Who else is British and only clicked on this video to marvel at the various comments below from confused Americans?

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music

8 жыл бұрын

Immie B Good God your education system is insane.

@immieb9860

8 жыл бұрын

KEEP CALM and PLAY SOCCER IN YOUR PAJAMAS Heh, yeah...just like all of us...

@CandyFlossSimmer

8 жыл бұрын

Immie B me

@phoebefrost287

8 жыл бұрын

Immie B yeah, me too. I love watching videos that explain our british ways to americans.

@abigailcecily7108

8 жыл бұрын

Me

was any1 else who lives in the UK watching this to see if she was right? xD

@vidsbyp

7 жыл бұрын

I did and it was incorrect ...

@Angie-qf3oz

7 жыл бұрын

XD ikr

@cerysventers-scott1725

7 жыл бұрын

She was wrong

@micallef87

7 жыл бұрын

Infants are 4-6 I thought? Then juniors seniors

@trishg7271

7 жыл бұрын

Angie Msp yep, and she was wrong

PRIMARY SCHOOL nursery - ( 3-4 ) reception - ( 4-5 ) year 1 - ( 5-6 ) year 2 - ( 6-7 ) year 3 - ( 7-8 ) year 4 - ( 8-9 ) year 5 - ( 9-10 ) year 6 - ( 10-11 ) during assembly the year 6's get to sit on benches instead of the old wooden floor. depending on where you live year 6's also get their school uniform signed by their primary school friends before moving up to comprehensive. COMPREHENSIVE/SECONDARY SCHOOL year 7 - ( 11-12 ) year 8 - ( 12-13 ) year 9 - ( 13-14 ) year 10 - ( 14-15 ) year 11 ( 15-16 ) when you do your final exams/gcses. OPTIONAL year 12 - ( 16-17 ) year 13 - ( 17-18 ) (edit: I guess it's different for everybody but this is just how it was for where I live)

@MT-qs8pr

6 жыл бұрын

Well I didn't get to sit on a bench as a year 6 but apart from that you're correct.

@zipitcooldude

6 жыл бұрын

cassia *-cough-* well in Scotland we don't have reception we have seven years in primary school and in secondary school is s1 then s2 ect. Get it? Primary is as In p and secondary is as in s

@abbeyo_o4513

6 жыл бұрын

cassia in year 6 when we got our shirts signed this little year 3 was writing kick me on some of us and one of the teachers turned it into a love heart and some Chinese words that she knew (I can't remember what it said)

@marthaedden9569

6 жыл бұрын

I live in England and where I live nursery was never part of primary school. I didn't even go to one, I went to a preschool (ages 2-4) and then primary school (4-11) which were completely separate. My primary school was divided in two: infants (Key Stage 1, reception to year 2) and juniors (Key Stage 2, years 3 to 6). It's confusing because there are seven school years in primary school, but the first year is called reception, the second year is called year 1, and so on and so forth. Hope that helps.

@idonthaveachannelname6585

6 жыл бұрын

cassia yeah it's exactly the same for meee

Here in India in my school we have head girl,head boy,four houses,house captains,house vice captains, house prefects, prefects or monitors for individual classes and a sports captain. A house tournament is held every year and the winning house gets a house cup. 😀

@javierhillier4252

3 жыл бұрын

i have the exact same but in uk like we don't call them prefects we call them head boys and head girl, and all the rest as well

@dova9609

2 жыл бұрын

if you look into your schools history you probably find out it was british built and run but kept thr system after India independence

She says Britain but she means England. I don't know about ireland or Wales but it's completely different in Scotland.

@DublinDan

8 жыл бұрын

Well Ireland isn't British only the 6 counties in Northern Ireland are part of the UK. Im pretty sure their schools are very similar to English schools

@cameronmckay6568

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel 1992 I assumed that people would know I was talking about northern Ireland.

@DublinDan

8 жыл бұрын

prigg88​ 😂😂😂

@josephskinnerii4675

8 жыл бұрын

I knew that Northern Ireland was a part of the UK. haha.

@luke-alex

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel 1992 They are, except it's mostly grammar and secondary schools, not comprehensive

Also, British kids don't "graduate", they "leave school" (which means something entirely different in the US).

@Atlantisfromtheinternet

Жыл бұрын

Yeah we just kinda get our results and leave

WAIT PREFECTS ARE AN ACTUAL THING??? I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A MADE UP FUNCTION IN HOGWARTS

@rebeczilla

7 жыл бұрын

I'm British and I didn't even know they were an actual thing

@ameliaamelia6615

7 жыл бұрын

we have them at our senior school

@ForeverFrankie100

7 жыл бұрын

Amelia Amelia I was a prefect at my school before I moved to Sixth Form. Unfortunately it's not as enjoyable as it would be in the wizarding world!

@jamescarnell8241

7 жыл бұрын

Imagine if they actually built a hogwarts!

@keiraz4373

7 жыл бұрын

Sanne yeah I'm a prefect (I'm in year 11)

I am British and i don't want to be mean but this video explained it in a really complicated way

@BabyMuDinero616

4 жыл бұрын

Anya I’m still comfused

@legoastronaut9775

3 жыл бұрын

It honestly did

@gracesrebornnursery2999

3 жыл бұрын

Yep

@chickenfoot2423

2 жыл бұрын

thats probably just because we dont really think of the reasoning behind these things in day to day life. she explained it perfectly normally imo

That public/private thing is only for England and Wales, In Scotland - schools you pay for are private and schools run by the government for free are public. It's really the correct way to describe it.

@abigailthegamer

8 жыл бұрын

That is how I do it as well (from England). Private school are the ones no one can afford an d public schools are the ones that everyone else goes to.

@freyaM98

8 жыл бұрын

That is absolutely incorrect- I don't know where in Scotland you are pretending to be from but public is NEVER used to describe state schools, public is accepted as an alternative for private schools and private schools alone.

@Lookatmeshine

8 жыл бұрын

+AlbanZap The reason they are called public schools are because they were available to ALL of the fee paying public (and sometimes the poor through scholarships) instead of being based on your religion, as at the time almost all state schools were religious institutions. So while it is archaic, knowing the reason why they are called such allows you to understand why it is considered correct to call private schools public schools.

@thescreamingderp4005

8 жыл бұрын

+AlbanZap the reason private schools are sometimes called public ones because when schools first existed, none of them were free, and thus public means anyone is welcome, so long as you have the cash.

@davidbeavis9819

8 жыл бұрын

+AlbanZap They were originally called public schools as it was the alternative to private tutors with classes for groups of fee paying students (public). Many of the schools were started by trade guilds about 500 years ago such as haberdashers or taylors. In that time if you could not pay you did not get an education.

