Presentation Schools & Education in - England - Germany

Facts about Education in Germany School education is free Generally it lasts for years The system of education has 3 parts

Children between the ages of 3 and 6 attend Kindergärten, which are not part of the school system When children reach 6 years old age they go in so-called Grundschule. Fist level (part) of secondary education begins with division in schools by abilities.

There are four options for secondary schooling: Hauptschule (the least academic, much like a modernized Volksschule [elementary school]) until grade nine (with Hauptschulabschluss and in some cases Mittlere Reife = Realschulabschuss as exit exam); in some States of Germany the Hauptschule does not exist and pupils are mainstreamed into a Mittelschule or Regionale Schule instead. Realschule until grade ten (with Mittlere Reife (Realschulabschluss) as exit exam); Gymnasium (grammar school) until grade 12 or 13 (with Abitur as exit exam, qualifying for university); and Gesamtschule (comprehensive school) After successfully passing through any of the above schools, pupils can start a career with an apprenticeship in the Berufsschule (vocational school). Hauptschule VolksschuleHauptschulabschlussMittelschuleRegionale Schule RealschuleMittlere Reife Gymnasium GesamtschuleBerufsschule

GradeAge School level (Berlin) School level (Rest of Germany) 16/7 primary 27/8 38/9 49/10 510/11 secondary, part I 611/12 712/13 secondary, part I 813/14 914/ /16 secondary, part II 1116/ /18 (13)(18/19)

Facts about Education in England Nearly 90% of state-funded secondary schools are specialist schoolsspecialist schools State-run schools and colleges are financed through national taxationtaxation

All maintained schools in England are required to follow the National Curriculum, which is made up of twelve subjects.The core subjects English, Mathematics and Scienceare compulsory for all students aged 5 to 16.National Curriculum EnglishMathematicsScience

Since 1998, there have been 4 main types of maintained school in England: community schools (formerly county schools) St Barnabas Church of England Primary School, Oxford; voluntary controlled schools which are almost always church schools; voluntary aided schools linked to a variety of organisations; community schools voluntary controlled schools voluntary aided schools

Sir Peter NewsamSir Peter Newsam, Chief Schools Adjudicator 1999–2002, has argued that English schools can be divided into 8 types (with some overlap), based on the ability range of their intake: - "super-selective - "selective" - "comprehensive (plus)" - comprehensive - "comprehensive (minus)" - secondary modern - "secondary modern (minus)" - "sub-secondary modern"secondary modern