend to refer to them like that in every day life which is why it gets confusing but a non fee paying school run by the state that anyone can attend (i.e. the majority of schools) are state schools not public schools. Certain fee paying schools are known as Public Schools which is a throw back to when they were first created at a time when the education system was very different. More recent private schools are in fact referred to as Private Schools but while State Schools are attended by the general public they are not called Public School. Eton is a Public School - it is student selective and fee paying, which is how the Public School (unlike State School) system works. Honestly
this was interesting! :D im British but home educated so I have never actually been to school so... yeah this was interesting XD (how do you end sentences XD)
Jack Hopewell Because of Ofsted. Their focus on testing, quantifying and rating schools, teachers and students means we now have a population of kids who were taught to pass exams rather than apply critical thinking.
Maxx B or you know, you could go to school and learn more than just what's on the board, like social skills and school politics, which are very similar to that in the workplace as most ppl went to school. True critical thinking isn't removal from a situation, but seeing more than its face value ie for passing exams.
TheObiribea It should actually be Primary/ Senior or Infant/Junior/Senior (senior is usually referred to as secondary school as well). Primary refers to Reception through to year 6, Infants refers to reception - year 2, Juniors refers to year 3 - year 6 and seniors/secondary refers to year 7 - 11. College/ sixth form is then referred to in various ways. Upper/lower, A.s./ A Level, 1/2, 12/13... Then finally university begins the count again at 1- x x=the number of years your course is.
I live in UK ... I've just never heard people use junior/senior school. Always primary and secondary. Junior was only used for the upper end of primary school who are not infants. but maybe that's just where I live
+TheObiribea whatever happened to "middle school?" Or am I just really old? Primary - years 1 to 3, middle - 4 to 6 and secondary/senior 7-11. And some primary and middle merged to be called "combined school." Academies were also very rare when I was at school, as were proms. And my year was the first one where they dropped year 12 as compulsory and bumped year 7 upto secondary.
Or just do an apprenticeship. Also what's wrong with a level. Pretty much everybody in our year will do them, but that may be just because I go to a grammar
I do not like this American grades system. Why not just call a class by the age of the children? How should we work out what 6th grade means? I do not like the yankie way. British is best.
FIONA GREGORY YES! it's soo much easier to say nursery, reception, year 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10 and 11! Also it was pretty confusing about 6th form. It is optional it doesn't matter where you go as long as you are in the education system till you are 18 your OK! And what about college why didn't they talk about that!?
Here is an easy way to understand the grade system in America. Children almost always start at age 5 in Kindergarten. They, however, are not required to go to school until age 6. It's quite simple. First there is Kindergarten, and then grades 1 through 12. Elementary is grades k through 5, middle is grades 6 through 8 and high school is grades 9 through 12. Ps, in America, Yankees are the northerners only.
Gaming Queen - How is 'nursery, reception, year 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 and 11' any easier than 'nursery school, kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade' as is done in America. Saying your child is in 'year 2' takes the same effort as saying that he/she is '2nd grade.' I fail to see the issue.
Lady of the Cottage 11 - Your breakdown of elementary and middle school is not universal. In many places in the US, it's K through 6 in elementary. In some places it's just 7th and 8th for middle school, then 9-12 for high school. But in others it's 7th through 9th for middle school and 10th through 12th for highschool. It varies a good deal across the US. And, yeah. Brits like to use the term 'yankee' without regard for southern sensibilities. But look at it this way, it's a heck of a lot better than 'septic,' don't you think?
We watched this in class for Global Connections Day which was yesterday. We got so confused but we thought it was cool. (Yes we’re in the USA but we’re not all dimwits)
+izzy bz BTECs are basically a softer version of the subject; like btec PE and btec art and design can be taken at gcse and maybe some others. They're easier but don't look as good of your cv or applying to collage so grammar or private schools don't do them- someone please correct me if I'm wrong because this is just from memory!
+sophiew I completely disagree with this comment as I do btec art and design and get about triple the amount of work as any a level student yes there isn't an exam at the end but the work is constant and there is no chance to retake so in my eyes btecs are actually harder than a levels.
+shelby lack I guess it depends on the individual, but I disagree with you. BTEC's have consistent coursework throughout the year, and so the chance of gaining marks is a lot easier and there is a lot less pressure on each piece of work than there would be in one final end of year exam like in a normal A Level.
+Alexandria James no there's really not a lot less pressure at all the pressure is constant and all the time especially for students who try juggling a job I to the equation if we miss a deadline it's end of and no second chance where as with a level if you screw up your coursework you can bring it back in the exam and vice versa we literally have to depend on the coursework and to get the higher grades it's actually really hard as someone who has done both of these and knows what both are I like and have friends that have done the same I know that I'm right
She wasn't wrong! The problem is that school systems vary from area to area, county to county. She probably talked about where she came from. They have also changed a lot over the years. I was a lecturer I taught adults, I also spent 7 years in a UK comp. Where I live we have pre-school, sometimes called nursery. The you go to reception. It's here you suffer your first full day at school. Then you go to infants, then primary then comprehensive. Nursety at 2-3, Reception 4-5, Infants 5-7, Primary, 7-11, then comprehensive 11 -16 then college (or sixth form college or high school or just sixth form in the same comprehensive you attended from 11) 16-18. These are called by different names in different area's, Some times Infant and primary are combined and called Junior school. Very often these schools are all in the same building but just divided into departments. Some area's only have comprehensive education, some have a Grammar and comprehensive mixture where people hope their children will pass the entrance exam and be accepted at grammar schools. Both my wife and I failed that entrance exam and went to comprehensive schools, yet we are both now graduates with professional careers, proving I think that the grammar system proves nothing. We do have a nationaL curriculum. In theory all children should be learning certain things at certain "key stages." This of course makes no allowance for children who are very advanced, "gifted" or very weak, "special needs." I have no doubt someone will comment that I am wrong, it don't work like that. Well it does where I live because my children went through it and my grandchildren are now in it and I worked in it. I have no doubt it may be slightly different where you live.
Gracey Bointon Hey Gracey. We go usually go to two schools during our education. We go to what's called primary school and we start in reception (kindergarten) at 4 years old and then we finish in primary school at 10/11. Then we go to high school from 11 to 16. At 16 we do our high school exams and we get gcses (I think it stands for granted certificate of secondary education). At 16 we have a choice, a lot of the high schools offer sixth form where you can stay at school for an extra two years and do your a levels. Or you can go to college for two years (I chose college) and do your a levels there. At 18 when you have completed your a levels. We then go onto university. I hope this explains it better for you :)
OK I'm sorry but I think she messed up the beginning Public schools: run by the government Private schools:you pay a fee to let your child school there. Thousands of pounds a term Grammar schools: they only have these for secondary schools like she said u take a test you pass or fail. It is not compulsory.
Down where i am based (the south of the UK) we have the following system in place Pre-school/playgroup: 2 1/2-3 years Nursery: 3-4 1/2 years Reception to Year 2: 47 Year 3 to Year 6: 7-11 Sats taken in May of your Year 6 aged 11 Year 7: 11-12 Year 8: 12-13 Year 9: 13-14 Year 10: 14-15 (first year of GCSEs in some subject areas so be warned) Year 11: 15-16 (GCSEs in all subjects) Year 12/1st college year: 16-17 Year 13/2nd college year: 17-18 University: 18-21/22 dependind on the lenght of your course Work: 21/22-65????
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PRIMARY SCHOOL
nursery - ( 3-4 )
reception - ( 4-5 )
year 1 - ( 5-6 )
year 2 - ( 6-7 )
year 3 - ( 7-8 )
year 4 - ( 8-9 )
year 5 - ( 9-10 )
year 6 - ( 10-11 )
during assembly the year 6's get to sit on benches instead of the old wooden floor. depending on where you live year 6's also get their school uniform signed by their primary school friends before moving up to comprehensive.
