UK Education System

1. Have a look
this
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2. Prepared By,
Noor Azreen Jalaludin
UB( 2013557299)
Prepared For,
Prof. Madya Chan Yuen Fook
POLICY AND EDUCATIONAL PLANNING ( EDM704 )
System

3. Allerton High School, King Lane,
England

4. St Barnabas Church of
England Primary School, Oxford

5. Cardiff University, Wales

6. Sample of Examinations Papers & Books
Endorsed by:
Ex: Nobel International
School
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8.  The United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland ,commonly known as
the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain.
 Consists of four countries: England,
Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
 The UK is a unitary state governed under
constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary
system, with its seat of government in a
capital city of London.

9. Source:http://www.education.gov.uk
"Our vision is for a highly educated
society in which opportunity is more
equal for children and young people no
matter what their background for family
circumstances"

10. Introduction:-
• Education in United Kingdom is
supervised by Ministry of Education and
Department for Business, Innovation and
Skills
• At the local level, local Government are
responsible for implementing policy for
public education and state schools
• State provided free education to students
• Parents can choose to educate their
children in any way appropriate.
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11. National Curriculum
What is a National Curriculum
"A national curriculum sets out the body
of knowledge, skills and understanding that
a society wishes to pass on to its children
and young people"
Source : National Curriculum Fourth Report of session 2008-09
Volume 1.

12. cont..
• UK introduced a National Curriculum in
the year 1992
• Full Time education is compulsory for all
children age between 5 to 16 years -old.
• General Certificate of Secondary
Education (GCSE )- 16 years old.
• After GCSE go to A Level Qualification

13. Basic Education
• comprising of subjects like
English, Mathematics,
Science,
Design&Technology,
Information&Communication
Technology,
History,Geography, Modern
Foreign
Language,Music,Art&Design,
Physical Education and
Citizenship
Example : core subjects

14. Addition subjects
• in addition to these
core subjects:
 Religious Education
 Career Education
 Sex Education
- Religious Education
- Character
Transformation
- Mandarin
- France Language
(Implemented by
Secondary School)

15. Educational Policy

16. Educational Policy
1. The Early Years Foundation Stage
(EYFS)
2. Primary Education
3. Secondary Education
4. General Certificate of Secondary
Education (GCSE) Examination
5. Further Education
6. Higher Education in UK
7. Recent Developments

17. Educational Policy
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS):
• ages 3-5 years old (Nursery & Acceptance)
Four Stages: England, Wales, and Northern Ireland
• Key Stage 1 – 5 to 7 years old (year 1-2)
• Key Stage 2 – 7 to 11 years old (year 3-6)
• Key Stage 3 – 11 to 14 years old (year 7-9)
• Key Stage 4 – 14 to 16 years old (year 10-11)
Scotland
• 7 years of primary schooling
• 4 years of compulsory schooling
• by the age of 15 to 16 take the Scottish Certificate of
Education (SCE)- usually in 7-9 subjects only.

18. 1. The Early Years Foundation Stage
(EYFS)
• a term defined in Section 39 of the British
government's Childcare Act 2006
• Covering ages 3 -5
• 3 years old (Nursery) – may be full-time or
part-time
• 4 years old (Acceptance)
• play & learning
• Literacy & numeracy

19. 2. Primary Education:
Stage 1 & 2
• Children attend primary school for 6 years, from the age of
5 to 11, comprising of Key Stages 1 and 2.
• The primary school may be housed in a single building
with two departments:
1) Infants (5-7) – Stage 1
2) Juniors (7-11)- Stage 2
• Stage 1- School are required to assess pupils via internal
teacher assessment, informed by (internally-marked) task
and tests
• Stage 2- Pupils are assessed via combination of internal
teacher assessment and externally marked statutory
national tests

20. 3. Secondary Education:
Stage 3 & 4
• After the children are done with the primary
schooling, they begin secondary school for 5 years
• from the age of 11 to 14 (Stage 3)
• from the age of 14 – 16 (Stage 4)
• In secondary schooling, the promotion to a higher
class doesn’t depend upon the result of the
examination but is automatic.
• Stage 3 - via internal teacher assessment only. There
is currently an external review of testing and
assessment at the end of Stage 2
• Stage 4 - Pupils take externally set public
examinations (the General Certificate of Secondary
Education)
5 YEARS

21. 4. General Certificate of Secondary
Education (GCSE) Examination:
• After a student is done with 5 years of
secondary education, he/she is
required to appear in the GCSE
examination
• It is a single subject examination set
and marked by independent
education boards.
• Although there is no lower or upper
limit to the number of subjects, a
student may choose up to ten GCSE
examinations in different subjects,
including mathematics and English
language

22. 5. Further Education:
17-18 years old
• After taking the GCSE examinations, students
may choose to leave secondary schooling
altogether or may choose to either continue:
- General National Vocational Qualification
(GNVQ) and
- Business & Technology Education Council
(BTEC) or
- pursue Advance Level of secondary education
• followed by an examination at the end of 2 years
of studying, passing, which makes the student
eligible for University Entrance in UK.

23. 6. StructureHigher Education in UK:
• Students in the United Kingdom normally enter
University when they are 18 years old, 7 years after
starting their secondary education.
4 Years 3 Years
2 Years

24. Undergraduate Courses:
• A bachelor’s degree in England, Wales, and
Northern Ireland is usually of 3 years at a university
or a higher education college,
• whereas in Scotland it takes
4 years to complete.
• However, there are also 4 year degrees in
England, Wales, and Northern Island - that have 1
year dedicated to gaining of work experience.

25. Postgraduate Courses:
• Only after successful
completion of the
undergraduate course
are students eligible
for applying for the
postgraduate course,
• which are usually 1 or
2 years in duration

26. Doctorate Programs:
• These programs
generally require a
bachelor’s degree or
master’s degree as
eligibility fulfillment and
usually are of duration
from 3 years to 5 years
at a university where
students are required to
work on single research
project or dissertation.

27. 7. Recent Developments:
• National plan for music education
• ICT curriculum
• New Primary Curriculum to bring higher
standards in English, maths and science
• Government bans calculators in tests for 11-
year-olds
• 55 new Free Schools open in September 2012
– twice as many as this time last year

28. USA and UK School Systems explained
• In Shropshire, where
we moved from, the
school year was split
into 3 terms:
• September to
Christmas/New Year
holidays in December,
• January to Easter
holidays around
March/April,
• then from Easter
holidays to July
In Chandler, Phoenix, where we
live now, the school year is split
into 4 quarters:
July to end of September
(followed by 1st intercession or
'Fall Break')
October to end of December
(followed by 2nd intercession
for 'The Holidays')
January to mid-March
(followed by 3rd intercession or
'Spring Break')
April to last day of school on
June 1st

29. CONCLUSION:

30. • CONCLUSION:
Personal View
Birmingham University
Advantage :
• Before GCSE: their have to sit
a tests according to students'
interests - teachers will
determine whether a student
will sit GCSE at a high level or
not.
• BUT, in Malaysia, student
compulsory to sit SPM
test
• GCSE first national test in UK
- Poor students will only be
allowed to sit “foundation
level” test –C is the highest
grade for them - excellent
students will sit “higher level”
• GCSE - students have been
exposed with “course
work/assignment” concept,
BUT in Malaysia, we only
focusing on “Examination”
concept. So, Malaysia should
change the system – to
produce students with critical
thinking

31. REFRENCES:
• http://en.wikipedia.org
• http://www.education.gov.uk
• http://slideshare.net//fernandobilingual/
education-in-uk-12561358
• http://slideshare.net//the system oldest
universities of Great Britain

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