The document provides an overview of the education system in the United Kingdom. It discusses that the UK consists of four countries and is governed under a constitutional monarchy. It then outlines the main components of the education system including early childhood education, primary education which consists of key stages, secondary education, the GCSE examination taken at age 16, and opportunities for further and higher education including undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Recent developments in the national curriculum and expansion of free schools are also mentioned.

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

2. Allerton High School, King Lane,
England

3. St Barnabas Church of
England Primary School, Oxford

4. Cardiff University, Wales

6.  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.

7. “Our vision is for a highly educated
society in which oppurtunity is more equal
for children and young people no matter
what their background for family
circumstances”
Source:http://ww
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8. 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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9. 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.

10. 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

11. 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

12. Addition subjects
• in addition to these
core subjects:
 Religious Education
 Career Education
 Sex Education
- Religious Educatio
- Character
Transformation
- Mandarin
- France Language

13. Educational Policy

14. 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

15. 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.

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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.

21. 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

22. 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.

23. 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

24. 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.

25. 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

26. CONCLUSION:

27. • 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

28. 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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