PRIMARY: Nursery: Age 3-4 Reception: Age 4-5 Key Stage 1: Age 5-7 Key Stage 2: Age 7-11 HIGH SCHOOL Year7: 11-12 Year8: 12-13 Year9: 13-14 Year10: 14-15 Year11: 15-16 Sixth Form (Optional) 16-18

@saidees9901

7 жыл бұрын

Scotland Primary: Nursery-3-4 Primary 1 4-5 Primary 2 5-6 Primary 3 6-7 Primary 4 7-8 Primary 5 8-9 Primary 6 9-10 Primary 7 10-11 Secondary: First year 11-12 Second year 12-13 Third year 13-14 Fourth year 14-15 Fifth year 15-16 (I'am here) Sixth year 16-17 Also in my school from first to third year you are a junior and fourth to sixth a senior there is a different tie that makes it easier to distinguish who is a junior and who is a senior.

@caitlinxx8801

7 жыл бұрын

+Saidees Yes because my friend recently moved to Scotland and she told us over the phone, I was quite confused but oh well😂

@graceclayton4280

7 жыл бұрын

For me (England) Nursery: 3-4 Reception: 4-5 Year 1: 5-6 Year 2: 6-7 Middle School Year 3: 7-8 Year 4: 8-9 Year 5: 9-10 Year 6: 10-11 High School Year 7: 11-12 Year 8: 12-13 Year 9: 13-14 Year 10: 14-15 Year 11: 15-16 Yeah, I personally had 3 schools, most people in England have 2

@TheMoonRover

7 жыл бұрын

Lower Sixth is no longer optional, unless you're doing an apprenticeship. I was the last year group where it was optional, and I'm now in my third year at university.

@thesecretroman

7 жыл бұрын

For me (I went to primary school in England, and secondary school in Wales) PRE-SCHOOL/NURSERY (optional) Any age younger than 4. PRIMARY Start age 4 - leave age 11. "Infant years" (Reception, year 1, year 2) "Junior years" (Year 3 - year 6) SECONDARY Start age 11 - leave age 16 Year 7 - year 11 Sixth form. Age 16-18 (optional) Personally I didn't stay for sixth form and I went to college instead.

Prefects in my school are kind of ‘cool’ I guess as they get special prefect hoodies, get to skip the lunch line, get to stay inside at lunch and all they have to do is make sure everyone else is either outside at lunch or in the canteen.

@puddleduck1405

3 жыл бұрын

Yep same

Who remembers that feeling of pride you'd get after moving from key stage 1 to key stage 2

*ENGLISH Schools explained. Scottish schools are very different. For a start, kids here do National 5 instead of GCSEs, this used to be called Standard Grade. Sixth form doesn't exist in Scotland.

@izsamar243

9 жыл бұрын

Exactly! We do our Nat 5s at 15/16 then our Highers at 16/17 then pick other subject to take a higher in at 17/18 or take advanced highers at 17/18 or you can leave school at 16 and go to college and then uni

@jadeycarter951

9 жыл бұрын

Connelly90 i think you'll find this is pretty much wales and northern ireland as well as england so yes it is 'british schools explained' she did try try to explain scotland and its not anyones fault that scotland trys so hard to be different from the rest of britain.... it annoys me when scots comment like this because they are not the only country that's apart of britain and they feel the need to point this out even though she was talking about the rest of britain not just england!

@jadeycarter951

9 жыл бұрын

Connelly90 i get your point, but i'm sick of scots thinking its needed to point out that they are different from the rest of britain, im welsh but i don't feel to point out every difference that we have with the rest of britain because i am british and if someone asks me where i come from when im abroad i say im british. and i get that most of her stuff explains about england, but thats because shes english but she also goes in to detail about the other country's apart of britain as well, but the only reason im saying this is because you all seem to think your better than the rest of britain and like your ashamed of being called british, but saying that its not like i dont get your point

@Connelly90

9 жыл бұрын

Jadey Carter "but i'm sick of scots thinking its needed to point out that they are different from the rest of britain" I'm sick of lazy use of "Brit" or "British" causing people to think that "England" and "Great Britain" and "The United Kingdom" are all the same thing. It's almost like a huge political statement to use "The B-word" in Scotland, so it's natural that a lot of Scots would be a bit annoyed at the whole island's cultures being amalgamated into a single, mostly English one. "your ashamed of being called british". That could certainly be the case for many people, but personally I don't like the word "British" being used internationally because it's synonymous with, not just England, but London. Every single typical "British" symbol or icon that is recognised internationally comes from London, whereas if I define myself as "Scottish" that brings up a whole different set of cultural symbols and icons which are a lot closer to who *I* am. So that's what I choose to use over "British". I wouldn't say Scots think they are "better" than the rest of the UK, but I would argue that we have a stronger national identity than the other countries in this union.

@jadeycarter951

9 жыл бұрын

Connelly90 'but I would argue that we have a stronger national identity than the other countries in this union.' - yep definitely agree with this but because of that it makes scots come across a bit arrogant just like some americans who are very 'country proud'

Also, for confused Yanks, we have Key Stages (KS). Key Stage 1 (KS1) is from Reception to Year 2, then KS2 from Year 2 to Year 6, KS3 is Year 7 to Year 9, and KS4 is Year 10 to Year 11. In order, these are the years: Reception (4-5yo), Year 1 (5-6yo), Year 2 (6-7), Year 3 (7-8), Year 4 (8-9), Year 5 (9-10), Year 6 (10-11), Year 7 (11-12), Year 8 (12-13), Year 9 (13-14), Year 10 (14-15), Year 11 (15-16), Lower Sixth (Year 12, 16-17), Upper Sixth (17-18) and finally, University starts it again from Year 1, except it´s called first-year, second-year and so on until you finis your degree (18+) Also, we take SATs in Year 6, GCSEs (O levels) in Year 11, and A levels in Year 13.

@Tiredmum

8 жыл бұрын

Reception and nursery are 'early years'

@ValStartaker

8 жыл бұрын

Tired mum Yes, but they are technically part of the school system.

@Paper_Gangsta17

8 жыл бұрын

+Tired mum arnt reception and nursery known as 'Foundation Stage' well they were in ours anyway 😁

@Tiredmum

8 жыл бұрын

+William Burgess in my sons school, who is four and in nursery, it shows as early years

@highdee2021

8 жыл бұрын

ah but at my school we start ks4 in year 9 as we chose our option choii at the end of year 8

I was under the impression that school uniforms were meant to make it harder to judge a student's parent's income.

@tracychristenson177

4 жыл бұрын

That's how it works in the US. Schools that use uniforms in the US do it so that kids look basically alike and won't tease each other for not wearing name brand clothes or wear things that identify themselves as part of a gang or clique.

@sweetsweatyfeet

4 жыл бұрын

No... that's a post hoc rationalization invented after the fact to justify their continued existence. Fact is school uniforms were never conceived for this purpose. They exist (and alway have) for the express purpose of establishing conformity, authoritarianism and control by the institution. Notice they are not required of teachers?

@Anna-dp9nz

4 жыл бұрын

It's still easy to judge the parents income whilst wearing uniform, you simply take other factors, like how your parents are dressed when picking you up, or dropping you, what car they are driving, or what your out of school activities are for example

@cerebrummaximus3762

2 жыл бұрын

@@Anna-dp9nz •Children walk alone after a point, and parents can't be judged by other students •Until that point, children are usually too young to make fun (or considering children make fun of everything: make fun of knowingly) others' wealth, probably being too young to understand income •If your concern is teachers mocking parent income, then those teachers probably shouldn't be teachers. •also who tf asks about what others do in their lives?

