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The traditional terminology is still used in some fee-paying schools in the United Kingdom and is commonly used in English-medium secondary schools in Hong Kong and Macau. [1] Publicly-funded secondary schools in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own standard terminologies for different educational stages, e.g. in England ...
Several pronunciation patterns contrast American and British English accents. The following lists a few common ones. Most American accents are rhotic, preserving the historical /r/ phoneme in all contexts, while most British accents of England and Wales are non-rhotic, only preserving this sound before vowels but dropping it in all other contexts; thus, farmer rhymes with llama for Brits but ...
The naming of school years in British (except Scotland) and American English Age range British English American English Name Alternative/old name Syllabus Name Alternative name Preschool (optional) 3–4 Nursery Playgroup Foundation Stage 1: Daycare: Primary school 4–5 Reception Infants reception Foundation Stage 2 Preschool Pre-K Elementary ...
The average British student scored 503.7, compared with the OECD average of 493. [8] In 2014, the country spent 6.6% of its GDP on all levels of education – 1.4 percentage points above the OECD average of 5.2%. [1] In 2017, 45.7% of British people aged 25 to 64 had attended some form of post-secondary education.
Endowed schools have a long history. The oldest, having been founded in 597 as a cathedral school, is King's School, Canterbury.Over time a group of the endowed schools became known as "public schools" to differentiate from private teaching by tutors and to indicate that they were open to the public regardless of religious beliefs, locality and social status. [4]
There was a further expansion in public school education in the interwar years. New schools such as Rendcomb (1920), Stowe (1923), Canford (1923), Bryanston (1928) and Millfield (1935) were established. [79] In 1942 the then President of the Board of Education Rab Butler appointed a Committee on Public Schools under the leadership of David Fleming.
In both British and American English, a person can make a decision; however, only in British English is the common variant take a decision also an option in a formal, serious, or official context. [38] The British often describe a person as tanned, where Americans would use tan. For instance, "she was tanned", rather than "she was tan". [39]
In contrast, private schools require tuition for each student that is enrolled, which can cost parents anywhere between $11,000–$16,000 per school year, depending on the specific institution. While the average cost of private school attendance from kindergarten through 4 years of postsecondary school can be up to $307,262.