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A. Vacations.

B. One or two schools during the primary stage.

C. The law on full-time education.

D. Streaming in junior schools.

E. Leaving school.

F. Starting to go to school.

G. Going to university.

H. What about charge?



1.Full-time education is compulsory from the age of five, and it is customary for children to start school at the beginning of the term in which their fifth birthday falls.

2.They must not leave before the end of the term in which they reach the age of sixteen, but they may continue until the age of nineteen.

3.A child normally completes the primary stage at the end of the school year in which his eleventh birthday falls. During this primary stage, a child may attend one school, or, particularly in urban areas, two, these being an infants’ school and junior school.

4.Parents are required by law to see that their children receive full-time education, at school or elsewhere, between the ages of 5 and 16 in England, Scotland and Wales 4 and 16 in Northern Ireland.

6.Compulsory education is free charge, though parents may choose a private school and spend their money on education their children. About 93% of pupils receive free education from public funds, while the others attend independent schools financed by fees paid by parents.

7.Most junior schools carry out a policy of streaming, that is to say, the children are divided into an A stream of the cleverest, a B stream of the next in ability, and so on.

The school year begins in September, and continues until late in July. It is divided into three terms separated by vacations at Christmas and at Easter, each lasting about three weeks, and a summer vacation of six or seven weeks.