@slimebor7059

Жыл бұрын

@@cerebrummaximus3762 "•Until that point, children are usually too young to make fun others' wealth, probably being too young to understand income" That is (kinda) true but kids, in my experience, still judged how "rich" others were only based what kind of houses or cars their families could get. Im pretty sure nowadays what phone or gadget you have could also be used to measure if you are the "rich cool kid" or not "•also who tf asks about what others do in their lives?" Well probably most people. Friends will always do that. Classmates are still gonna ask what you do outside of school (speaking from my own experience but its probably true for most places) and teachers will always tell students to make presentations and stuff on what you did during holidays

Hahah summer birthday ppl like me are sitting here like "HAAA I TAKE MY GCSE AT 15 AND A-LEVELS AT 17???"

@amirkarimyousefi257

4 жыл бұрын

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@javierhillier4252

3 жыл бұрын

i have summer birthday

loving that pink tie

@AnglopheniaTV

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@samiam619

9 жыл бұрын

Anglophenia How about a show on Curry? Smells nasty to me, but okay... I have seen a couple shows by those two female cooks that travel around the country on a motorbike/sidecar.

@thomasalvarez6456

9 жыл бұрын

Hhaa I see what you said there!

@meowingwool

9 жыл бұрын

Barrie Tingle great I was one one the first cohorts, I started reception in 2000. So I had to take the Year 2, 6 and 8* test. the science was scrapped the when I was in Year 8, but my school had paid for them already so yeah...I don't midn the SATs being used within the school see how a child is doing/placement for next year. ** But for Year 2/6/8 they are used for national stats so the teachers lie to you so then the grades go up because you think average is higher than what it is, just to make the school look better. *Dorset has a slightly different way of organising school ages groups, so the first year of high school is when we would normally take the test and they were seeing if taking it a year early while in middle school (we'd been there since we were 9) would improve grades. **Placement can also be bull, because I had low English grades it meant that I couldn't be good at Science either, even though I'd got a good grade in that paper. So I was in 3rd set set out of 5 and it was sooo tedious, I got myself moved up to 1st set as I tokk triple for GCSE.

@SmartStr33t

9 жыл бұрын

Barrie Tingle I did SATS in year 6 in 1991 in South Gloucestershire.

I'm British and some of what you said still confused me:/ First, everyone I know calls 'private schools, just that, private schools. Second, secondary school is really up to 16yr olds not 18. After 16 you can go to a sixth form that is not at your school OR a college which is not part of a school to do A levels.

@stevel8430

7 жыл бұрын

if you call public schools private schools it means you cant afford one lol. it is confusing though.

@KristofskiKabuki

7 жыл бұрын

Also they didn't point out that many people go to separate 6th form colleges

@Emma-mh1hg

7 жыл бұрын

lena bosnjak in Scotland you go to high school until you are 18, there is no sixth form

@laur3n14

7 жыл бұрын

No, in 6th year you are 17 unless your birthday is in march-june then you'll be 18 after your birthday

@lancetyrell

7 жыл бұрын

In SCOTLAND you can attend secondary until you are 18 if you want. It is only compulsory to age 16. We don't really do "sixth form colleges" here.

i'm from the UK & remember My Schooldays!, I remember My Last Fight at School!, The head Master was furious, He Marched Me into His Office & said "What are You Playing at?, You're a Teacher & supposed to set an Example!".

@franchino88

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@victordumitru6719

2 жыл бұрын

Wow 🤣🤣

I love how some Americans think prefects, houses, house cup, head girl/boy and common rooms r just a Hogwarts thing 😂

@javierhillier4252

3 жыл бұрын

yeah lol

@sukanyaroyart

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr🤣

@ikuflies

2 жыл бұрын

Well, not every country have your systems. Other may think your system only Hogwarts things.

@puddleduck1405

2 жыл бұрын

@@ikuflies yeah ik thats exactly what I just said haha

@ikuflies

2 жыл бұрын

@@puddleduck1405 only exist in Hogwarts 🗿

Wait, what? No, we call private schools private schools

@karybradley8821

7 жыл бұрын

I think 'public school' is a term which is being used less and less, but they do mean the same thing. Yeah, it makes no sense. Which'll be why it's being used less now.

@yolilyholo6626

7 жыл бұрын

In Scotland we've always said Private...

@evilbob7125

7 жыл бұрын

We say both. Most people I know will understand whichever one you use. Public or Private

@Melonwize

7 жыл бұрын

Beth Parker although people call them private schools still I think she was just going by the correct terminology, which is 'public school'.

@KristofskiKabuki

7 жыл бұрын

public school is basically Eton and a few similar places. I went to a private school for a few years and it was nothing like that.

Maybe you could have pointed out that the Scottish school system is completely different from the English one and that it's not just a 'different name for A Levels'?

@ThegamescastPaddy

7 жыл бұрын

I knew she wouldn't mention Scotland as someone literally about sit my n5s it kinda annoys me

@DJSaM2K10

7 жыл бұрын

theres like 2 people in Scotland so it's irrelevant

@chesca6469

7 жыл бұрын

+yakuza4 haha this made me laugh ( no offence intended obviously aren't two people in Scotland blababaeotvwj...)

@TheCreepersAlive

7 жыл бұрын

+ThePremiumPuppy same my prelims are starting in December😭

@TheCreepersAlive

7 жыл бұрын

+yakuza4 at least know what your talking abt before u make something, Google would've been useful

THANK YOU!!!! I am an elementary teacher in America. I have been curious about this for years! GREAT CHANNEL! I love it!

I want to teach in England (from Canada), so not only did I have to look up the American comparisons she was making since our schools are different than theirs, but so help me when trying to figure out the ins and outs of the British system!

Great video, and please do the video on British universities.

@AnglopheniaTV

9 жыл бұрын

Cheers! We'll pencil it in.

@jwb52z9

9 жыл бұрын

Anglophenia Is there a reason that there's not a set standardized school system in the UK, or at least in England?

@jwb52z9

9 жыл бұрын

Roller sail With all the different names and testing she describes in the video, it didn't sound as if it were standardized.

@deanwinchester7179

9 жыл бұрын

Jwb52z It sounds like the national exams are all standardized, but the schools have more freedom in how they get you ready for it.

@jwb52z9

9 жыл бұрын

Dean Winchester You're probably right, it just amazes me that a country could have all these varying ways in the same school system without it collapsing in on itself from mismatch alone, but perhaps with such a small population and very few extremists with pet issues it is possible.

You did not explain about British Colleges, people from the US think of Uni when I say I go to College!

@jacobmyszor3625

9 жыл бұрын

Only a few counties in the UK have separate colleges, most people take their A levels at their secondary school. But yeah, people often make the misconception that you mentioned!

@smithy7831

9 жыл бұрын

Jacob Myszor I am not doing A-Levels at College, I am doing a Diploma but I know what you mean but it can still be explained!

