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CONTENT Educational Policy Compulsory education for all children between the ages of 5 and 16 Comprehensive schools introduced in the 1960s National Curriculum introduced in 1988 Four stages: Elementary and Secondary Education Two parallel school system: National curriculum: Elementary and Secondary Education state system—11-year compulsory education 5-11: primary schools (co-educational/ mixed schools) 11-16: secondary schools (90% are comprehensive schools) GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) Elementary and Secondary Education the most famous — Eton, Harrow and Winchester 6 percent of all British children Eton The royal family thinks the school is just the place for Wills. In this self-contained world, titles confer no privileges, and the prince is probably not the only boy with a bodyguard. Foreign leaders’ children and scions (子孙) of Greek shipping magnates bring them along too. William is as near to normal at Eton as someone in his position wont to be. Many people there are richer than he is. There are many people whose family relationships are even more complex than his. Higher Education Recruitment base on: Grades of AS, A-levels, GNVQs School references Interview Mostly funded by central government grants Except Buckingham University Famous Universities Top 10 Britain University in 2007 University of Cambridge 剑桥大学 University of Oxford 牛津大学 Imperial College (London) 帝国学院（伦敦） London School of Economics 伦敦政治经济学院 University of St. Andrews 圣安德鲁斯大学 University College London 伦敦大学学院 University of Bristol 布里斯托大学 University of Warwick 华威大学 University of Bath 巴斯大学 University of Durham 达勒姆大学 Oxford University and Cambridge University are sometimes referred to collectively as Oxbridge. The Mathematical Bridge (at Queens’ College, Cambridge University ) Cambridge’s contributions to Science Many of