BRITISH SCHOOLCHILDREN’S ORGANIZATION OF EDUCATION

Abstract

The article deals with the organization of education of schoolchildren in the United Kingdom. The basic documents dealing with the organization of training in British schools are investigated. Curriculum was found to be the main document regulating the work of British schools. The article describes the curriculum and its goals. The key stages of education have been identified and analyzed. We defined the correlation between years of study and key stages of education, the periodization of school education in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, schooling is compulsory for all children between the ages of 5 and 16. Stages of study were first introduced into the British Curriculum by the Education Reform Act in 1988. It has been noted that the national curriculum of England, Wales and Northern Ireland consists of core subjects and basic subjects. In Scotland, there are no key stages of education, and there is a structure of primary and secondary education that is divided into primary and secondary education cycles. The types of exams and tests that make up students in schools at different key stages are distinguished. The main timetable requirements are laid down in the national curriculum. Schedule and school regime are standardized at the level of local education authorities. The article identifies that the school year is divided into three semesters; after each semester, there are vacations, each academic year provides a test for the transition to another stage. Finally, the paper characterizes the common and distinctive features of the organization of the educational process in schools in different territorial units of the UK.