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welcome to my brand new series britain explained where i'll guide you through different aspects of british culture today we're looking at the british education system and i'm going to show you how this country learns so if you're ready let's do this hello welcome to eat sleep dream english if you haven't met me before my name is Tom and I teach fresh modern British English so that you can take your English to the next level and achieve your life goals today we'll look here at the British education system and I'm going to break down how it works in 15 steps so let's get to number one the first thing to know is that education is compulsory from the ages of five to 16 that means that everybody in the country has to go to school in 1988 the National Curriculum was introduced the National Curriculum is a framework for learning it was brought into standardized learning across the country so that all students were learning the same things in Britain we have two main types of schools we have state schools and private schools or independent schools a state school is a school that's free it's open to everybody it's government-funded and you don't have to pay so it's for anybody to attend now the other type of school is a private school or independent school these are fee paying schools so students are expected to pay fees per term and they don't have to follow the National Curriculum so strictly whereas in the state school they have to follow the National Curriculum in addition to private schools or independent schools we also have public schools these are a group of schools that are the most expensive the most elite if you will for example we've got Eton Harrow Cheltenham ladies college these are the kinds of schools that royalty go to for example Prince Harry and Prince William both went to Eton so it sounds like they should be free like public school but in fact it's the opposite so when with five years old we go to primary school primary school is the first school you're going to it's from five to eleven years old in America they would call primary school elementary school but over here primary school now when you get to 11 that's when you go to secondary school secondary school secretary school is from 11 to 16 or sometimes 18 as well in America they call that a high school but here secondary school in most places in Britain you go to a comprehensive school which is open to everybody but in some places we still use the system of grammar schools and Secondary Modern now a grammar school is generally more academic whereas the secondary modern is more vocational when you finish primary school you will take a an exam called the 11 plus and that will decide if you go to a grammar school or a secondary modern as I say this is only in some areas in Britain generally certainly in London where I live we have comprehensive schools which is just for everybody I know it's getting a bit complicated but stick with me so secondary schools you have comprehensive schools or if you're in some areas in grammar school or secondary modern now when you get to 16 that's when you do your first big exams we call these GCSEs General Certificate of Secondary Education generally you take about nine subjects you have to take English you have to take maths and I think science in some places and then you get to choose so if it's awful I chose geography history French things like that it's graded from a start is the top to a B C and so on I remember getting 1a I got one name the rest B's which I was happy with at 16 you then get to choose if you want to continue with school or leave school and maybe start a job or do something else so between the ages of 16 and 18 we have something called sixth form 6th form these are the top two years of the school you have the lower sick and then you go to the upper sick that's the highest class at school in sixth form you do something called a levels now if you study for two years you'll get an A level if you study for one year you're getting a s level generally you do about three or four a levels I remember I did I did I think I do for a levels and again you can get a star's A's B's C's etc that's how its graded in Scotland that they don't do a levels they do something called hires hires now this aged between 16 and 18 you can choose to stay in your secondary school but we also have something called a college or Sixth Form College as it's also known where you can go and study your a-levels this can get bit confusing because I know in America colleges are what we call universities but our word college has a few other meanings in this case the Sixth Form College is for 16 to 18 year olds there are some colleges that follow the international baccalaureate system the IB system and in some places you can choose to follow that system rather than the a-level system if you're not interested in doing academic subjects then you can do vocational subjects we have something called a BTech or NVQ or apprenticeships and you can do subjects like plumbing or carpentry things like that perhaps more practical skills that lead into a job in Britain there are a number of faith schools these are schools that are connected to a religion the majority are Church of England schools but there are also schools from other religions like Catholicism Islam Judaism and this is where they followed the national curriculum but they also are associated and teach the practices of these religions many students who pass their a-levels then go on to university now a university in Britain we do one subject we take one course subject so again it could be English it could be data science it could be history we do one main subject and a bachelor's degree or an undergraduate degree takes three years however in Scotland they do a four year degree and at the end of your course you take something called your finals your finals these are your exams at the end to see what grade you get now our grading system goes from a first which is the top then you get to 1 to 2 and then a third if you're in your first year of university you're called a fresher and in fact the first week of university is known as your freshers week freshers week then you become a second-year and when you're in your third year you're in your final year now there are a group of elite universities places at Oxford Cambridge Bristol Edinburgh and they are known as red brick universities red brick universities they're the old traditional universities kind of similar to in America they've got Ivy League schools here we call the red brick University university is also shortened down to you so when I'm talking about universities I'll say are you know which uni did you go to means which university did you go to it's also common for people to do a masters which is considered to be a postgraduate degree you could do a masters which is usually one or two years and then of course a PhD if you want to continue with your studies right you see dreamers what I would like you to do is in the comments below I'd like you to share your experiences of the education system in your country I'd love to know how it's different from the British system what are the similarities share your experience I want to have a cultural exchange okay so tell me about the education system in your country what are the exams called the GCSEs and a-levels what are they called in your country do you have faith schools I'd love to know so tell me in the comments below also Roma guys you can join my youtube membership scheme it's open you become a member of eat sleep dream English hit the join button next to the subscribe button and you can get access to live Q&A with me you can get your English questions answered you can get extra content videos behind-the-scenes footage all that kind of stuff so yeah click the join button and follow the steps from there remember got new videos every Tuesday and every Friday helping you take your English to the next level also join me 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