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UK Education » Schools in UK » Secondary Schools in UK
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Secondary Schools in UK |
Secondary schools in UK are generally comprehensive except in a few areas that retain a form of the previous selective system i.e. Tripartite System with students selected for grammar school by the eleven plus exam.
Specialist secondary schools in UK may also select up to 10% of their intake for aptitude in the specialization. From age 11 to 16, students enter secondary school in UK for key stages three and four and to start their move towards taking the GCSE's. GCSE is the abbreviation for the General Certificate of Secondary Education.
This qualification is usually gained in 5 to 8 subjects at the age of 16, when compulsory school education comes to an end. After obtaining their GCSEs, pupils have various educational paths they can follow up to the age of 18. Primary and secondary education is mandatory in the UK; after age 16, education is optional.
In UK secondary schools, Secondary education is characterized by transition from the typically compulsory, comprehensive primary education for minors to the optional, selective tertiary, "post-secondary" or "higher" education.
Prominent Secondary Schools of UK
Now here we will be discussing about some prominent secondary schools of UK. Adcote School for Girls, Ashbourne College, Dartford Grammar School, Kilgraston School, King William's College, King's College (Taunton), Marymount International School, Queen Ethelburga's College and Shrewsbury Education Service are some of the top secondary schools of UK.
List of secondary schools in UK
Here we present the list of all secondary schools in UK that also includes top secondary schools in UK. The list of secondary schools in UK is organized by country:
- List of secondary schools in England
- List of secondary schools in Northern Ireland
- List of secondary schools in Scotland
- List of secondary schools in Wales
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