Structure of the Education System
Alternatives - Evaluation
Primary Secondary Further and Higher
Main schooling 5-11 (Nursery) 11-16 (18) College
- Before: Comprehensives FE Colleges
Pre-school (3) University (18)
Private Nursery You can get a 1st,
Both are by choice 2.1, 2.2, 3rd, Fail
Non-State Independent - any Private - Public - Top
Pros Cons school not Fee-paying school fee-paying school
government (£46,000/year per
- More focus; 1-to-1 - Things happening controlled/funded student)
learning around you in the
- Flexible timetables. home Selective/11+ Sit 11+ exam (IQ Grammar schools
- Free to take - Social skills system Test) Secondary
appropriate breaks depreciate Moderns
drastically. No social
interaction
There are also key stages (age related stages); 1-5.
1-3 are years R-9 with SATS and transitioning to GCSES, 4 is years
Education 4.1.1 10-11 with GCSES and 5 is years 12-13 with A-levels/BTEC.
- Introduction
Alternatives Alternatives - Summerhill
Alternatives How is it different? Summerhill is a school (independent boarding school) in Suffolk. It was
founded in 1921 and has the belief that the school should be made to
fit the child, rather than the child obliging to the standard rules of the
Home schooling Environment; peers don’t exist. More 1-to-1 school.
learning - increased focus
The school is run as a democratic community and the running of this school is
SEN Behavioural, physical or mental needs conducted through meetings.
Anyone in the school, staff or pupil, can attend all of the meetings with an equal vote.
‘Summerhill’ Curriculum is fundamentals with freedom.
Members of the Summerhill community are able to do anything they want as long as it
doesn’t interfere with or harm anyone else.
Performing Arts school Targets a certain field/topic
This freedom also includes the pupils to have the freedom to choose what lessons
they attend (if any).
- Deschooling
The belief that schools and other learning institutions are incapable of providing the
best possible education for some/most individuals. With boarding fees of £3,000-£5,000 a term, depending on age, with no bursaries, it is
beyond the means of most parents. Alas it pays for a very different education.
- Home education
(Out of 9.5 million pupils): In 2015, 37,000 children were homeschooled.
In 2022, 80,900 children were homeschooled.
Alternatives - Evaluation
Primary Secondary Further and Higher
Main schooling 5-11 (Nursery) 11-16 (18) College
- Before: Comprehensives FE Colleges
Pre-school (3) University (18)
Private Nursery You can get a 1st,
Both are by choice 2.1, 2.2, 3rd, Fail
Non-State Independent - any Private - Public - Top
Pros Cons school not Fee-paying school fee-paying school
government (£46,000/year per
- More focus; 1-to-1 - Things happening controlled/funded student)
learning around you in the
- Flexible timetables. home Selective/11+ Sit 11+ exam (IQ Grammar schools
- Free to take - Social skills system Test) Secondary
appropriate breaks depreciate Moderns
drastically. No social
interaction
There are also key stages (age related stages); 1-5.
1-3 are years R-9 with SATS and transitioning to GCSES, 4 is years
Education 4.1.1 10-11 with GCSES and 5 is years 12-13 with A-levels/BTEC.
- Introduction
Alternatives Alternatives - Summerhill
Alternatives How is it different? Summerhill is a school (independent boarding school) in Suffolk. It was
founded in 1921 and has the belief that the school should be made to
fit the child, rather than the child obliging to the standard rules of the
Home schooling Environment; peers don’t exist. More 1-to-1 school.
learning - increased focus
The school is run as a democratic community and the running of this school is
SEN Behavioural, physical or mental needs conducted through meetings.
Anyone in the school, staff or pupil, can attend all of the meetings with an equal vote.
‘Summerhill’ Curriculum is fundamentals with freedom.
Members of the Summerhill community are able to do anything they want as long as it
doesn’t interfere with or harm anyone else.
Performing Arts school Targets a certain field/topic
This freedom also includes the pupils to have the freedom to choose what lessons
they attend (if any).
- Deschooling
The belief that schools and other learning institutions are incapable of providing the
best possible education for some/most individuals. With boarding fees of £3,000-£5,000 a term, depending on age, with no bursaries, it is
beyond the means of most parents. Alas it pays for a very different education.
- Home education
(Out of 9.5 million pupils): In 2015, 37,000 children were homeschooled.
In 2022, 80,900 children were homeschooled.