@tonia6291

9 жыл бұрын

That's cos she went to private school and they call it 6th form there she also didn't talk about primary school and secondary school she spoke about juniors and seniors argh.. I've been to both private and state schools and this does wind me up

@smithy7831

9 жыл бұрын

Jess Bishop The title should have been Secondary Schools explained then not British Schools, if she only spoke about secondary ect!

@paulinecahill2633

9 жыл бұрын

***** Originally Colleges were a lesser option, and often called 'Tech college' which concentrated on vocational courses, but in the last 15 or twenty years most Tech Colleges have decided to change to 'University' which means that many cities, like mine, have two or more universities. Which is horribly confusing for those applying to join, who find themselves in the wrong building, in the wrong part of town.

I'm planning to move there when I'm in college or university so would really like a video about British colleges and universities explained.

Being a prefect can be pretty cool actually. Depends where you go. At my secondary and sixth form in Year II Prefects got free lunch and in year 12 and 13 they got paid £5 an hour and given that break and lunch were an hour long when put together you did your duty for a day and earned £5 and up to £25 a week. And also you can take GCSEs and A-Levels early (well you used to) for example I took my math, science, psychology and RE GCSEs at 14-15 and my RE AS Level at 16. This was especially common for people who had a home language other then English because typically they got a GCSE and A Level in that before 16. Oh an Sixth Formers may also be able to leave at lunch if they don't have afternoon classes however they may still have uniforms (or as my Sixth Form called it "suggested clothing" that can be anything from a modified uniform of years 7-11 to something resembling business wear). Finally, at some Universities you can have do joint honors with people combining two subjects like English and History and even if you don't with humanities (at least) you can often take modules in other subjects so long as your degree subject remains the majority - I did a history degree and took a module that came under politics and a module that came under English. P.S - You can do a year abroad at university and typically you can take a language course to improve your skills in that language (if the country doesn't speak English) and potentially add those credits to your degree. This pushes your degree to four years. Most often (as far as I know) people do their year abroad in Europe (particularly Ireland, France and Germany), Canada and the United States.

why am I watching this... I'm English!

@siloPIRATE

7 жыл бұрын

Because why not?

@lzved

7 жыл бұрын

Same XD

@Hoik_it

7 жыл бұрын

fact check

@darkstarnh

7 жыл бұрын

I'm Welsh. Watch this and see your country vanish!

@thesecretroman

7 жыл бұрын

I watched it to make sure she got it right. My school was VERY different from what she said, but I'm English and when to school in the UK.

Primary school means it's a combined infants and junior school, otherwise they're called infants or juniors separately.

@lindafox1948

8 жыл бұрын

Which is odd, because in a primary school they rarely call them that now, it's Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Just the separated schools still say Infant and Junior.

a very informative video!!! Thanx a lot. Would be fantastic if you had time to give one more video lesson on London Sites of Interest?

Schools in my town (Redditch, Worcestershire) are so weird. We have First Schools (4-9) Middle Schools (9-13) and High Schools (13-18). A lot of our high schools are becoming Secondary Schools like the rest of the uk.

@charlottejohnson5173

3 жыл бұрын

They have the same sort of thing near where I live as well

I went to a public school (pre-prep and prep) and it's often a mouthful to explain to other British people who don't understand the public schooling system.

@ellacarr9533

7 жыл бұрын

Me too, it's annoying when people correct you, like saying "public schools are free" and I have to say no they are most certainly not!

@q.e.d.9112

Жыл бұрын

@@ellacarr9533 You should explain that the “public” in Public Schools goes back to the early 19th century when educational theory first put forward the idea that it was important for boys to learn teamwork by mixing with other boys. This influenced the upper classes to stop educating their sons at home with “private” teachers and instead send them to a “public” school. This was when only the relatively well-off got any sort of education so these schools were fee-paying, privately run institutions and far from public in the modern sense. However, the name stuck and when universal education was brought in, in 1870, the schools they built were called State Schools. As so often, there’s an historical reason for the usage.

This is English schools, its quite different to Scottish schools.

@meganprimrose807

7 жыл бұрын

Annie Mac I agree.You stay an extra year at primary in Scotland and our system is known to be one of the best in the world,outranking England by far

@kalavarahs

7 жыл бұрын

+The Scottish Primrose But Northern Ireland still gets better exam results!! Ooooooooooooh *swag music plays in the background*

@meganprimrose807

7 жыл бұрын

Aye i know, i have a teacher who is from there and is very proud about that

@bryonyhopeprimrose3623

6 жыл бұрын

The Scottish Primrose didn't know you watched this I was just about to teach every freakin' person about Scottish schools Nursery: it's were you go when your 3-5 and you learn manners and how to play nice (And if you were at my nursery playdough too) Primary school: you have a variety Of ages from 4 to sometimes even 13 but most if the time 12 and 11. You have seven years at primary school each being known as Primary one Primary two Primary three Primary four Primary five Primary six And primary seven Secondary school: you come here for six years after primary school but you get the option to drop out when your sixteen And that's school in Scotland for you very simple

@fessel4557

6 жыл бұрын

No its not that it's different its that it's all wrong

Thank you for educating me about my own country's schools.

I live in South England and nobody says state school. A school that's free and there's no test to get into it (that's a grammar school) is a public school and if you have to pay itsa aprivate school

I'm from the uk and this confused me haha I went to play group until I was 4, then went to primary school from 4-11 then a comprehensive secondary school from 11-16 then college from 16-18 lol

@beaniepollard8290

7 жыл бұрын

So you missed nursery and reception?

@sims2kat96

7 жыл бұрын

Holly Boreham No? When I was little "play group" was what they now call nursery, they didn't do a lot of childcare for under 3's so I went there until I was 4 like I said. Then I started primary school when I was 4; starting in reception.

@beaniepollard8290

7 жыл бұрын

Right. I had play group from age 2-3 and nursery after from age 3-4.

@irrelevance3859

7 жыл бұрын

katymonkfish Same

@RachelSmith-xh4xf

5 жыл бұрын

katymonkfish same but I go to a grammar school

The title should have "minus Scotland" added to it.

@TheMoonRover

7 жыл бұрын

More like "minus most of Britain" - it's out of date with the terminology for England, let alone Scotland and Wales. EDIT: yes, and probably Northern Ireland too. "British" could mean Great Britain, which doesn't include Ireland, so I gave them the benefit of the doubt there.

@bobbibear8414

7 жыл бұрын

TheMoonRover minus Northern Ireland

@collinsigbiks9701

6 жыл бұрын

Siobhan and Scotland are mortal enemies like the English and Scots

@harleyquinn5654

5 жыл бұрын

TheMoonRover No i watched it when it came out and the Scotland school system was barely included

@thecupidstunt

4 жыл бұрын

yes but the US has enough on their plate without thinking about Advanced Highers, Highers and whatever the other one is

I think it's just different depending on where you live in England. We had a primary school with nursery when we were 3 to 4, then reception from 4 to 5, then primary school from 5 to 11. We then had secondary school or high school from 11 to 16. Some high schools have a sixth form attached, which is the same as going to a separate college from 16 to 18. Then you have uni which is optional.

