初等教育PPT 3.ppt

Primary education State school system at elementary level What is“the 11-plus”? Under the old selective system, children take an examination ,called the “eleven plus”,in their last year at primary school.The results of this examination determine the kind of secondary schooling each child will receive. Those with the highest marks go to grammar schools; other children may go to technical schools and the rest go to secondary modern schools. Independent primary school There is also private education in Britain at this stage . The preparatory schools, which are popularly known as prep schools, are independent schools for children from 7 or 8 up to 13. he system of private schools at elementary level is perhaps from 3 to 13 including preschool education. Their curriculum differs considerably from that of the primary school, since its main purpose is the “common entrance” examination at the age of 13, for admission to a “Public school” In the United Kingdom, independent education has grown continually for the past twenty years. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland but not in Scotland, the more prestigious independent schools are known as public schools, sometimes categorised as major and minor public schools. Although some may regard membership of the Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference as what defines a school as a public school (though this includes many independent grammar schools), the term refers to the schools being for the public and controlled by a board of governors drawn from the public. In Scotland, those schools which are not state funded are known as independent or private schools. In some cases they are also Merchants Schools, e.g. in Edinburgh. Independent schools may also be specialist or special schools - such as some music schools, Montessori or Rudolph Steiner, or schools for those with special needs. Scottish independent schools currently educate over 32,000 students, and employ approximately 3,000 teachers Independent school sy