Insight UK. Education and Training (FCO, 2001).pdf

INSIGHT UK

Education

and Training

John Knox (1505–72) leader of

Protestant Reformation in

Scotland. Demands that schools be

established in every parish.

‘To give everyone the chance, through education, training

and work, to realise their full potential and thus build an

inclusive and fair society and a competitive economy.’

Aims Statement – Department for Education and Skills

John Locke (1632–1704)

philosopher. Writes Some Thoughts

Concerning Education in 1693.

‘No person shall be denied the right

to an education.’

Thomas Arnold (1795–1842)

Headmaster of Rugby School.

Reforms the public school system.

Article 2 of Protocol 1, Human Rights Act 2000

Frances Mary Buss (1827–94)

Founds the North London

Collegiate School for Ladies.

EDUCATION STRUCTURE

The education system is broadly similar in England, Wales and Northern

Ireland. Scotland has its own laws and practices. Instead of GCSEs and

A Levels, students take Standard Grades and Highers. There is a Scottish

Vocational Qualification (SVQ), similar to the National Vocational

Qualification (NVQ) in the rest of the UK.

Robert Morant (1863–1920)

Prominent in framing the 1902

Education Act which established

local education authorities and the

first state owned secondary schools.

Total government expenditure on education in 2000/01

was 4.8% of GDP and is planned to rise to 5.3% by 2004.

A.S. Neill (1883–1973) Founds

the progressive school Summerhill.

State funded schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are

responsible for managing 85p in every £1 they receive.

Susan Isaacs (1885–1948) Child

Psychologist. Challenges existing

notions of child development.

80 per cent of teachers take the post-graduate route to a teaching

qualification.

Only one in seven people enrolling on primary teaching courses is male.

R.A. Butler (1902–82) Politician.

Champions the 1944 Education

Act which provides secondary

education for all.

Education in England, Scotland and Wales is compulsory between the ages of

5 and 16 and between ages 4 and 16 in Northern Ireland.

Seven in ten students stay in education after their 16th birthday.

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State schools in England,

Wales and Northern

Ireland are expected to

follow a national

curriculum. It lays down:

SCHOOLS and PUPILS

School Pupil Totals – by type of school 1998/99 (in thousands)

Public Sector Schools:

Nursery 144

Primary 5,338

Secondary

• Comprehensive – generally non-selective state schools – 3,277

• Grammar – receive public funds but student must pass 11-plus exam to gain

entry – 204

• Modern – state schools in areas where Grammar Schools still exist – 94

• Other 283

TOTAL - PUBLIC SECTOR SCHOOLS - 9,340,000

Independent schools 618

Special schools 114

Referral Units 9

• what subjects should

be taught

• what should be studied

• what standards should be

achieved

Pupils’ time at schools is divided

into Key Stages, at the end of

which they are tested to see

what attainment levels they

have achieved.

TOTAL - ALL SCHOOLS - 10,081,000

Age

5–7 Key Stage One

7–11 Key Stage Two

11–14 Key Stage Three

14–16 Key Stage Four

Attainment at Key Stage Three

(2000) – students reaching or

exceeding expected standards:

English: boys 56%; girls 73%

Mathematics: boys 65%; girls 68%

There are 2,400 independent

schools in England. They educate

seven in every hundred children.

Average primary school class sizes

in England 1999/2000: 26.9.

At all Key Stages English,

mathematics, science,

technology, physical education

and religious education (and

Welsh in Wales) are taught. At

stages 1–3 history, geography,

art and music are also

compulsory.

Science: boys 60%; girls 63%

Average teacher/pupil ratios

in England in 1998 – 22:1

In Scotland, guidelines on

the curriculum provide a

framework for schools.

Average government expenditure

per head of pupil population

(expressed in $US) – $4,609

(compared to US figure $5,273)

In January 1999 nine in

ten pupils were attending

state schools.

