3.1 Primary education

Primary education covers the first two stages. Children are usually grouped in age classes. All subjects пре¬подает one teacher. The lesson lasts from 15 to 45 min. After a study okonchakniya children don't pass examinations and don't receive certificates on the termination of educational institution.

At elementary school the main time is devoted to studying of angkliysky language (40% of school hours), 15% the physical training occupies, about 12% — manual skills and art, other hours are distributed between lessons of arithmetics, history, a geograkfiya, natural study and religion.

3.2 Secondary education

In system of secondary education of Great Britain two main types of schools are allocated: grammatical and objediknenny (except them also technical and modern high schools function). The most mass type of schools are integrated, In them about 90% of pupils of England are trained. In the connect school graduates of elementary schools with the various umkstvenny level of abilities and opportunities accept.

The high joint schools can be organized differently: the joint full high schools for children from 11 to 18 years; intermediate schools where pupils pass in the high joint school at the age of 12, 13 or 14 years, finishing it in 16 or 18 years; schools for age group since 11 or 12 - 16 years united with so-called "the sixth class".

The joint schools were organized for the purpose of creation of equal opportunities for education. They had to provide coeducation of pupils with various abilities, interests and opportunities.

However actually at many joint schools streams or the offices based on selective selection of pupils remained.

At grammatical schools the general senior secondary education is given and preparation of pupils for an obukcheniye in higher educational institutions is carried out. Study at grammatical schools is under construction by the principle of the differentsikrovanny curriculum. After the termination of the 5th class about 60% of the pupils who passed examinations and have received the general certificate on education at usual level, leave school. Other 40% continue training by separate curricula in a biennial of the 6th клас¬се which is final.

Small group of schools of direct subsidizing distinguish from numerous group of uniform high schools in England with the Ministry of Education and Science and private schools.

Among the last special value have so-called "pablik skulz", graduates whom arrive in the most prestigious universities and hold subsequently high posts in political and economic hierarchy of the British society.

Academic year begins in September and comes to an end at the end of July. Its duration — 40 weeks. It is divided into trimesters, educational week — five-day.

So far in Great Britain there were no uniform school programs and textbooks. Development of training programs was a prerogative of directors and starkshy teachers of schools. However according to the Law on education (1986) teachers have to coordinate training programs with local educational bodies.

But today, reforms in educational policy concerned after all school programs. It belongs first of all to the joint schools. About a half of school hours in this educational institution is taken away on a so-called kernel – obligatory for all basic disciplines Other half of school hours is occupied with obligatory subjects of a choice which are offered in the form of "packages", each of which contains some courses of the humanitarian, natural-science or mathematical contents.

Final examinations at high school are carried out to two stages: on reaching an obligatory shkolkny age minimum — 16 years and in 18 years.

The general certificate on the education received by graduates of schools, raskschitano in general on the pupils, accepting to continue education at institutes. Bolkshinstvo's graduates receive the certificate on secondary education, the General certificate on education has two levels — usual (About) and lifted (And).