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Qualified teacher status (QTS) or Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills status (QTLS) is required in England and Wales to work as a teacher of children in state schools under local authority control, and in special education schools. QTS is not required at academies, free schools or independent schools.
Prep (preparatory) schools (also known as private schools) educate younger children up to the age of 13 to prepare them for entry to the public schools and other secondary schools. In 2023, the Independent Schools Council reports that private schools contribute £16.5 billion to gross value added (GVA) in Britain. [2]
Teaching is an unusual profession in that it does not have one leading union, but has many different ones, often with differing aims. Having said that, the NEU and NASUWT jointly represent the vast majority of teachers in England and Wales , while the EIS represents the majority of teachers in Scotland .
The Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS, formerly Independent Association of Preparatory Schools) is a schools association, representing more than 660 preparatory schools. [1] The majority of IAPS' schools are in the UK, with other locations including Africa, the Middle East, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
State funded selective schools Fee paying independent schools Early Years: Nursery (or Pre-School) None, though individual schools may set end of year tests. 3 to 4: Primary Lower Infant: Various 'gifted and talented' programmes within state and independent schools. [24] Pre-preparatory Reception (or Foundation) 4 to 5 KS1: Year 1: 5 to 6 Year ...
The Independent Schools Association (ISA) is the registered charity that represents the Heads of 660 of the UK’s independent schools. [1] Founded in 1878, ISA is one of the oldest of the organisations for the heads of independent schools. [1] [2]
Until 1870 all schools were charitable or private institutions, but in that year the Elementary Education Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75) permitted local governments to complement the existing elementary schools, to fill up any gaps. The Education Act 1902 allowed local authorities to create
Many are represented by the Independent Schools Council (ISC), while around 300 independent senior schools are represented by the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), although both bodies also represent schools outside England and the United Kingdom. This is a list of notable independent schools in England that are currently ...