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1、Education,MediaandHolidaysEducationEducationalPolicyEducationalSystemEducationalPolicyCompulsoryeducationforallchildrenbetweentheagesof5and16Comprehensiveschoolsintroducedinthe1960sNationalCurriculumintroducedin1988Fourstages:primary(5-11)secondary(11-16)furthereducationhighereducationEducationalSys

2、temPrimaryandSecondaryEducationTwoparallelschoolsystems:Statesystem:11-yearcompulsoryeducationIndependentsystem—Publicschools“sixthform”(2years)HigherEducationFamousUniversitiesPre-schoolingBeforeprimaryschoolingsomechildrenhaveanopportunitytoattendthefewkindergartens,whicharecalled“NurserySchools”.

3、PrimaryandSecondaryEducationPrimarySchoolsTwosystemsmixedschoolsAcademicyearCurriculuminschoolStateSchoolsTheyarefundedbylocalandcentralgovernments(Freetoallchildrenbetweentheagesof5—16)IndependentschoolsIndependentschools:feesarerequired2500independentschoolsinBritain,includingEtonandWinchesterApri

4、vilegefortherichBetterfundedBetterteachersBetterfacilitiesBetterchancetoenterfamousuniversitiesTwoSystemsEtonCollege伊顿公学（EtonCollege）坐落在伦敦20英里的温莎小镇，是英国最著名的贵族中学，排名全球第一。地处白金汉郡的泰晤士河河畔，与女王钟爱的温莎宫隔岸相望，伊顿公学是一座古老的学府，由亨利六世于1440年创办。伊顿以“精英摇篮”、“绅士文化”闻名世界，也素以军事化的严格管理著称，学生成绩大都十分优异，被公认是英国最好的中学，是英国王室、政界经济界精英的培训之地。这

5、里曾造就过20位英国首相，培养出了诗人雪莱、经济学家凯恩斯，明星汤姆·希德勒斯顿，也是英国王位第二号继承人，剑桥公爵威廉王子和哈里王子的母校。伊顿每年250名左右的毕业生中，70余名进入牛津、剑桥，70%进入世界名校。值得一提的是，在一战中英国男子在沙场上战死率约为11%，而从伊顿公学毕业的男子的战死率则高达40%之高。其中骑士精神可见一斑。Co-educatedSchoolsStateprimaryschoolsadmitbothboysandgirls(agedfrom5to11).Theseschoolsarecalledco-educationalormixedschools.Acad

6、emicYearBeginsinSeptember,andisdividedintothreeterms,withholidaysatChristmas,Easter,andinthesummer.TheNationalCurriculumCompulsoryinstateschoolOptionalinindependentschoolCurriculum:Mathematics,English,Science,Geography,History,Technology,Music,Arts,PhysicaleducationandaforeignlanguageSecondaryEducat

7、ionThechildrenbeginsecondaryeducationattheageof11.TypesofsecondaryschoolsExaminationsTypesofSecondarySchoolsIndependentandpublicSchools◆Independentschoolsarealsoconfusinglycalledpublicschools.◆Indepen