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1.4 Further education. ... of Swindon in the English county of Wiltshire. State-funded schools. Primary schools. Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary ...
Appleford School, Shrewton; Compass Community School Athelstan Park, Westbury Compass Community School Wheatley Park, Rodbourne Cheney Coombe House School, Donhead St Mary The Eaves Learning Centre, Heywood
Primary school league tables were abolished in Wales in 2001; a Bristol University study indicated that this had caused a fall in standards in about 75% of schools. [7] Statutory testing for children finishing Key Stage 1 and 2 was introduced across England and Wales in 1989. [8] It was abolished in 2002 and 2005 respectively.
In Wales the councils of the counties and county boroughs are responsible for education. Since 5 May 2010, the terms local education authority and children's services authority have been repealed and replaced by the single term 'local authority' in both primary and secondary legislation.
Largely state-funded and freely accessible at a primary and secondary level, education is compulsory for children in Wales between ages 5-16 years old. It differs to some extent in structure and content to other parts of the United Kingdom, in the later case particularly in relation to the teaching of the Welsh language .
The following is a partial list of currently operating schools in Wales, United Kingdom. You may also find Category:Schools in Wales of use to find a particular school. See also the List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom.
Primary schools in Wiltshire (1 C, 1 P) Private schools in Wiltshire (1 C, 10 P) S. Schools in Salisbury (11 P) Schools in Wiltshire by type (3 C)
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