COMPREHENSIVE/SECONDARY SCHOOL
year 7 - ( 11-12 )
year 8 - ( 12-13 )
year 9 - ( 13-14 )
year 10 - ( 14-15 )
year 11 ( 15-16 ) when you do your final exams/gcses.
OPTIONAL
year 12 - ( 16-17 )
year 13 - ( 17-18 )
(edit: I guess it's different for everybody but this is just how it was for where I live)
Well I didn't get to sit on a bench as a year 6 but apart from that you're correct.
cassia *-cough-* well in Scotland we don't have reception we have seven years in primary school and in secondary school is s1 then s2 ect. Get it? Primary is as In p and secondary is as in s
cassia in year 6 when we got our shirts signed this little year 3 was writing kick me on some of us and one of the teachers turned it into a love heart and some Chinese words that she knew (I can't remember what it said)
I live in England and where I live nursery was never part of primary school. I didn't even go to one, I went to a preschool (ages 2-4) and then primary school (4-11) which were completely separate. My primary school was divided in two: infants (Key Stage 1, reception to year 2) and juniors (Key Stage 2, years 3 to 6). It's confusing because there are seven school years in primary school, but the first year is called reception, the second year is called year 1, and so on and so forth. Hope that helps.
cassia yeah it's exactly the same for meee
Who else is British and only clicked on this video to marvel at the various comments below from confused Americans?
Immie B Good God your education system is insane.
KEEP CALM and PLAY SOCCER IN YOUR PAJAMAS Heh, yeah...just like all of us...
Immie B me
Immie B yeah, me too. I love watching videos that explain our british ways to americans.
Me
was any1 else who lives in the UK watching this to see if she was right? xD
I did and it was incorrect ...
XD ikr
She was wrong
Infants are 4-6 I thought? Then juniors seniors
Angie Msp yep, and she was wrong
Here in India in my school we have head girl,head boy,four houses,house captains,house vice captains, house prefects, prefects or monitors for individual classes and a sports captain. A house tournament is held every year and the winning house gets a house cup. 😀
i have the exact same but in uk like we don't call them prefects we call them head boys and head girl, and all the rest as well
if you look into your schools history you probably find out it was british built and run but kept thr system after India independence
PRIMARY:
Nursery: Age 3-4
Reception: Age 4-5
Key Stage 1: Age 5-7
Key Stage 2: Age 7-11
HIGH SCHOOL
Year7: 11-12
Year8: 12-13
Year9: 13-14
Year10: 14-15
Year11: 15-16
Sixth Form (Optional) 16-18
Scotland
Primary:
Nursery-3-4
Primary 1 4-5
Primary 2 5-6
Primary 3 6-7
Primary 4 7-8
Primary 5 8-9
Primary 6 9-10
Primary 7 10-11
Secondary:
First year 11-12
Second year 12-13
Third year 13-14
Fourth year 14-15
Fifth year 15-16 (I'am here)
Sixth year 16-17
Also in my school from first to third year you are a junior and fourth to sixth a senior there is a different tie that makes it easier to distinguish who is a junior and who is a senior.
+Saidees Yes because my friend recently moved to Scotland and she told us over the phone, I was quite confused but oh well😂
For me (England)
Nursery: 3-4
Reception: 4-5
Year 1: 5-6
Year 2: 6-7
Middle School
Year 3: 7-8
Year 4: 8-9
Year 5: 9-10
Year 6: 10-11
High School
Year 7: 11-12
Year 8: 12-13
Year 9: 13-14
Year 10: 14-15
Year 11: 15-16
Yeah, I personally had 3 schools, most people in England have 2
Lower Sixth is no longer optional, unless you're doing an apprenticeship. I was the last year group where it was optional, and I'm now in my third year at university.
For me (I went to primary school in England, and secondary school in Wales)
PRE-SCHOOL/NURSERY (optional)
Any age younger than 4.
PRIMARY
Start age 4 - leave age 11.
"Infant years" (Reception, year 1, year 2)
"Junior years" (Year 3 - year 6)
SECONDARY
Start age 11 - leave age 16
Year 7 - year 11
Sixth form. Age 16-18 (optional)
Personally I didn't stay for sixth form and I went to college instead.
She says Britain but she means England. I don't know about ireland or Wales but it's completely different in Scotland.
Well Ireland isn't British only the 6 counties in Northern Ireland are part of the UK. Im pretty sure their schools are very similar to English schools
+Daniel 1992 I assumed that people would know I was talking about northern Ireland.
prigg88 😂😂😂
I knew that Northern Ireland was a part of the UK. haha.
+Daniel 1992 They are, except it's mostly grammar and secondary schools, not comprehensive
I'm British and some of what you said still confused me:/ First, everyone I know calls 'private schools, just that, private schools. Second, secondary school is really up to 16yr olds not 18. After 16 you can go to a sixth form that is not at your school OR a college which is not part of a school to do A levels.
if you call public schools private schools it means you cant afford one lol.
it is confusing though.
Also they didn't point out that many people go to separate 6th form colleges
lena bosnjak in Scotland you go to high school until you are 18, there is no sixth form
No, in 6th year you are 17 unless your birthday is in march-june then you'll be 18 after your birthday
In SCOTLAND you can attend secondary until you are 18 if you want. It is only compulsory to age 16. We don't really do "sixth form colleges" here.
I am British and i don't want to be mean but this video explained it in a really complicated way
Anya I’m still comfused
It honestly did
Yep
thats probably just because we dont really think of the reasoning behind these things in day to day life. she explained it perfectly normally imo
Also, British kids don't "graduate", they "leave school" (which means something entirely different in the US).
Yeah we just kinda get our results and leave
We do graduate, but from university; indeed, we don't have a "thing" for just leaving school at 16 or 18. (Though it's increasing, like the "prom", which used to be virtually unknown here.)
WAIT PREFECTS ARE AN ACTUAL THING??? I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A MADE UP FUNCTION IN HOGWARTS
I'm British and I didn't even know they were an actual thing
we have them at our senior school
Amelia Amelia I was a prefect at my school before I moved to Sixth Form. Unfortunately it's not as enjoyable as it would be in the wizarding world!
Imagine if they actually built a hogwarts!
Sanne yeah I'm a prefect (I'm in year 11)
That public/private thing is only for England and Wales, In Scotland - schools you pay for are private and schools run by the government for free are public. It's really the correct way to describe it.
That is how I do it as well (from England). Private school are the ones no one can afford an d public schools are the ones that everyone else goes to.
That is absolutely incorrect- I don't know where in Scotland you are pretending to be from but public is NEVER used to describe state schools, public is accepted as an alternative for private schools and private schools alone.
+AlbanZap The reason they are called public schools are because they were available to ALL of the fee paying public (and sometimes the poor through scholarships) instead of being based on your religion, as at the time almost all state schools were religious institutions. So while it is archaic, knowing the reason why they are called such allows you to understand why it is considered correct to call private schools public schools.
+AlbanZap the reason private schools are sometimes called public ones because when schools first existed, none of them were free, and thus public means anyone is welcome, so long as you have the cash.
+AlbanZap They were originally called public schools as it was the alternative to private tutors with classes for groups of fee paying students (public). Many of the schools were started by trade guilds about 500 years ago such as haberdashers or taylors. In that time if you could not pay you did not get an education.
I was under the impression that school uniforms were meant to make it harder to judge a student's parent's income.
That's how it works in the US. Schools that use uniforms in the US do it so that kids look basically alike and won't tease each other for not wearing name brand clothes or wear things that identify themselves as part of a gang or clique.
No... that's a post hoc rationalization invented after the fact to justify their continued existence. Fact is school uniforms were never conceived for this purpose. They exist (and alway have) for the express purpose of establishing conformity, authoritarianism and control by the institution. Notice they are not required of teachers?