The average number of

computers in schools (1998/99)

PRIMARY: 16

SECONDARY: 101

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400,000 school children

do not eat breakfast

before school.

Since its creation in 1956,

two million school pupils

have participated in

The Duke of Edinburgh

Awards Scheme. Students

undertake a variety of

challenges to achieve

either bronze, silver or

gold Award standard.

HIGHER

EDUCATION

The average weight of a British

school child’s satchel is 5.5 kilos.

Around one-third of young people in

England and Wales, almost half in

Scotland and over two-fifths in

Northern Ireland continue in

education at a more advanced level

beyond age 18.

One in four pupils aged 14–15

take only the minimum amount of

exercise as recommended by the

Government.

FURTHER

EDUCATION

‘You can select whichever place

you feel is best for the course you

want to do, as well as the part of

the country you want to be in.

But you must have the right

A Level grades.’

TIM (age 17) – Shrewsbury, Shropshire

M ISTRESS P AGE :

‘How now, Sir Hugh,

no school today?’

1998 – seven in ten

people aged between

16 and 18 were in

full-time education

– up 12% in ten years.

E VANS :

‘No. Master Slender is let

the boys leave to play.’

Shakespeare: The Merry Wives

of Windsor Act IV Scene 1

Over 50% of higher

education students are

aged over 25 and many

study part-time.

In 1998/99 – 2,254,000 people

in further education.

The WIDER

CURRICULUM

Young people are involved in a

wide range of extra-curricular

activities designed to boost their

self-confidence, their personal

skills and commitment to the

community.

Most courses are available full-

time, part-time or by distance

learning.

1990/91 – grants start to be

replaced by student loans. The

maximum loan in 2000/01 was

£4,590 (England and Wales).

The child of parents in a

profession (lawyer, accountant,

etc) is over twice as likely to

continue into further

education as the national

average. Only one in ten

children of parents in unskilled

work is likely to stay on in full-

time education post-16.

May 2000 – 35.2% of

people graduate from

university with a degree

compared to under

20% ten years ago.

Youth Clubs UK is a network

linking 7,000 clubs and over

650,000 young people. It promotes

learning through its own Youth

Achievement Awards scheme.

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

FRONT COVER IMAGES

TRAINING

Sources

100 Questions Answered

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Education & Training In Britain

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

The Guardian archives at

www.guardianunlimited.com

Human Rights Impact

The Citizenship Foundation

The Times Educational Supplement

archives at

www.tes.co.uk

UK Datafile

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Young People In Britain

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

EduWeb website:

www.eduweb.co.uk

Department for Education and Skills

www.dfes.gov.uk

Britain 2001

The Stationery Office

Training initiatives supported by the Government:

Foundation Modern

Apprenticeships

similar to Advanced

Modern Apprenticeships

but aimed at people in

need of basic skills –

NVQ/SQV Level 1

Advanced Modern

Apprenticeships

aimed at 16- to 17-year-

olds enable them to train

up to a NVQ/SVQ Level 3

in all major sectors of

industry

Other Training

flexible approaches to

offering training to young

people already in work –

can occur at work, in

colleges or elsewhere

Introduced

1998

Replaced Youth

Training – 1998

Numbers

involved

1998/99

30,400

134,600

3,120,500

LIFELONG

LEARNING

INTERNATIONAL

– The WIDER

PERSPECTIVE

Half a million

part-time students

in the UK.

The European

Union schemes:

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Telephone: 020 7270 1500 Internet address: www.fco.gov.uk/

Socrates – fosters partnerships and

language skills for school and

higher education students.

Individual Learning Accounts

will encourage people to seek

education and training

throughout their lives.

Details of other FCO publications are available from

www.informationfrombritain.com

Leonardo da Vinci – promotes

vocational training, business links.

Written by Jerome Monahan

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By July 2001 over

1,200,000 people had

opened ILAs.

Youth for Europe III – community

and voluntary work exchanges.

April 2001 Order No: 1046

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