I'm live in England and since when do we them "state schools" and "public schools".

@thumbhat1039

3 жыл бұрын

Finally someone who is just as confused about this as me

@sampogmore6655

2 ай бұрын

​@thumbhat1039 @ellar-d7131 As far as official documents and on paper they're referred to as public and state schools. The thought being that public schools are funded by the public and their large tuition fees and state schools are funded by the government

Imagine a Swede making a short video about Swedish education and calling it "Scandinavian schools explained". People from Norway, Finland and Denmark would say - "Eh... Hang on". It's essentially the same thing for Scottish people watching these videos.

This is not the uk this is mainly england

@mulgee2241

7 жыл бұрын

It is mostly England and Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland have different systems

@TheCreepersAlive

7 жыл бұрын

+Yuvann Sayandan I hate how people make out as if Britain is only England and Wales, I really wish more people voted yes to leave the uk and to stay in the European union

@darkstarnh

7 жыл бұрын

Wales has a totally seperate education system to England.

@TheMoonRover

7 жыл бұрын

It's a very out of date description of the English education system.

@richardgrayson4672

7 жыл бұрын

Her name means someone who loves England so she's going to be primarily talking about England, with a few bits about the other countries, she probably only said British because she mentioned the other countries a couple times (at least I think she did, if she didn't I'm sure it was a mistake)

I was offered a position as a 'prefect' although I declined. We had a six form at my comprehensive, there was a uniform but our jumpers were dark blue. Our ties, shirts, skirts, blouses & trousers were the same colours as the rest of the pupils. Our computer studies group only had a ZX81 (the year it came out I believe) & a BBC micro P.C that was it!

Im from the Southern part of the USA and the way do schools depending what part of the state or states you live in is different. The school i went to we had Elementrey which is pre-k threw 4th grade , middle school which is 5th to 8th grade and high school 9th -12th. Also we have pre-schools for the much younger kids and day care for the babies.

Public school- free Private school- paid

@andrewdevine5513

8 жыл бұрын

Private(public) school; paid Open schools: free

@SofiaChannel

8 жыл бұрын

+Louisa Bell some public schools cost about 150 a month or something but most don't

@amct1019

8 жыл бұрын

+Louisa Bell That definition is not correct for the uk.

@lizardking5237

8 жыл бұрын

+Sofia Monkeychops Pounds or Dollars ? Sofia r u British ?

@rukaiya2585

8 жыл бұрын

+AMCT 101 uh...yes it is. in London public schools are free (excluding lunch and trips and whatever) and private schools you have to pay a lot!!

my English school experience/journey : Kindergarten (age 3-4) - I went to a private school for a year because my mum worked there, instead of going to nursery. Primary school (age 4-11, reception - yr6) secondary/high school (age 11-16, yr7-yr11) sixth form college (age 16-18, yr12-13 or AS and A2) I'm just about to start my A2 courses. at GCSE we typically take around 11/12 subjects, all the compulsory ones (maths, English, science ICT & religious studies) plus 4 options, subjects that interest you that you want to study. at ALevel we typically take 3/4 subjects, usually 4 at AS then 3 at A2. all of which should interest you. then we can go on to study at university or go into a full time job or apprenticeships. for some students who go on to study at uni they take a gap year before they start studying, this is so that they can travel, or start earning money or help projects in England or abroad. also, my prefect experience was standing in pairs at doorways making sure that younger students didn't go where they weren't supposed to go. however we noticed over the years that yr7's kept getting cockier compared to what my year group was like in yr7.

@kerrypreece6056

8 жыл бұрын

Your religious studies GCSE was compulsory? We could choose to do the half or full GCSE exams although we all did the lessons.

@MeganGrace130513

8 жыл бұрын

+Kerry Preece I think it was originally so that we could choose to do half or full course, then they changed it so that everyone had to do full course.

@kerrypreece6056

8 жыл бұрын

+MeganGrace130513 that makes sense I guess. :)

Yay finally another Siobhan

I live I Scotland and we have a extra year in primary but one less in secondary. Also some schools used to be grammar schools but still kept the same name.

in Northumberland where I live, I have first school, middle school, and high school, it will change to primary and secondary soon but at the minute Northumberland is the only county to have this system (I think)

@amirkarimyousefi257

4 жыл бұрын

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Er... You missed out college... Not everybody goes to sixth form... We don't have any sixth forms near us...

@tash8430

8 жыл бұрын

+Lewis Bentley No it's not. Not generally speaking. I.e. 90% of the time. College has a bigger range of subjects to choose from. Sixth forms have fewer subjects because there are fewer teachers.

@OhhBallistic

8 жыл бұрын

+Natasha Finch no there can be more subjects in college but people go to college mainly to focus on 1 subject. i think thats what he is trying to say

@tash8430

8 жыл бұрын

+SRB No. You go to college to do 4 subjects (AS level- 1st year), then do 3 subjects (continued) at A2 level (2nd year). People come out with 3 ALevels (or 4 if you continued all 4). OR You do a Diploma. In which case you are only focussing on one subject. And come out with one certificate

@OhhBallistic

8 жыл бұрын

Natasha Finch i said i think that is what HE is trying to say

@sabztazz

8 жыл бұрын

+Natasha Finch I go to college and you only do 1 subject. except if you didn't pass your maths and English gcse you have to continue doing that

You take SATs in year six, which is basically mini GCSEs as it helps put you into sets for secondary/seniors 😊

So much of this is different to my area and I live in the U.K.

Anyone else think she looks not unlike Garth from Waynes World in this video? hehe

@robertcremin3291

7 жыл бұрын

Party on Garth

I am Cherokee and most of us are Anglophiles. This answered my confusion that even my dear Brit friends could not help me with. This series is GOLD

I and my children were schooled through a three tier system. Primary school up to year 4 (age 9), middle school years 5-8 (9-13 yrs) and senior school from year 9. Which I think is very similar to states....

Nice explanation. I'm from the Netherlands and I'm really glad we split schools into three basic academic levels.

Here we see a Siobhan Thompson of College Humor in her natural habitat

British subscribers, how about we put our school journeys up? (because it's different around the country) Mine: Primary School Secondary School (left at 16) College (did a BTEC Extended Diploma, instead of A Levels) University

@livelovelaugh247xxx

9 жыл бұрын

Mine: First School (4-9) Middle School (9-13) High School (13-18) Going to Uni next year Don't know why its different in my part of England haha

@eelsemaj99

9 жыл бұрын

Mine Primary - 5 - 11 Grammar - 11 - 18 ( including 6th form) Uni Also, our 6th form has to wear a uniform

@DuskySHARKtheONEandONLY

9 жыл бұрын

Mine: Primary School (5-11) Secondary School + 6th Form (11-18) University (18-now)

@coco63626

9 жыл бұрын

My school journey: Primary School. Public, Secondary School. University (currently in my final year) (I have know idea what ages I was for each.)

