British Schools Explained - Anglophenia Ep 25

How much do you know about the U.K.'s education system? Siobhan Thompson teaches you the basics. Study up!

[immieb]

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

[ljzyhem]

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)

[Sanneonedirection]

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

[shelly]

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. 😀

[cameronmckay]

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

[caitlinxx]

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

[anya]

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

[tiny_boi]

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.

[Angie-qfoz]

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

[AlbanZap]

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.

[tal]

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

[HDxEXoThERMiA]

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

[Connelly]

*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.

[ValStartaker]

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.

[puddleduck]

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

[maddiereynolds]

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

[criskity]

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

[kennethfalconer]

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'?

[MarmaladeStex]

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!".

[ellesreviews]

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