It's still easy to judge the parents income whilst wearing uniform, you simply take other factors, like how your parents are dressed when picking you up, or dropping you, what car they are driving, or what your out of school activities are for example
@@Anna-dp9nz •Children walk alone after a point, and parents can't be judged by other students
•Until that point, children are usually too young to make fun (or considering children make fun of everything: make fun of knowingly) others' wealth, probably being too young to understand income
•If your concern is teachers mocking parent income, then those teachers probably shouldn't be teachers.
•also who tf asks about what others do in their lives?
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"•Until that point, children are usually too young to make fun others' wealth, probably being too young to understand income"
That is (kinda) true but kids, in my experience, still judged how "rich" others were only based what kind of houses or cars their families could get. Im pretty sure nowadays what phone or gadget you have could also be used to measure if you are the "rich cool kid" or not
"•also who tf asks about what others do in their lives?"
Well probably most people. Friends will always do that. Classmates are still gonna ask what you do outside of school (speaking from my own experience but its probably true for most places) and teachers will always tell students to make presentations and stuff on what you did during holidays
Maybe you could have pointed out that the Scottish school system is completely different from the English one and that it's not just a 'different name for A Levels'?
I knew she wouldn't mention Scotland as someone literally about sit my n5s it kinda annoys me
theres like 2 people in Scotland so it's irrelevant
+yakuza4 haha this made me laugh ( no offence intended obviously aren't two people in Scotland blababaeotvwj...)
+ThePremiumPuppy same my prelims are starting in December😭
+yakuza4 at least know what your talking abt before u make something, Google would've been useful
*ENGLISH Schools explained.
Scottish schools are very different.
For a start, kids here do National 5 instead of GCSEs, this used to be called Standard Grade. Sixth form doesn't exist in Scotland.
Exactly! We do our Nat 5s at 15/16 then our Highers at 16/17 then pick other subject to take a higher in at 17/18 or take advanced highers at 17/18 or you can leave school at 16 and go to college and then uni
Connelly90 i think you'll find this is pretty much wales and northern ireland as well as england so yes it is 'british schools explained' she did try try to explain scotland and its not anyones fault that scotland trys so hard to be different from the rest of britain.... it annoys me when scots comment like this because they are not the only country that's apart of britain and they feel the need to point this out even though she was talking about the rest of britain not just england!
Connelly90 i get your point, but i'm sick of scots thinking its needed to point out that they are different from the rest of britain, im welsh but i don't feel to point out every difference that we have with the rest of britain because i am british and if someone asks me where i come from when im abroad i say im british. and i get that most of her stuff explains about england, but thats because shes english but she also goes in to detail about the other country's apart of britain as well, but the only reason im saying this is because you all seem to think your better than the rest of britain and like your ashamed of being called british, but saying that its not like i dont get your point
Jadey Carter "but i'm sick of scots thinking its needed to point out that they are different from the rest of britain"
I'm sick of lazy use of "Brit" or "British" causing people to think that "England" and "Great Britain" and "The United Kingdom" are all the same thing.
It's almost like a huge political statement to use "The B-word" in Scotland, so it's natural that a lot of Scots would be a bit annoyed at the whole island's cultures being amalgamated into a single, mostly English one.
"your ashamed of being called british".
That could certainly be the case for many people, but personally I don't like the word "British" being used internationally because it's synonymous with, not just England, but London.
Every single typical "British" symbol or icon that is recognised internationally comes from London, whereas if I define myself as "Scottish" that brings up a whole different set of cultural symbols and icons which are a lot closer to who *I* am. So that's what I choose to use over "British".
I wouldn't say Scots think they are "better" than the rest of the UK, but I would argue that we have a stronger national identity than the other countries in this union.
Connelly90 'but I would argue that we have a stronger national identity than the other countries in this union.' - yep definitely agree with this but because of that it makes scots come across a bit arrogant just like some americans who are very 'country proud'
Also, for confused Yanks, we have Key Stages (KS). Key Stage 1 (KS1) is from Reception to Year 2, then KS2 from Year 2 to Year 6, KS3 is Year 7 to Year 9, and KS4 is Year 10 to Year 11.
In order, these are the years:
Reception (4-5yo), Year 1 (5-6yo), Year 2 (6-7), Year 3 (7-8), Year 4 (8-9), Year 5 (9-10), Year 6 (10-11), Year 7 (11-12), Year 8 (12-13), Year 9 (13-14), Year 10 (14-15), Year 11 (15-16), Lower Sixth (Year 12, 16-17), Upper Sixth (17-18) and finally, University starts it again from Year 1, except it´s called first-year, second-year and so on until you finis your degree (18+)
Also, we take SATs in Year 6, GCSEs (O levels) in Year 11, and A levels in Year 13.
Reception and nursery are 'early years'
Tired mum Yes, but they are technically part of the school system.
+Tired mum arnt reception and nursery known as 'Foundation Stage' well they were in ours anyway 😁
+William Burgess in my sons school, who is four and in nursery, it shows as early years
ah but at my school we start ks4 in year 9 as we chose our option choii at the end of year 8
Prefects in my school are kind of ‘cool’ I guess as they get special prefect hoodies, get to skip the lunch line, get to stay inside at lunch and all they have to do is make sure everyone else is either outside at lunch or in the canteen.
Yep same
Wait, what? No, we call private schools private schools
I think 'public school' is a term which is being used less and less, but they do mean the same thing. Yeah, it makes no sense. Which'll be why it's being used less now.
In Scotland we've always said Private...
We say both. Most people I know will understand whichever one you use. Public or Private
Beth Parker although people call them private schools still I think she was just going by the correct terminology, which is 'public school'.
public school is basically Eton and a few similar places. I went to a private school for a few years and it was nothing like that.
loving that pink tie
Thanks!
Anglophenia How about a show on Curry? Smells nasty to me, but okay... I have seen a couple shows by those two female cooks that travel around the country on a motorbike/sidecar.
Hhaa I see what you said there!
Barrie Tingle great I was one one the first cohorts, I started reception in 2000. So I had to take the Year 2, 6 and 8* test. the science was scrapped the when I was in Year 8, but my school had paid for them already so yeah...I don't midn the SATs being used within the school see how a child is doing/placement for next year. ** But for Year 2/6/8 they are used for national stats so the teachers lie to you so then the grades go up because you think average is higher than what it is, just to make the school look better.
*Dorset has a slightly different way of organising school ages groups, so the first year of high school is when we would normally take the test and they were seeing if taking it a year early while in middle school (we'd been there since we were 9) would improve grades.
**Placement can also be bull, because I had low English grades it meant that I couldn't be good at Science either, even though I'd got a good grade in that paper. So I was in 3rd set set out of 5 and it was sooo tedious, I got myself moved up to 1st set as I tokk triple for GCSE.
Barrie Tingle I did SATS in year 6 in 1991 in South Gloucestershire.
why am I watching this... I'm English!
Because why not?
Same XD
fact check
I'm Welsh. Watch this and see your country vanish!
I watched it to make sure she got it right. My school was VERY different from what she said, but I'm English and when to school in the UK.
Who remembers that feeling of pride you'd get after moving from key stage 1 to key stage 2
I went to a public school (pre-prep and prep) and it's often a mouthful to explain to other British people who don't understand the public schooling system.
Me too, it's annoying when people correct you, like saying "public schools are free" and I have to say no they are most certainly not!
@@ellacarr9533
You should explain that the “public” in Public Schools goes back to the early 19th century when educational theory first put forward the idea that it was important for boys to learn teamwork by mixing with other boys. This influenced the upper classes to stop educating their sons at home with “private” teachers and instead send them to a “public” school. This was when only the relatively well-off got any sort of education so these schools were fee-paying, privately run institutions and far from public in the modern sense. However, the name stuck and when universal education was brought in, in 1870, the schools they built were called State Schools.