@sumtwthfs

9 жыл бұрын

Primary (reception-Year 6) Surprise change to private system. Prep school(Year 6-year 8) Senior school(year 9-year 11)

for my school (primary before I went to secondary) it was infants (reception-yr2) then junior (yr3-yr6) and secondary is (yr7-yr11) I am in yr8 and I live 16 miles away from my school

In Scotland nursury (3-5) primary (5-12) secondary (12-18) But you can leave at 16 (s4) after doing National 5's or 4's or 3's (GCSEs for english people). The year after in s5 you do highers which are a kinda like a levels I'm not sure since I haven't done it yet or if you did a national 4 or 3 in something you can then do a national 5 or 4 in that as well. You can also you a crash higher (doing a higher in a subject you didn't chose in s3 and haven't studied before). (you can drop out after s5 as well) Then in s6 you can either do more highers or advanded highers, it used to be that you would get a 'certificate of sixth year studies'. In s6 you can pretty much do what you want. There is a lot more that I haven't said but that's the basics.

00:08 "... to harry potter and the history boys" I never read that one :')

@Cheezsoup

6 жыл бұрын

It's not Harry Potter and the history boys It's Harry Potter (films/books) and The History boys (play/film)

British schools explained nursery or play group : 3-4 infants school (not always called infants sometimes apart of a juniors school) reception- 4-5 Year 1-5-6 Year 2-6-7 Junior school Year 3 7-8 Year 4 8-9 Year 5 9-10 Year 6 10-11 in year 6 you do sats ( pronounced ser ats ) they don't really mean anything the government just wants to see how everyone's doing and making sure each school is doing good teaching. Senior school (secondary school or High school) Year 7 11-12 Year 8 12-13 Year 9 13-14 in year 9, now, you pick your options for GCSEs for example I choose: Art, sociology, French and history as well as the core maths English and RS (religious studies) Year 10- 14-15 Year 11- 15-16 in year 11 you do your GCSEs which help you get onto the collage courses that you want to take. some universities will look at these and others will look at your A levels sixth form I'm not entirely sure if sixth form is optional anymore. (some one let me know please :) Year 12- 16-17 Here you do your AS levels. Year 13- 17-18 here you do your A2 levels then university

@catherine5128

7 жыл бұрын

Well done, this is very well explained! And sixth form/college is compulsory now (I think, as I know for certain u need to stay in an education establishment until you're 18) Also, I like your EastEnders pp!

@CatLover-yd3xb

7 жыл бұрын

Ian Beale who pronounced Sats as serats??? We just say it how it looks..

@jaim6096

6 жыл бұрын

Your right except you now choose options (what you do in GCSEs) in year 8

@zipitcooldude

6 жыл бұрын

Ian Beale I'm Scottish we don't get this (we get p7 trips well we get to stay a week somewhere I went to a active pursuits place did some cool stuff whatever)

In the UK, a public school is a HMC (Her Majesty’s Conference) school, a type of private school which has excelled academically or otherwise

in Scotland it's a lot easier it's just primary school P1-P7 (5-12) and high school S1-S6 (12-18)

This is probably already in the comments, but I'll say it anyway, but there's something you've missed. Not all senior (where I'm from we call them 'secondary') schools have a sixth form, mine certainly didn't. Even if they do you can choose to go to a college where you'll do your A levels, which depending on the courses are exam and course work based. Although, some colleges do (or in some cases, specialise in) vocational courses, called BTECs or City and Guild Diplomas (while similar, these two are different). These are coursework based and you only do one of them, which will equal 3 A Levels in theory, although a lot of universities aren't so keen on them, preferring to take A Level students. The vocational courses also have a different grading system. Instead of A B C etc. it's Distinction, Merit, Pass and Fail.

Ah, the dozens of confused Americans in the comments lol

@jennifers8270

8 жыл бұрын

the British school system is so confusingggggg lol

@EvenWaysMusic

8 жыл бұрын

Jennifer S Lol xD no its not haha

@maddiecraver

8 жыл бұрын

That's me hahahaha

preschool/nursery-2-4 primary: reception-4-5 ks1:year 1 and 2: 5-7 in year2 you do sats ks2:year3-year6: 7-11 highschool/secondary: ks3:years7-9 : 11-14 year 9 you choose you subjects ks4:years 10-11:14-16 in year 11 you do your gcses collage/ sixform:years 12-13:16-18 a levels

In my county the school system is different: First School: Reception: 4-5 years old Year 1: 5-6 Year 2: 6-7 Year 3: 7-8 Year 4: 8-9 Year 5: 9-10 Middle School: Year 6: 10-11 Year 7: 11-12 Year 8: 12-13 High School: Onwards

@lilmooofficial7831

6 жыл бұрын

Spot on 😊 😉👌

I love how she forgot to mention that in a lot of schools being a prefect or a head boy/girl is a fantastic way to become bullied...

@izzyclara8496

7 жыл бұрын

angelstouch92 not at my school, the head girl and boy and most the prefects are popular😂

@KeyStone-pb7dk

5 жыл бұрын

When I went they were in six form so every one in 7-11 didn’t bother them lol

@treborschafer3945

4 жыл бұрын

We didn't have them at our high school for exactly that reason. The teachers may as well have given them a cuddle and a kiss in class and told them how much they loved them. Red rag to a bull.

Most of the things here is wrong... to trully explain ENGLISH education system, one must go through it. ×nursery/ pre-school (3-5 mostly, or younger if independent) ×primary school (5-11) ×secondary school (11-16) ×sixth form/ college(16-18). -IT'S THE SAME THING. though a sixth form is joint to a school. college is just an independent building and not joined to anything. ×university. you also forgot to mention SATs... and with that, you forgot to mention that many old schools that were based in a church were sometimes girls schools (not all, but as small majority), later being changed to mix. though there are many all - girls around now but a small number of all- boys schools exist now, mainly only private or academy, and the rest are mix.

@Bethie561

8 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!!! The person in this video said it all wrong

@yummymummy1981

8 жыл бұрын

In fact, some English areas still have 'middle' schools too. They usually go Nursery-Primary-Middle-Upper-and then college/uni if the student wishes to. It's much rarer in Scotland, they tend to do the Primary-Secondary system, and more and more places in the UK are calling Secondary schools 'High' schools like the Americans.

