aChildren start school when they are five years old. This is called primary school, and lasts until the child is 11. Secondary school is compulsory from 11 until 16 years old. At 16, students take a national examination called the GCSE. After that, they can stay at school for about two...
Some English lite-rature must be studied until 16 but pupils are not required to sit a full GCSE in the subject. Asked whether history should be made compulsory until 16, Bennett said," I tend to think that it didn’t do me any harm. I did history because I liked doing it so it ...
---establishedfreeandcompulsory secondaryeducationuptoage15andthiswasincreasedtoage16in1973;---dividedstateschoolsinto3types:grammar,secondarymodernandtechnicalschool---11-plusexamination 4.Edu.ReformAct1988 ---GrantMaintainedSchools(GMS)wereintroduced;---NationalCurriculumwasintroduced;(butnotforindependentschoo...
Students are currently required only to study history until the age of 14. Some English lite-rature must be studied until 16 but pupils are not required to sit a full GCSE in the subject. Asked whether history should be made compulsory until 16, Bennett said," I tend to think that it ...