As so often, there’s an historical reason for the usage.
This is English schools, its quite different to Scottish schools.
Annie Mac I agree.You stay an extra year at primary in Scotland and our system is known to be one of the best in the world,outranking England by far
+The Scottish Primrose But Northern Ireland still gets better exam results!! Ooooooooooooh *swag music plays in the background*
Aye i know, i have a teacher who is from there and is very proud about that
The Scottish Primrose didn't know you watched this I was just about to teach every freakin' person about Scottish schools
Nursery: it's were you go when your 3-5 and you learn manners and how to play nice (And if you were at my nursery playdough too)
Primary school: you have a variety Of ages from 4 to sometimes even 13 but most if the time 12 and 11. You have seven years at primary school each being known as
Primary one
Primary two
Primary three
Primary four
Primary five
Primary six
And primary seven
Secondary school: you come here for six years after primary school but you get the option to drop out when your sixteen
And that's school in Scotland for you very simple
No its not that it's different its that it's all wrong
The title should have "minus Scotland" added to it.
More like "minus most of Britain" - it's out of date with the terminology for England, let alone Scotland and Wales.
EDIT: yes, and probably Northern Ireland too. "British" could mean Great Britain, which doesn't include Ireland, so I gave them the benefit of the doubt there.
TheMoonRover minus Northern Ireland
Siobhan and Scotland are mortal enemies like the English and Scots
TheMoonRover
No i watched it when it came out and the Scotland school system was barely included
yes but the US has enough on their plate without thinking about Advanced Highers, Highers and whatever the other one is
THANK YOU!!!! I am an elementary teacher in America. I have been curious about this for years! GREAT CHANNEL! I love it!
Great video, and please do the video on British universities.
Cheers! We'll pencil it in.
Anglophenia Is there a reason that there's not a set standardized school system in the UK, or at least in England?
Roller sail With all the different names and testing she describes in the video, it didn't sound as if it were standardized.
Jwb52z It sounds like the national exams are all standardized, but the schools have more freedom in how they get you ready for it.
Dean Winchester You're probably right, it just amazes me that a country could have all these varying ways in the same school system without it collapsing in on itself from mismatch alone, but perhaps with such a small population and very few extremists with pet issues it is possible.
Primary school means it's a combined infants and junior school, otherwise they're called infants or juniors separately.
Which is odd, because in a primary school they rarely call them that now, it's Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Just the separated schools still say Infant and Junior.
I'm from the uk and this confused me haha
I went to play group until I was 4, then went to primary school from 4-11 then a comprehensive secondary school from 11-16 then college from 16-18 lol
So you missed nursery and reception?
Holly Boreham
No? When I was little "play group" was what they now call nursery, they didn't do a lot of childcare for under 3's so I went there until I was 4 like I said. Then I started primary school when I was 4; starting in reception.
Right. I had play group from age 2-3 and nursery after from age 3-4.
katymonkfish Same
katymonkfish same but I go to a grammar school
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You did not explain about British Colleges, people from the US think of Uni when I say I go to College!
Only a few counties in the UK have separate colleges, most people take their A levels at their secondary school.
But yeah, people often make the misconception that you mentioned!
Jacob Myszor
I am not doing A-Levels at College, I am doing a Diploma but I know what you mean but it can still be explained!
That's cos she went to private school and they call it 6th form there she also didn't talk about primary school and secondary school she spoke about juniors and seniors argh.. I've been to both private and state schools and this does wind me up
Jess Bishop The title should have been Secondary Schools explained then not British Schools, if she only spoke about secondary ect!
***** Originally Colleges were a lesser option, and often called 'Tech college' which concentrated on vocational courses, but in the last 15 or twenty years most Tech Colleges have decided to change to 'University' which means that many cities, like mine, have two or more universities. Which is horribly confusing for those applying to join, who find themselves in the wrong building, in the wrong part of town.
I love how some Americans think prefects, houses, house cup, head girl/boy and common rooms r just a Hogwarts thing 😂
yeah lol
Ikr🤣
Well, not every country have your systems. Other may think your system only Hogwarts things.
@@ikuflies yeah ik thats exactly what I just said haha
@@puddleduck1405 only exist in Hogwarts 🗿
Imagine a Swede making a short video about Swedish education and calling it "Scandinavian schools explained". People from Norway, Finland and Denmark would say - "Eh... Hang on".
It's essentially the same thing for Scottish people watching these videos.
i'm from the UK & remember My Schooldays!,
I remember My Last Fight at School!, The head Master was furious, He Marched Me into His Office & said "What are You Playing at?, You're a Teacher & supposed to set an Example!".
🤣🤣🤣
Wow 🤣🤣
This is not the uk this is mainly england
It is mostly England and Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland have different systems
+Yuvann Sayandan I hate how people make out as if Britain is only England and Wales, I really wish more people voted yes to leave the uk and to stay in the European union
Wales has a totally seperate education system to England.
It's a very out of date description of the English education system.
Her name means someone who loves England so she's going to be primarily talking about England, with a few bits about the other countries, she probably only said British because she mentioned the other countries a couple times (at least I think she did, if she didn't I'm sure it was a mistake)
Most of the things here is wrong... to trully explain ENGLISH education system, one must go through it.
×nursery/ pre-school (3-5 mostly, or younger if independent)
×primary school (5-11)
×secondary school (11-16)
×sixth form/ college(16-18). -IT'S THE SAME THING. though a sixth form is joint to a school.
college is just an independent building and not joined to anything.
×university.
you also forgot to mention SATs...
and with that, you forgot to mention that many old schools that were based in a church were sometimes girls schools (not all, but as small majority), later being changed to mix. though there are many all - girls around now but a small number of all- boys schools exist now, mainly only private or academy, and the rest are mix.
THANK YOU!!!! The person in this video said it all wrong
In fact, some English areas still have 'middle' schools too. They usually go Nursery-Primary-Middle-Upper-and then college/uni if the student wishes to.
It's much rarer in Scotland, they tend to do the Primary-Secondary system, and more and more places in the UK are calling Secondary schools 'High' schools like the Americans.
No, not wrong, just incomplete. Been teaching for 40 years and I don't think any of it was actually incorrect
In NI we start primary school at age four unless you where born in the summer as our cut off point is July 1st instead of September 1st
Nope u are wrong
It's:
Nursery: (3-4 year olds)Some private nurseries accept 2year olds in London
Primary: The Infants- 3-5(3-4 is Nursery, 4-5 is Reception) Key Stage 1: Year 1 ( 5-6 y/o) Year 2- (6-7 y/o) Key Stage 2(7-11 y/o) the school year starts in September so say if u were in year 2 you would have left year 2 as a 7 year old in July and would be entering year 3 as a 7 year old if ur birthday is after September but if ur birthday was in September to December u would have turned 8
Then we have secondary which is Year 7 (11-12) year 8(12-13) year 9(13-14) year 10(14-15) year ten is when ur GCSEs start but u can so early GCSEs in year 9, Year 11(15-16) That is when u choose to leave secondary go to the sixth form in ur secondary or go to college
College after year 11 is: year 12 and year 13 that is wear u do ur A Level and if u failed GCSEs u do it again about 2 or 3 times until u pass then u go onto uni (if u want) for a degree or go straight into getting a job or u can relax
my English school experience/journey :
Kindergarten (age 3-4) - I went to a private school for a year because my mum worked there, instead of going to nursery.
