THE BRITISH EDUCATION SYSTEM

GUESS THE NUMBERS

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7 £22,467

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 UP TO WHAT AGE IS SCHOOL
EDUCATION
COMPULSORY?

SCHOOL TERMS

• How many terms are there per year?

• 2 , 3 or 4?

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 THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM
The national curriculum provides equal opportunities for all
children to learn and is split into five key stages.
Age 11-14 is Key Stage 3
Age 14-16 is Key Stage 4 (ending with GCSE exams.)
Age 16-18 is Key Stage 5 (ending with A level exams.)
Here is a summary of the National Curriculum:

https://www.gov.uk/national-curriculum/overview

NATIONAL CURRICULUM

How many compulsory subjects are there in Key Stage 4?

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• https://www.gov.uk/national-curriculum/key-stage-3-4

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 STARTING SALARY ?

• The starting salary for newly qualified teachers is currently

at least £22,467.

• A Secondary School Teacher earns an average salary of

£28,951 per year.

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF BRITISH CHILDREN

ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOLS?

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 AROUND 7%

More than a third of British medal winners in the 2012 London

Olympics were from private schools, which educate 7% of the
school population.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9459003/London-2012-Olympics-The-private-school-that-produced-eight-of-the-Olympians.html

HOW MUCH DOES PRIVATE

EDUCATION COST PER YEAR?

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 • £14,000 a year on average if you are a day student.

• £26,000 a year on average if you are a boarder.

• State education is totally free but you have to buy the uniform.

• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/9228953/Private-education-what-price-
excellence.html

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• Nine out of ten MPs went to university – by far the highest proportion of any Parliament to date.
Three out of ten went to Oxbridge with Oxford being the home of 102 of the 649 MPs.

• A breakdown shows 38 per cent of Conservative MPs went to Oxbridge compared to 28 per cent of
Liberal Democrats and 20 per cent of Labour.

• “These results show clearly that the educational profile of our representatives in the 2010 Parliament
does not reflect society at large.

• “One major obstacle to ensuring talented people from all backgrounds reach public office is the
educational inequality that continues to hold back social mobility in this country.

• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/increase-in-number-of-mps-from-private-schools-1970414.html

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OXFORD SPIRES ACADEMY

MOTTO: BE THE BEST YOU CAN!

• Oxford Spires Academy is a state funded secondary school for children

aged 11–18 in Glanville Road, East Oxford, England formerly known as
Oxford Community School and The Oxford School. It is sponsored by
the CfBT Education Trust.
• Address: Glanville Rd, Oxford OX4 2AU
• Principal: Marianne Blake
• Founded: January 2011
• Number of students : 867

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 Mental Health Education

Start a conversation in your classes and in your schools

• Early intervention (part of primary and secondary curriculum)
• Safe guarding policies in schools – What is the structure/system? Do you have schools
psychologists/councillors/nurses/teacher training etc?
• Safe spaces – for children to be and to talk
• Be the person children can come to and encourage training in your schools

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Mental Health Education

PSHE (Personal, Social, Health, Economics Association) puts
mental health on the curriculum
https://www.pshe-association.org.uk/curriculum-and-
resources/resources/guidance-teaching-about-mental-health-and

Child Mind – An independent non-profit organisation which focuses on

Helping children struggling with mental health and learning disorders
https://childmind.org/

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