@lindafox1948

8 жыл бұрын

No, not wrong, just incomplete. Been teaching for 40 years and I don't think any of it was actually incorrect

@charlotteblanton6324

7 жыл бұрын

In NI we start primary school at age four unless you where born in the summer as our cut off point is July 1st instead of September 1st

@illumosinate2629

7 жыл бұрын

Nope u are wrong It's: Nursery: (3-4 year olds)Some private nurseries accept 2year olds in London Primary: The Infants- 3-5(3-4 is Nursery, 4-5 is Reception) Key Stage 1: Year 1 ( 5-6 y/o) Year 2- (6-7 y/o) Key Stage 2(7-11 y/o) the school year starts in September so say if u were in year 2 you would have left year 2 as a 7 year old in July and would be entering year 3 as a 7 year old if ur birthday is after September but if ur birthday was in September to December u would have turned 8 Then we have secondary which is Year 7 (11-12) year 8(12-13) year 9(13-14) year 10(14-15) year ten is when ur GCSEs start but u can so early GCSEs in year 9, Year 11(15-16) That is when u choose to leave secondary go to the sixth form in ur secondary or go to college College after year 11 is: year 12 and year 13 that is wear u do ur A Level and if u failed GCSEs u do it again about 2 or 3 times until u pass then u go onto uni (if u want) for a degree or go straight into getting a job or u can relax

I had nursery (aged about 2-3) then went to primary till I was 11. Then went to secondary school till 16 and college for 1 year. But I know now we have to be in school till 18

England schools: Nursery: 0-4 Primary: 4-11 Secondary: 11-16 Sixth form: 16-18

@fxshyy

4 жыл бұрын

Sally M w...wat Primary - 4-11 Secondary - 11-18

@fibubble4648

4 жыл бұрын

@@fxshyy no because sixth form is optional

@CheefCoach

4 жыл бұрын

I know that I am 2 years late, but when you write like that, I have no idea does 11 years old goes to primary, secondary, or both schools, and does 16 goes to secondary or sixth form or both of them.

Brilliant! I think that is how the Brit's would say it. She could talk about anything and make it interesting because of her sharp-witted expressiveness and fun comedic style.

3:20 "Hangover" That means something entirely different in American English. It means waking up after hard partying with a bad headache, severe nausea and feeling like you have fur on your tongue. :)

@mulgee2241

7 жыл бұрын

Same here. But it has two meanings

@Cocoafizz

7 жыл бұрын

grayswandir47 In England it does mean that too

@PinkkElephantt

7 жыл бұрын

LOL. It means both, bro. You think we don't get those kind of 'hangovers' here? xD

in terms of sixth form; you can choose whether you go to sixth form, college or an apprenticeship. sixthform usually requires higher grades from GCSEs than colleges in order to be accepted.

Here in the netherlands we first have school where we learn the basics then we go to middle school where we learn more complicated stuff like maths and the history od the netherlands etc. Then when we graduate that(around 16 years old) then we can choose what kind of job we want to do the rest of our lives for example i want to be a nurse. Then we go to university where we learn everything on how becomming a nurse. From the biological part to how to deal with alzheimer and how it works in the brain etc. + we can also choose how high the education is (the higher you get tje harder it gets and the more in dept you learn about stuff and the higher your job can get so for example when you do the lowest you can get a hairdresser and a nurse etc and when you choose the highest you can become a doctor or a dentist) How does it work in there when you want to prepare for your job like a hairdresser?

Prep, pre-prep... what? WHO CALLS IT THAT?! Nursery, infants, juniors. high school. Sorted (^_^)

@lightisfading

7 жыл бұрын

Private schools call it prep and pre-prep!

@44BlueFoxes

7 жыл бұрын

lightisfading they would! :'-)

@bhunjan

7 жыл бұрын

+lightisfading I have to disagree - 'prep' in a private school is used exclusively to refer to homework. I've never heard of a year group called 'prep'. Our school years were B Block, A Block, O Block, Lower and Upper Sixth (in that order).

@totalweirdo8538

7 жыл бұрын

I've never come across pre-prep, but what I know from the English schooling system is: Nursery (2-4), Primary school (11-16), College/Sixth Form -at this point you can also move on to an apprenticeship, where you learn about a specific subject that you wish to do as your career, from someone talented and experienced in that field - (16-18). From here onwards, any further education is optional, however you can choose to go on to University, and the age range depends on both what you're studying and what your end goal is.

@its_mil_4816

7 жыл бұрын

In my school it is Badgers (2-4), Reception (4-5), Pre Prep: Year 1 (5-6) and Year 2 (6-7), Year 3 (7-8) ... Year 8 (12-13)

I already learned all about this from reading Harry Potter.

@eelsemaj99

9 жыл бұрын

Except we call the seconday school years year 7-13 not 1-7

@MattiHeartsHP

9 жыл бұрын

James Lee some public school still use 1st-5th and lower and upper sixth haha just to be confusing

@eelsemaj99

9 жыл бұрын

I was trying to simplify it

@Omni315

9 жыл бұрын

Except don't forget that we don't take OWLs and NEWTs, they're GCSEs and A levels

@AndrewofWare

9 жыл бұрын

Hogwarts is what in the UK would be called a public (i.e. fee paying) school. This would not be typical. Most British pupils would have to learn their OWLs at Secondary School. Seriously, most people learn about other country's education system through films and television programmes. Many children in the UK think that American High Schools are like the one in 'Grease'.

Preschool: 2-4 ( or maybe more depending on what type) Nursery and primary: 3-11(some schools have a nursery in it and some don't separate nursery S are for three to four yr olds Secondary: 11-16 (some schools have a built in 6th form 6th form/ college(I think): 16/17-18 yr olds

Where I come from in the UK, these are the names of the schools you would go to (instead of elementary school, middle school, etc.) - Nursery (0-3) Pre-School (2-4) Reception (5) Infant School (6-7) Junior School (7-11) High School (11-16) Sixth Form (16-18)

Also. University in Scotland is free. And amongst some of the best quality universities. So Americans. Feel free to come

@trcon

7 жыл бұрын

It's only free for Scottish citizens. So the English still pay £9,000 p/a and Americans would pay between £15,000 and £25,000.

@jamiegalbraith4874

7 жыл бұрын

+Rodger42 meh. Still good quality

@trcon

7 жыл бұрын

Jamie Galbraith It is

@raynes6286

7 жыл бұрын

+Jamie Galbraith For some reason it's free, I don't get why Scotland has it for free.

@yolilyholo6626

7 жыл бұрын

For some reason? To try create more social mobility, paying a little more tax and putting a little more of it toward giving free education. Something that could and should be rolled out across the Uk, for some reason it isn't, I don't get why but it's not.

Before watching this I had no questions about the British school system. Now I have all of the questions.

@lukelaw8981

8 жыл бұрын

Like what

@MercyTheDestroyer

8 жыл бұрын

luke law If I knew where to begin, I start there. But, I don't know where to begin, so might as well not start at all.

I live in northern England where some of us have different schools to what you mansions such as first school (4-9) middle school (9-13) and high school (13-18) with sixth form

In Scotland it is nationals, higher and advanced highers. There are seven years in primary school and six in secondary. We call primary school years primary (p) 1 to 7 and secondary school years s1 to 6.

Actually in Somerset they have First Schools (4-9), Middle Schools (10-13) and High Schools (14-18). But that seems to be unique.

@Francis2061

8 жыл бұрын

Worcestershire have this too. I thought we were the only ones.

@sonofcy

8 жыл бұрын

+Cheeseanonioncrisps I think they were the first model of comprehensive, we had them in Stoke-on-Trent

@beckiityler

8 жыл бұрын

I live in Dorset and we also have that system, although we also have primary and secondary schools so it gets quite confusing

@chrispeacock1257

8 жыл бұрын

Northumberland has scrapped this this year. It's a shame because now kids who went to my first school (turning into primary) and then my high school (turning into a secondary), will be going from a school of around 100 pupils to one with around 2000. It'll be a big shock to the system.