Primary school (age 4-11, reception - yr6)
secondary/high school (age 11-16, yr7-yr11)
sixth form college (age 16-18, yr12-13 or AS and A2)
I'm just about to start my A2 courses.
at GCSE we typically take around 11/12 subjects, all the compulsory ones (maths, English, science ICT & religious studies) plus 4 options, subjects that interest you that you want to study.
at ALevel we typically take 3/4 subjects, usually 4 at AS then 3 at A2. all of which should interest you.
then we can go on to study at university or go into a full time job or apprenticeships.
for some students who go on to study at uni they take a gap year before they start studying, this is so that they can travel, or start earning money or help projects in England or abroad.
also, my prefect experience was standing in pairs at doorways making sure that younger students didn't go where they weren't supposed to go. however we noticed over the years that yr7's kept getting cockier compared to what my year group was like in yr7.
Your religious studies GCSE was compulsory? We could choose to do the half or full GCSE exams although we all did the lessons.
+Kerry Preece I think it was originally so that we could choose to do half or full course, then they changed it so that everyone had to do full course.
+MeganGrace130513 that makes sense I guess. :)
I want to teach in England (from Canada), so not only did I have to look up the American comparisons she was making since our schools are different than theirs, but so help me when trying to figure out the ins and outs of the British system!
British schools explained
nursery or play group : 3-4
infants school (not always called infants sometimes apart of a juniors school)
reception- 4-5
Year 1-5-6
Year 2-6-7
Junior school
Year 3 7-8
Year 4 8-9
Year 5 9-10
Year 6 10-11
in year 6 you do sats ( pronounced ser ats ) they don't really mean anything the government just wants to see how everyone's doing and making sure each school is doing good teaching.
Senior school (secondary school or High school)
Year 7 11-12
Year 8 12-13
Year 9 13-14
in year 9, now, you pick your options for GCSEs for example I choose: Art, sociology, French and history as well as the core maths English and RS (religious studies)
Year 10- 14-15
Year 11- 15-16
in year 11 you do your GCSEs which help you get onto the collage courses that you want to take. some universities will look at these and others will look at your A levels
sixth form
I'm not entirely sure if sixth form is optional anymore. (some one let me know please :)
Year 12- 16-17
Here you do your AS levels.
Year 13- 17-18
here you do your A2 levels
then university
Well done, this is very well explained! And sixth form/college is compulsory now (I think, as I know for certain u need to stay in an education establishment until you're 18) Also, I like your EastEnders pp!
Ian Beale who pronounced Sats as serats??? We just say it how it looks..
Your right except you now choose options (what you do in GCSEs) in year 8
Ian Beale I'm Scottish we don't get this (we get p7 trips well we get to stay a week somewhere I went to a active pursuits place did some cool stuff whatever)
Public school- free
Private school- paid
Private(public) school; paid
Open schools: free
+Louisa Bell some public schools cost about 150 a month or something but most don't
+Louisa Bell That definition is not correct for the uk.
+Sofia Monkeychops Pounds or Dollars ? Sofia r u British ?
+AMCT 101 uh...yes it is. in London public schools are free (excluding lunch and trips and whatever) and private schools you have to pay a lot!!
Here we see a Siobhan Thompson of College Humor in her natural habitat
Brilliant! I think that is how the Brit's would say it. She could talk about anything and make it interesting because of her sharp-witted expressiveness and fun comedic style.
I love how she forgot to mention that in a lot of schools being a prefect or a head boy/girl is a fantastic way to become bullied...
angelstouch92 not at my school, the head girl and boy and most the prefects are popular😂
When I went they were in six form so every one in 7-11 didn’t bother them lol
We didn't have them at our high school for exactly that reason. The teachers may as well have given them a cuddle and a kiss in class and told them how much they loved them. Red rag to a bull.
00:08 "... to harry potter and the history boys"
I never read that one :')
It's not Harry Potter and the history boys
It's Harry Potter (films/books) and The History boys (play/film)
This is probably already in the comments, but I'll say it anyway, but there's something you've missed.
Not all senior (where I'm from we call them 'secondary') schools have a sixth form, mine certainly didn't. Even if they do you can choose to go to a college where you'll do your A levels, which depending on the courses are exam and course work based. Although, some colleges do (or in some cases, specialise in) vocational courses, called BTECs or City and Guild Diplomas (while similar, these two are different). These are coursework based and you only do one of them, which will equal 3 A Levels in theory, although a lot of universities aren't so keen on them, preferring to take A Level students.
The vocational courses also have a different grading system. Instead of A B C etc. it's Distinction, Merit, Pass and Fail.
I'm live in England and since when do we them "state schools" and "public schools".
Finally someone who is just as confused about this as me
@thumbhat1039 @ellar-d7131 As far as official documents and on paper they're referred to as public and state schools. The thought being that public schools are funded by the public and their large tuition fees and state schools are funded by the government
I live in South England and nobody says state school. A school that's free and there's no test to get into it (that's a grammar school) is a public school and if you have to pay itsa aprivate school
I THOUGHT PREFECTS, HEAD BOYS AND HEAD GIRLS WERE ALL JUST THINGS IN HOGWARTS. I am so sorry everyone in Britain.
You're not wrong to have thought that :) A lot of schools don't have Head Boys/Girls. My school only recently introduced the idea as an opportunity for students.
+Sushi subedi Google.
+Sushi subedi I don't remember head girls/boys at my school either, but I was a prefect. And I didn't manage lunch rooms or anything like that. In my school there ware often new kids that joined after the school year started, so when they ware starting out they were assigned to me for like a week. So I would show them what is what, the classrooms, teachers, answer any questions, help with homework in some cases to cach up, etc. It wasn't much work at all and I did get a cool badge ;)
+Gareth Long Well that's more than a bit OTT.
Those prefects may have had mini God complexes but they weren't systematically killing people because of their religion or mental or physical disabilities.
(Granted, it might have felt otherwise to the victims. But gee!)
We have prefects but we don't have cool badges 😢
3:20 "Hangover" That means something entirely different in American English. It means waking up after hard partying with a bad headache, severe nausea and feeling like you have fur on your tongue. :)
Same here. But it has two meanings
grayswandir47 In England it does mean that too
LOL. It means both, bro. You think we don't get those kind of 'hangovers' here? xD
Schools in my town (Redditch, Worcestershire) are so weird. We have First Schools (4-9) Middle Schools (9-13) and High Schools (13-18). A lot of our high schools are becoming Secondary Schools like the rest of the uk.
They have the same sort of thing near where I live as well
Also. University in Scotland is free. And amongst some of the best quality universities. So Americans. Feel free to come
It's only free for Scottish citizens. So the English still pay £9,000 p/a and Americans would pay between £15,000 and £25,000.
+Rodger42 meh. Still good quality
Jamie Galbraith It is
+Jamie Galbraith For some reason it's free, I don't get why Scotland has it for free.
For some reason? To try create more social mobility, paying a little more tax and putting a little more of it toward giving free education. Something that could and should be rolled out across the Uk, for some reason it isn't, I don't get why but it's not.
Prep, pre-prep... what? WHO CALLS IT THAT?! Nursery, infants, juniors. high school. Sorted (^_^)
Private schools call it prep and pre-prep!
lightisfading they would! :'-)
+lightisfading I have to disagree - 'prep' in a private school is used exclusively to refer to homework. I've never heard of a year group called 'prep'. Our school years were B Block, A Block, O Block, Lower and Upper Sixth (in that order).
I've never come across pre-prep, but what I know from the English schooling system is: Nursery (2-4), Primary school (11-16), College/Sixth Form -at this point you can also move on to an apprenticeship, where you learn about a specific subject that you wish to do as your career, from someone talented and experienced in that field - (16-18). From here onwards, any further education is optional, however you can choose to go on to University, and the age range depends on both what you're studying and what your end goal is.
In my school it is Badgers (2-4), Reception (4-5), Pre Prep: Year 1 (5-6) and Year 2 (6-7), Year 3 (7-8) ... Year 8 (12-13)
British subscribers, how about we put our school journeys up? (because it's different around the country)
Mine:
Primary School
Secondary School (left at 16)
College (did a BTEC Extended Diploma, instead of A Levels)
University
Mine:
First School (4-9)
Middle School (9-13)
High School (13-18)
Going to Uni next year
Don't know why its different in my part of England haha
Mine
Primary - 5 - 11
Grammar - 11 - 18 ( including 6th form)
Uni
Also, our 6th form has to wear a uniform
Mine:
Primary School (5-11)
Secondary School + 6th Form (11-18)
University (18-now)
My school journey:
Primary School.
