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After the Protestant party became dominant in 1560, the First Book of Discipline set out a plan for a school in every parish, but this proved financially impossible. In the burghs the existing schools were largely maintained, with the song schools and a number of new foundations becoming reformed grammar schools or ordinary parish schools.
In 1895, 50,000 teachers were working within the Church of Scotland in these schools [12] and 60 per cent of children aged 5–15 in Glasgow were enrolled on their books. [13] From the 1830s and 1840s there were also mission schools , ragged schools , Bible societies and improvement classes, open to members of all forms of Protestantism and ...
The history of education in Scotland in its modern sense of organised and institutional learning, began in the Middle Ages, when Church choir schools and grammar schools began educating boys. By the end of the 15th century schools were also being organised for girls and universities were founded at St Andrews , Glasgow and Aberdeen .
The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 and the abolition of school fees in 1890 meant there was a state-funded, national system of compulsory free basic education with common examinations. The Education (Scotland) Act 1918 introduced the principle of universal free secondary education, brought the Roman Catholic schools into the state system, and ...
Scottish education in the eighteenth century concerns all forms of education, including schools, universities and informal instruction, in Scotland in the eighteenth century. At the beginning of the period there was a largely complete network of parish schools in the Lowlands, although there were gaps in provision in the Highlands.
After the Protestant party became dominant in 1560, the First Book of Discipline set out a plan for a school in every parish, but this proved financially impossible. [17] In the burghs the existing schools were largely maintained, with the song schools and a number of new foundations becoming reformed grammar schools or ordinary parish schools.
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State School Year Ages Curriculum Final exam Pre-school: Nursery: Ages 3 to 4: Early learning: None, schools may set end of year tests. Primary School: Primary 1: Ages 4–5 or 5–6: Broad general education: SNSAs (P1) Primary 2: Ages 5–6 or 6–7: None, schools may set end of year tests. Primary 3: Ages 6–7 or 7-8 Primary 4: Ages 7–8 or ...