@lefinlay

8 жыл бұрын

Where in Somerset? I'm near Yeovil and not aware of this...?

Siobhan, did you go to school at BHS? I'm sure I bought a scatter cushion from them once.

@Exiled_Theseus

5 жыл бұрын

Jonty Levine what does BHS stand for? The school i was in for year 7 and 8 the initials for it was BHS

The job of a prefect used to be one that was purposeful but in the last half century it has kind of dosed off into becoming corridor monitors like primary school.

It's even more complex than your excellent overview. In Wales about 25% of primary age children are educated in the medium of the Welsh language. In Scotland their education system is quite distinct. You can go to university younger than Wales&England and the degrees are longer I believe.

I'm british and I don't know what a state school is I think it's like a private school...idk

@angrydragonslayer

9 жыл бұрын

She explained that it was a school managed by the state, not sure if that's true thou

@zeal7742

9 жыл бұрын

State? But we don't states in the UK unless I don't know about it but states are a US thing i'm confused

@angrydragonslayer

9 жыл бұрын

The U.s. states are basically a union of countries under the same law, a country typically only have one state and thus only one government-like thing while the us has the government and one for every state. In the uk it seems like the "state schools" is run by the state

@zeal7742

9 жыл бұрын

I think i get it

@angrydragonslayer

9 жыл бұрын

good

Senior school? It goes, nursery-primary-secondary-university

@rorobing4435

5 жыл бұрын

secondary is kinda senior school, it just has a lot of people in of loads of ages 11-16 and people can go to collage or 6th form

@CMJ11

3 жыл бұрын

*college

Fascinating!

That Oxbridge charges their students 9250 quids a year and HYPSM charge their students more than 50k a year was quite a symbol of difference between the UK and the U.S. system.

No separation of church and state in the UK? Wow, I didn't know that!

@antred11

8 жыл бұрын

Anne M. I'm a German, so whatever history lessons we got on English Renaissance monarchs were brief and superficial. That said, I do know about Henry VIII and his breach with the Catholic Church. I just figured that since this isn't the 16th century, some legislation would have been enacted in the meantime that guarantees freedom of religion, separation of state and church and all that good stuff.

@mrcaboosevg6089

8 жыл бұрын

+antred11 Church schools have to follow to the same curriculum as every other school, it's not like they teach religion. Praying at assembly and getting lectured about god is about the extent of it. There is freedom of religion, you can make an Islamic school if you wanted to

@daisytearle7792

8 жыл бұрын

+antred11 you don't necessarily have to go to a church school, you could go to a non-religious state/public school

@92Pyromaniac

8 жыл бұрын

+antred11 In principle there is no separation, but in practice British politics are very secular. You'd never hear a politician talking about their own religious views, for example.

@sonofcy

8 жыл бұрын

+Luke Rieman Not that separated, high ranking Bishops are entitled to sit in the House of Lords.

Anyone have to have 9 stripes visible on their ties?

@indiemiss

7 жыл бұрын

Ella Rose Nope. I didn't wear a tie at all

@Lovable12991

7 жыл бұрын

Ella Rose we had clip-on ties until you got to year 11 and ONLY if you were a prefect 😂 don't think they trusted us lol

@frankfgst337

7 жыл бұрын

Ella Rose no I have 4

@frankfgst337

7 жыл бұрын

But the stripes are quite far apart

@ellarose865

7 жыл бұрын

Amazing Kat lol dumb rules

In dorset (a county in south England) our schools work like this: Pre school - age 3-4 First school- ages 4-9, years 0-4 Middle school - ages 9-13, years 5-8 Upper school - ages 13-16, years 9-11 College or sixth form - ages 16-18, year 12-13

Nice explanation

Can you please explain the difference between college and university in the UK? In the U.S., both are Bachelor or higher degree granting institutions.

@ecmt14

9 жыл бұрын

They are the same, just different names :) college in the Uk is the last two years of school in the Us I think (16-18)?

@detphemale

9 жыл бұрын

Okay, thanks. In the U.S., college and university come after high school graduation. Most start at age 18.

@TheBespectacledN00b

9 жыл бұрын

It depends. Further Education Colleges or Sixth Form Colleges can offer A-Level or equivalent, although Sixth Form tends to be free and mostly for school leavers. IE 16-18 year olds. Then you have some colleges which can do degree equivalent as well, but can't award their own degrees- usually degrees are validated by a local university.

@realest_

9 жыл бұрын

sixth form (as she explained)=college in the UK. Equivalent to the American Senior

@detphemale

9 жыл бұрын

Wow! So confusing! Thanks everyone!

this was interesting! :D im British but home educated so I have never actually been to school so... yeah this was interesting XD (how do you end sentences XD)

@kumirei8715

9 жыл бұрын

MeoTheRandom I hope you're just really young

@moodlemcdoodle5746

9 жыл бұрын

nope I'm home educated look it up its a thing. also I wouldn't be on youtube if I was young enough to never have been to school XD

@maxximumb

9 жыл бұрын

Jack Hopewell Because of Ofsted. Their focus on testing, quantifying and rating schools, teachers and students means we now have a population of kids who were taught to pass exams rather than apply critical thinking.

@aumenarys

9 жыл бұрын

Maxx B YES!!! YES YES AND YES! I 100% agree with you!

@DukeFluker

9 жыл бұрын

Maxx B or you know, you could go to school and learn more than just what's on the board, like social skills and school politics, which are very similar to that in the workplace as most ppl went to school. True critical thinking isn't removal from a situation, but seeing more than its face value ie for passing exams.

US school system if u was wondering Elementary School Either kindergarten or 1st-5th or 6th depending on your states school system.Now Pre-k is normally apart of Elementary school but it’s just a pre-experience of kindergarten.Daycare is optional and not apart of the legal US school system. Mainly it’s Elementary that has simple school uniforms and only private schools have uniforms. Middle School/Junior High 6th-8th is the typical way of middle school.Junior High on the other hand is only 7th-8th and it is also called middle school depends on your state system as I said earlier. High School 9th-12th 9th-Freshman 10th-Junior 11th-Sophomore 12-Senior After 12th you officially graduate high school. Of course your going to need your diploma to pretty much get a job and go to college.Now as I said earlier some states have a different system and you sometimes have to graduate from college to get a diploma or degree. Public school is free completely and private schools are paid for. No not all our schools are dangerous because of our country’s gun laws and yes,you will find a state with a very dangerous school w/ drugs,guns,and knives. No not all our teachers not give a fuck about their jobs and only care about the money.

GCSEs were a merging of the old O - levels and CSEs. With CSEs the highwst grade (1) was the equivalent of O-level grade C. When GCSEs were created there were normal and higher tiers roughly equivalent to the CSEs and O-levels. (Full marks at the normal/lower tier would only get you a C. A - levels were split into AS taken after 1 year of study and then the A level (part 2) after the next year of study; but there was talk of reverting to a single exam after 2 years of study.