Public, Secondary School.
University (currently in my final year)
(I have know idea what ages I was for each.)
Primary (reception-Year 6)
Surprise change to private system.
Prep school(Year 6-year 8)
Senior school(year 9-year 11)
In some countries, school uniforms are used to hide distinctions between the rich and poor. This works well for those who are fashion conscious or affected by limited wardrobes.
England schools:
Nursery: 0-4
Primary: 4-11
Secondary: 11-16
Sixth form: 16-18
Sally M w...wat
Primary - 4-11
Secondary - 11-18
@@fxshyy no because sixth form is optional
I know that I am 2 years late, but when you write like that, I have no idea does 11 years old goes to primary, secondary, or both schools, and does 16 goes to secondary or sixth form or both of them.
in Northumberland where I live, I have first school, middle school, and high school, it will change to primary and secondary soon but at the minute Northumberland is the only county to have this system (I think)
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she didnt really state that sixth form is a choice same with uni. once youre 16 youre free to leave education
you have to stay till your 18 now
+Tansy Nembhard year 12 and 13 is a choice still isnt it?
+Jenny Warm you have to do some form of education whether it is sixth form, college or some sort of work experience
+Holly Page can u not go straight into work at 16 if u wanted to
+Jenny Warm You can go into an internship or some other form of training. Whatever you do has to be educational in some form. This is a pretty recent change, it only went into force a couple of years ago I think.
That Oxbridge charges their students 9250 quids a year and HYPSM charge their students more than 50k a year was quite a symbol of difference between the UK and the U.S. system.
In my county the school system is different:
First School:
Reception: 4-5 years old
Year 1: 5-6
Year 2: 6-7
Year 3: 7-8
Year 4: 8-9
Year 5: 9-10
Middle School:
Year 6: 10-11
Year 7: 11-12
Year 8: 12-13
High School:
Onwards
Spot on 😊 😉👌
Senior school? It goes, nursery-primary-secondary-university
secondary is kinda senior school, it just has a lot of people in of loads of ages 11-16 and people can go to collage or 6th form
*college
I'm from America and have plans on moving over to England after I get my degree in anthropology. I have always been confused on how the British school system works and it makes a little more sense now after watching this.
England for me :
Preschool (optional)
Primary school:
nursery- 4-5
year 1- 5-6
year 2- 6-7
year 3- 7-8
year 4- 8-9
year 5- 9-10
year 6- 10-11
Highschool:
year 7- 11-12
year 8- 12-13
year 9- 13-14
year 10- 14-15
year 11- 15-16
Sixth form- 16-17 (Optional instead of college) 2 extra years of highschool
College- 16-17
Key stage 1- 4-7/8 (I think)
Key stage 2- 8-10/11 (I think)
Key stage 3- 11-15/16 (I think)
Anyone have to have 9 stripes visible on their ties?
Ella Rose Nope. I didn't wear a tie at all
Ella Rose we had clip-on ties until you got to year 11 and ONLY if you were a prefect 😂 don't think they trusted us lol
Ella Rose no I have 4
But the stripes are quite far apart
Amazing Kat lol dumb rules
Er... You missed out college... Not everybody goes to sixth form... We don't have any sixth forms near us...
+Lewis Bentley No it's not. Not generally speaking. I.e. 90% of the time. College has a bigger range of subjects to choose from. Sixth forms have fewer subjects because there are fewer teachers.
+Natasha Finch no there can be more subjects in college but people go to college mainly to focus on 1 subject. i think thats what he is trying to say
+SRB No. You go to college to do 4 subjects (AS level- 1st year), then do 3 subjects (continued) at A2 level (2nd year). People come out with 3 ALevels (or 4 if you continued all 4).
OR
You do a Diploma. In which case you are only focussing on one subject. And come out with one certificate
Natasha Finch i said i think that is what HE is trying to say
+Natasha Finch I go to college and you only do 1 subject. except if you didn't pass your maths and English gcse you have to continue doing that
I already learned all about this from reading Harry Potter.
Except we call the seconday school years year 7-13 not 1-7
James Lee some public school still use 1st-5th and lower and upper sixth haha just to be confusing
I was trying to simplify it
Except don't forget that we don't take OWLs and NEWTs, they're GCSEs and A levels
Hogwarts is what in the UK would be called a public (i.e. fee paying) school. This would not be typical. Most British pupils would have to learn their OWLs at Secondary School. Seriously, most people learn about other country's education system through films and television programmes. Many children in the UK think that American High Schools are like the one in 'Grease'.
Yay finally another Siobhan
Anyone else think she looks not unlike Garth from Waynes World in this video? hehe
Party on Garth
Actually in Somerset they have First Schools (4-9), Middle Schools (10-13) and High Schools (14-18). But that seems to be unique.
Worcestershire have this too. I thought we were the only ones.
+Cheeseanonioncrisps I think they were the first model of comprehensive, we had them in Stoke-on-Trent
I live in Dorset and we also have that system, although we also have primary and secondary schools so it gets quite confusing
Northumberland has scrapped this this year. It's a shame because now kids who went to my first school (turning into primary) and then my high school (turning into a secondary), will be going from a school of around 100 pupils to one with around 2000. It'll be a big shock to the system.
Where in Somerset? I'm near Yeovil and not aware of this...?
Can you please explain the difference between college and university in the UK? In the U.S., both are Bachelor or higher degree granting institutions.
They are the same, just different names :) college in the Uk is the last two years of school in the Us I think (16-18)?
Okay, thanks. In the U.S., college and university come after high school graduation. Most start at age 18.
It depends. Further Education Colleges or Sixth Form Colleges can offer A-Level or equivalent, although Sixth Form tends to be free and mostly for school leavers. IE 16-18 year olds. Then you have some colleges which can do degree equivalent as well, but can't award their own degrees- usually degrees are validated by a local university.
sixth form (as she explained)=college in the UK.
Equivalent to the American Senior
Wow! So confusing! Thanks everyone!
1. what are sets? How many are there? how do you get into different sets?
2. are there community colleges in the uk?
3. can you pick all of your GCSE subjects? what do you do if you fail your GCSE's? Is there a minimum you have to pass?
4. do you get scholarships or financial aid for university?
Ah, the dozens of confused Americans in the comments lol
the British school system is so confusingggggg lol
Jennifer S Lol xD no its not haha
That's me hahahaha
Siobhan, did you go to school at BHS? I'm sure I bought a scatter cushion from them once.
Jonty Levine what does BHS stand for? The school i was in for year 7 and 8 the initials for it was BHS
No separation of church and state in the UK? Wow, I didn't know that!
Anne M.
I'm a German, so whatever history lessons we got on English Renaissance monarchs were brief and superficial. That said, I do know about Henry VIII and his breach with the Catholic Church. I just figured that since this isn't the 16th century, some legislation would have been enacted in the meantime that guarantees freedom of religion, separation of state and church and all that good stuff.
+antred11 Church schools have to follow to the same curriculum as every other school, it's not like they teach religion. Praying at assembly and getting lectured about god is about the extent of it. There is freedom of religion, you can make an Islamic school if you wanted to
+antred11 you don't necessarily have to go to a church school, you could go to a non-religious state/public school
+antred11 In principle there is no separation, but in practice British politics are very secular. You'd never hear a politician talking about their own religious views, for example.
+Luke Rieman Not that separated, high ranking Bishops are entitled to sit in the House of Lords.
Nice explanation. I'm from the Netherlands and I'm really glad we split schools into three basic academic levels.
