1. United Kingdom-
Education System

2. Table of Contents
1.Overview of Education System
2.Nursery School & Facts and Figures
3.Primary School & Facts and Figures
4.Secondary School & Facts and Figures
5.Academies and Private Secondary Education & Facts
and Figures
6.Sixth Form and Facts and Figures
7.College
8.Apprenticeships
9.QCF and EFQ
10.University & Facts and Figures
11.Sources of Information

3. UK-England Education
System Overview

4. Nursery School
●Children between the ages of 3-5
years.
●Educational play/early education.
●FS1 (first year of foundation
education)
●Simple curriculum
●Fully funded by the government
●Provided by nursery schools,
childcare centres or playgroups within
primary schools.
●PVI (Private Voluntary or
Independent) sectors also run across

5. Nursery School-Facts
and Figures
●Nurseries are mainly funded privately,
hence the reason why they cost a lot of
money.
●Relevant qualifications are needed to be
part of a nursery staff e.g. Child
Development and Educational Wellbeing of
a Child.
●Some NVQs are also necessary.
●Nursery staff have an excellent pay ranging
from £100-£150 per day!

6. Primary School
●First stage of compulsory education.
●Funded by a church/government.
●Infant school/ KS1-4-7 yrs
●Junior school/KS2-7-11 yrs; Reception-
Year 6).
●Preparatory/private primary schools: up to
13 yr olds
●SATs (yrs 2 and 6). Subjects: Numeracy,
Science, Mental Maths, Reading Comp.
and Writing.
●Wales and Northern Ireland have
boycotted the tests.

7. Primary School-Facts
and Figures
●Total number of full-time regular qualified
staff (January 2010):166.8 thousand.
●January 2011-Proportion of pupils in state-
funded primary school increased.
●Average size of a class taught by one
teacher increased (25 to 30+).
●The total workforce of primary schools
increased from 380,000 to 390.6 thousand.
●Overall enrolment increased from 83% to
89%.

8. Secondary School
●Final stage of compulsory education.
●Usual age: 10 to 16 years.
●Key stage 3: years 7-9 and key stage 4:
year 10-11.
●Years 10-11- students undertake their
GCSEs (general certificate of secondary
education).
●GCSEs: students required to choose 3
options alongside the compulsory subjects.
●Determine whether a student can undertake
further education.
●More than 1 in 5 student received A or A*s

9. Secondary School-Facts
and Figures
●January 2011-1.1 million pupils with
special needs attending secondary
school (head count).
●Jan 2011-53% pupils achieved 5
GCSEs A*-C.
●213.6 thousand staff members in
total.
●3127 maintained secondary schools
(England).
●3,055,460 pupils in total attending
secondary school in England.

10. Academies and Private
Secondary Education
●Ofsted-carries out reports of educating
institutes.
●Overall grading (outstanding, good,
satisfactory or inadequate).
●2011 grading: 10% -outstanding, 44% -
good, 39% -satisfactory and 6% -
inadequate.
●Outstanding secondary schools can
become academies-majority of
decisions made independently.
●1700 schools could become academies

11. Academies-Facts
and Figures
●83 academies open in the UK.
●50 more due in September
(definitely). More outstanding
secondary schools could
become academies though.
●18.2 million students in
academies in the UK.
●301.2 qualified members of
staff.

12. Sixth Form
●Final 2 (optional) years of secondary
school.
●16-18 year old students.
●Lower sixth form-Year 12
●Upper/senior sixth form-Year 13.
●A-Level-Year 12, A2/AS-Year 13.
●Not compulsory
●Entrance to a university-3 A2 levels and
1 AS level
●4-5 subjects max.
●More than 90% students in the UK
currently attend sixth form.

13. Sixth Form-Facts
and Figures
●Over 90 sixth forms in operation in
England.
●60 pupils (on average in 1 sixth
form).
●Statistics show that girls
outperform boys in their A-Levels.
●97.6%-Pass rate for A-Levels.
●94.6%-Pass rate for A2.
●101,000 teachers in Sixth Form in
England.

14. College
●Can either be a secondary school, offer
vocational education or a tertiary
educational system.
●Could refer to a training institute which
awards trade qualifications.
●FE college (further education college):
provides ‘adult’ education e.g. vocational
courses.
●Sometimes offer A-Levels (mainly within a
sixth form).

15. Apprenticeships
●Training vocationally. Involves
working for an employer-helps
apprentices learn their trade.
●Theoretical education
involved through vocational
school.
●Separately certified elements:
the Technical Certificate
(knowledge based), NVQ
(national vocational
qualification) competence
based, Key/Core skills and
ERR (employment rights and
responsibilities).

16. Apprenticeships-
Facts and Figures
●Business, Admin & Law:most
popular job sectors-76,000
people
●50.4% males & 49.6% females
●Dec 2010-170,000 people
completed an apprenticeship
●National Minimum Wage-£2.50
(employers pay more e.g. £150
per week).
●1/5 employers employing
apprentices

17. EQF
●European Qualifications Framework.
●Links European Countries’ qualifications
systems together.
●Makes it easier to cross reference
qualifications between countries.
●Makes it easier to compare levels of
qualifications for employers.
●Replaces existing national qualification
systems e.g. NVQs.
●Individual qualifications: not referenced-
countries’ qualification system:
referenced.

18. QCF
●QCF-Qualifications and Credit framework
●New framework for creating and
accrediting qualifications.
●Easier to understand and use, more
relevant to employers’ and learners’
needs.
●Simpler than NVQs-replacing NVQs.
●More accessible to a wider range of
learners.
●National Co-ordination Point (NCP)-
established in England and Wales to
reference the QCF to the EQF.

19. University
●Institution of higher/tertiary education or
research.
●Variety of academic degrees.
●Undergraduate and postgraduate
degrees (bachelor and master).
●Annual fees has increased (£9000+
max.)
●One degree at a time
●Different types of universities e.g
collegiate, single based etc.
●21,000 students attend Oxford (world
famous university).

20. University-Facts and Figures
●115 universities in the UK (89 in England).
●Professors starting salary-£31,000 PA
●HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council
for England) funds tertiary education.
●Research universities award 50+ doctoral
degrees PA.
●1.8 million full-time undergraduate students
(including international students).
●Overall, 2,400,000 students in the UK
(545,000 post-graduates approx.)
●Thousands of students from over 200
different countries.
●22,405 UK students studying abroad.

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22. Source of Statistics
and InformationNational Statistics website:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/index.html
(Under the ‘children, education & skills’ link)
Google Search:
http://google.co.uk/
Interesting facts about apprenticeships:
http://www.notgoingtouni.co.uk/news/view/289
Wikipedia:
http://www.wikipedia.org.uk/
QCF and EQF information (PDF file):
www.qcda.gov.uk/docs/QCF_EQF.pdf
Information on University students and Universities:

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