"Prefect ?" "head body, head girl ?"... HARRY POTTER
Lucas Gonzalez Harry Potter is set in Britain
Keir Taylor well those terms are still used in Harry Potter. I'm also from Miami, so I'm not a British expert.
+Lucas Gonzalez They're used in Harry Potter because it's a part of every school in England ;-;
Lucas Gonzalez we do also have houses but no Hufflepuff, gryfindor,etc just really
complex names
Chris TDM my school didn’t have a prefects but the some of the six form people “looked after the year 7-11” and we had different tutor groups like “houses” for sport I was in D yellow
I wish people wouldn't say 'UK.' when their actually just thinking of 'England'. I live in Scotland and most of the things at the start of the video aren't true here
in Scotland it's a lot easier it's just primary school P1-P7 (5-12) and high school S1-S6 (12-18)
Wish this was longer. Instead of Cliff notes, a thick book like one of the later Harry Potter books. Love this presentation.
I'm going to university in the UK! no language or math requirement? I'm in!
+Desiree Paahana I think it's much different over here than in the US. For instance, if you want to study Law, you go to university and study Law. You don't go to college and then have to go to another school to study afterwards. Same for Medicine. Go straight into it and study for 5/6 years.
+Kerrie and Ami CWLP that's what I like. :)
There is a language requirement
+Andrew Devine The only Language requirement is that you have a working knowledge of English.
Flutter GoBye In scotland, you need a national 5 C english, or if you're an international student you need an equivalent qualification or have to sit an internal exam
Im in the NE of england and the school system as i have known it is far simpler than it is made out to be on this video.
•Nursery = Where the small kids go before they actually start school.
•Primary school = This is years 1-6 of education, there is usually an exam at the end.
•Secondary school = This is years 6-11 of education, GCSE's are at the end (the last two years). After secondary education everything is optional.
•Sixth form/college = This is years 12 and 13. Year 12's do AS, year 13's do A2. The AS and A2 combine to become a full A level. The AS is a standalone qualification if you chose not to take a subject to A2. Most students do 4 AS's and then drop down to 3 A2 subjects for the second year. This is the last year of free education.
•University = This is where you start paying £9000 a year for your education. This is what Americans know to be college where you normally do a single subject. But unlike what has been said in this video you can do a combined course that combines two separate uni courses, but i dont know much about them.
I'm british and I don't know what a state school is I think it's like a private school...idk
She explained that it was a school managed by the state, not sure if that's true thou
State? But we don't states in the UK unless I don't know about it but states are a US thing i'm confused
The U.s. states are basically a union of countries under the same law, a country typically only have one state and thus only one government-like thing while the us has the government and one for every state.
In the uk it seems like the "state schools" is run by the state
I think i get it
good
In Scotland;
Private schools cost money
Public schools are free
Grades/years are;
Playgroup (young toddlers)
Nursery (older toddlers)
Primary school (ages 5 to 11)
^the years are,^
Primary 1
Primary 2
Primary 3
Primary 4
Primary 5
Primary 6
Primary 7
Highschool (ages 12 to 17)
^the years are,^
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
Then college/university.
I’m not sure about private schools but in primary schools having houses or prefects is unique to that school. In primary we had 2 people in p7 that were the head of their house. We also had a point system and competitions. Sort of like Harry Potter but less fancy.
In highschool, my school didn’t have any houses, not all schools do. But we did have a student council where student would chip in when changes were being made to the school. (E.g. what new clubs to start, new school logo, school uniform etc)
About 90% of public schools and 100% in private schools in Scotland have a school uniform. In private the uniform will be a lot neater and will be a lot stricter. In public schools you are required to wear a shirt and tie or a polo shirt with the school logo and jeans/trousers/skirts. And black footwear(depends on school). Most public schools aren’t that strict with the uniform anyways.
Also in Scotland, we have a half day on a Friday. It’s something to do with the 1 o’clock canon on Edinburgh castle. Not sure, but we only get to go to school up till lunch (12:20).
Our exams that get us the qualifications for university are graded based on the average test results of everyone taking an exam. So if the majority done really bad on their exam then they would lower the pass rate. For example, most people got 90/120 on their higher biology exam then the pass rate would be suited to how many students actually passed.
We get to take 2-3 sets of exams in highschool.
National 5
Higher
Advanced higher
National 3 and national 4 don’t have an exam but requires you to do unit tests in your class room.
I hope this has helped anyone wanting to know the basics of Scottish schools.
Reply if you have any questions
(Also, we don’t have homecomings or graduation, but we do have a qually (Scottish word for prom) at the end of primary and prom at the end of secondary( high school))
coming froma british person here. i was confused most of the vid. never heard of a school being called a state school. to me a private school is the one you pay for and wear the blasier uniforms. public is free one. i went to a church school i guess but i just saw it as a public school andit was never called a church school. being a kid though, i didn't realise not all schools sang hymes at the end of each day and occationaly went on church visits and did christian plays. wish i'd known that sooner as it was one of the worst parts of school. pretty much turned me Atheist.
6th form is completly optional. you forgot to mention that. A-levels can be obtained in college. college is also optional. ages 16-19 get to do college free though so best to do straight away. i did a btec course since A-levels hadn't been explained to me.
Larkspur at my primary school we had to sing hymns as well but only in assemblies (which were every Friday and sometimes on Mondays). We all hated it, at least in my year, so we protested against it as our school was not a church school or anything and stopped us all from having to sing
Larkspur college/sixth form is no longer optional. kids have to stay in education till 18 now.
Larkspur state schools are a formal word.
Also didn't understand the school names as infants, junior and senior
Larkspur she actually is correct on that. We don't tend to refer to them like that in every day life which is why it gets confusing but a non fee paying school run by the state that anyone can attend (i.e. the majority of schools) are state schools not public schools. Certain fee paying schools are known as Public Schools which is a throw back to when they were first created at a time when the education system was very different. More recent private schools are in fact referred to as Private Schools but while State Schools are attended by the general public they are not called Public School. Eton is a Public School - it is student selective and fee paying, which is how the Public School (unlike State School) system works. Honestly
this was interesting! :D im British but home educated so I have never actually been to school so... yeah this was interesting XD
(how do you end sentences XD)
MeoTheRandom I hope you're just really young
nope I'm home educated look it up its a thing.
also I wouldn't be on youtube if I was young enough to never have been to school XD
Jack Hopewell
Because of Ofsted. Their focus on testing, quantifying and rating schools, teachers and students means we now have a population of kids who were taught to pass exams rather than apply critical thinking.
Maxx B YES!!! YES YES AND YES! I 100% agree with you!
Maxx B or you know, you could go to school and learn more than just what's on the board, like social skills and school politics, which are very similar to that in the workplace as most ppl went to school.
True critical thinking isn't removal from a situation, but seeing more than its face value ie for passing exams.
Junior/senior? I've never heard that used before.
TheObiribea It should actually be Primary/ Senior or Infant/Junior/Senior (senior is usually referred to as secondary school as well).
Primary refers to Reception through to year 6, Infants refers to reception - year 2, Juniors refers to year 3 - year 6 and seniors/secondary refers to year 7 - 11.
College/ sixth form is then referred to in various ways. Upper/lower, A.s./ A Level, 1/2, 12/13...
Then finally university begins the count again at 1- x x=the number of years your course is.
Kindergarten 3-6 years, Primary School 6-12 years, Secondary School 12-16 years.
that sounds about right
I live in UK ... I've just never heard people use junior/senior school. Always primary and secondary. Junior was only used for the upper end of primary school who are not infants. but maybe that's just where I live
+TheObiribea whatever happened to "middle school?" Or am I just really old? Primary - years 1 to 3, middle - 4 to 6 and secondary/senior 7-11. And some primary and middle merged to be called "combined school." Academies were also very rare when I was at school, as were proms. And my year was the first one where they dropped year 12 as compulsory and bumped year 7 upto secondary.
Thank you for educating me about my own country's schools.
You didn't mention that A-levels are optional and you can leave school at 16
Not any more you now HAVE to stay in education or work training.
Jenny Blackledge Unless you live in Northern Ireland, we can leave after GCSEs
No you no longer can. My year (16/17 year olds just starting college) are the first year to have to stay in education/work training till 18
Or just do an apprenticeship. Also what's wrong with a level. Pretty much everybody in our year will do them, but that may be just because I go to a grammar
CraftMinerFan99 aye cause a load of people leave to farm
I do not like this American grades system. Why not just call a class by the age of the children? How should we work out what 6th grade means? I do not like the yankie way. British is best.
FIONA GREGORY YES! it's soo much easier to say nursery, reception, year 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10 and 11!
Also it was pretty confusing about 6th form. It is optional it doesn't matter where you go as long as you are in the education system till you are 18 your OK!
And what about college why didn't they talk about that!?
yup
Here is an easy way to understand the grade system in America. Children almost always start at age 5 in Kindergarten. They, however, are not required to go to school until age 6. It's quite simple. First there is Kindergarten, and then grades 1 through 12. Elementary is grades k through 5, middle is grades 6 through 8 and high school is grades 9 through 12. Ps, in America, Yankees are the northerners only.
Gaming Queen - How is 'nursery, reception, year 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 and 11' any easier than 'nursery school, kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade' as is done in America. Saying your child is in 'year 2' takes the same effort as saying that he/she is '2nd grade.' I fail to see the issue.
Lady of the Cottage 11 - Your breakdown of elementary and middle school is not universal. In many places in the US, it's K through 6 in elementary. In some places it's just 7th and 8th for middle school, then 9-12 for high school. But in others it's 7th through 9th for middle school and 10th through 12th for highschool. It varies a good deal across the US.
And, yeah. Brits like to use the term 'yankee' without regard for southern sensibilities. But look at it this way, it's a heck of a lot better than 'septic,' don't you think?
Anyone else in a grammar school😂
VidsWithJess yup
VidsWithJess yess
nah, we can't all be privileged, jessica
VidsWithJess meeee
Posh melt
I miss you, Siobahn!
ITS:
Nursery
Primary
Secondary
Collage
University
SIMPLE
Pre-School
Primary
Secondary
Sixth Form
University
College though ;)
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We watched this in class for Global Connections Day which was yesterday. We got so confused but we thought it was cool. (Yes we’re in the USA but we’re not all dimwits)
I don't think anyone is calling Americans dimwits - okay, maybe if they're rude or ignorant - but the terminology isn't straight forward!
How about BTEC?
+izzy bz BTECs are basically a softer version of the subject; like btec PE and btec art and design can be taken at gcse and maybe some others. They're easier but don't look as good of your cv or applying to collage so grammar or private schools don't do them- someone please correct me if I'm wrong because this is just from memory!
+sophiew I completely disagree with this comment as I do btec art and design and get about triple the amount of work as any a level student yes there isn't an exam at the end but the work is constant and there is no chance to retake so in my eyes btecs are actually harder than a levels.
+shelby lack I guess it depends on the individual, but I disagree with you. BTEC's have consistent coursework throughout the year, and so the chance of gaining marks is a lot easier and there is a lot less pressure on each piece of work than there would be in one final end of year exam like in a normal A Level.
+Alexandria James no there's really not a lot less pressure at all the pressure is constant and all the time especially for students who try juggling a job I to the equation if we miss a deadline it's end of and no second chance where as with a level if you screw up your coursework you can bring it back in the exam and vice versa we literally have to depend on the coursework and to get the higher grades it's actually really hard as someone who has done both of these and knows what both are I like and have friends that have done the same I know that I'm right
A level = 3-4 subjects with exams, BTEC = 1 subject with no exam and only coursework that teachers give lots of help on? so... :(
She wasn't wrong! The problem is that school systems vary from area to area, county to county. She probably talked about where she came from. They have also changed a lot over the years. I was a lecturer I taught adults, I also spent 7 years in a UK comp. Where I live we have pre-school, sometimes called nursery. The you go to reception. It's here you suffer your first full day at school. Then you go to infants, then primary then comprehensive. Nursety at 2-3, Reception 4-5, Infants 5-7, Primary, 7-11, then comprehensive 11 -16 then college (or sixth form college or high school or just sixth form in the same comprehensive you attended from 11) 16-18. These are called by different names in different area's, Some times Infant and primary are combined and called Junior school. Very often these schools are all in the same building but just divided into departments. Some area's only have comprehensive education, some have a Grammar and comprehensive mixture where people hope their children will pass the entrance exam and be accepted at grammar schools. Both my wife and I failed that entrance exam and went to comprehensive schools, yet we are both now graduates with professional careers, proving I think that the grammar system proves nothing. We do have a nationaL curriculum. In theory all children should be learning certain things at certain "key stages." This of course makes no allowance for children who are very advanced, "gifted" or very weak, "special needs." I have no doubt someone will comment that I am wrong, it don't work like that. Well it does where I live because my children went through it and my grandchildren are now in it and I worked in it. I have no doubt it may be slightly different where you live.
I'm more confused than before I watch this 😂
Only British public schools have prefects, 90% of schools don't.
ojideagu my school is a state school but we have prefects and head boys and girls. Where is your statistic from ??
Don't do five A Levels like I did. You will go insane.
If you don't mind me asking, what grades did you get? I'm interested to know what someone who did five would get.
Numerals in Order
1. Primary (First)
2. Secondary (Second)
3. Tertiary (Third)
4. Quadrary (Fourth)
5. Quintary (Fifth)
6. Trebiary (Sixth)
7. Senary (Siefth)
8. Octenary (Eighth)
9. Novonary (Ninth)
ᘔ. Decenary (Tenth)
[]. Elenary (Eleventh)
10. Denary (Twelfth)
And So On
you didn't explain that there is a 3 tear school system too.First SchoolMiddle School High school
Gracey Bointon we don't have middle school in Britain
Gracey Bointon Hey Gracey. We go usually go to two schools during our education. We go to what's called primary school and we start in reception (kindergarten) at 4 years old and then we finish in primary school at 10/11. Then we go to high school from 11 to 16. At 16 we do our high school exams and we get gcses (I think it stands for granted certificate of secondary education). At 16 we have a choice, a lot of the high schools offer sixth form where you can stay at school for an extra two years and do your a levels. Or you can go to college for two years (I chose college) and do your a levels there. At 18 when you have completed your a levels. We then go onto university. I hope this explains it better for you :)
Isabel A some places do I have that system in Staffordshire
Alexandra Blackburn oh well most places don't
Isabel A yeah but some places they do😄
OK I'm sorry but I think she messed up the beginning
Public schools: run by the government
Private schools:you pay a fee to let your child school there. Thousands of pounds a term
Grammar schools: they only have these for secondary schools like she said u take a test you pass or fail. It is not compulsory.
Nah the fancy people call 'private' schools 'public' here. Because it's paid for by the public(rich parents lol) as opposed to the government
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Siamo in due...
Con un anno di differenza
Down where i am based (the south of the UK) we have the following system in place
Pre-school/playgroup: 2 1/2-3 years
Nursery: 3-4 1/2 years
Reception to Year 2: 47
Year 3 to Year 6: 7-11
Sats taken in May of your Year 6 aged 11
Year 7: 11-12
Year 8: 12-13
Year 9: 13-14
Year 10: 14-15 (first year of GCSEs in some subject areas so be warned)
Year 11: 15-16 (GCSEs in all subjects)
Year 12/1st college year: 16-17
Year 13/2nd college year: 17-18
University: 18-21/22 dependind on the lenght of your course
Work: 21/22-65????