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  2. Education in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Kilmarnock Academy is the only school in Scotland to have educated two Nobel Prize Laureates [36] [37] Secondary education is provided by secondary schools throughout Scotland, both in the state and independent sector. The vast majority of schools in the state sector are administered directly by the local Education Authority, which is ...

  3. Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework - Wikipedia

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    Obtaining a qualification will require a certain number of credit points of study to have been obtained. Each credit is equivalent to a notional 10 hours of study. The Scottish credit point requirements can be converted into European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) credit points as follows, or by simply halving the Scottish ...

  4. Secondary education in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    State School Year Ages Curriculum Final exam Pre-school: Nursery: Ages 3 to 4: Early learning: None, schools may set end of year tests. Primary School: Primary 1: Ages 4–5 or 5–6: Broad general education: SNSAs (P1) Primary 2: Ages 5–6 or 6–7: None, schools may set end of year tests. Primary 3: Ages 6–7 or 7-8 Primary 4: Ages 7–8 or ...

  5. Education in Scotland in the twentieth century - Wikipedia

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    English universities increased the numbers of students registered between 1924 and 1927 by 19 per cent, but in Scotland the number of full-time students fell from 10,400 in 1924 to 9,900 in 1937. In the same period, while expenditure in English universities rose by 90 per cent, in Scotland the increase was less than a third of that figure. [8]

  6. Scottish Qualifications Authority - Wikipedia

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    SQA is best known for the delivery of the annual diet of public examinations within Scotland for school pupils. SQA Higher examinations are the general acceptable level for entry to university, with Scottish universities usually requesting a minimum of 3 Highers, all above C level. However, a greater number of candidates of all ages participate ...

  7. Universal Credit - Wikipedia

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    Logo. Universal Credit is a United Kingdom based social security payment. It is means-tested and is replacing and combining six benefits, for working-age households with a low income: income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), and Income Support; Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Working Tax Credit (WTC); and Housing Benefit.

  8. List of state schools in Scotland (council areas excluding ...

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    The following is a partial list of currently operating state schools in the unitary council areas of Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire and Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, United Kingdom. You may also find Category:Schools in Scotland of use to find a particular school.

  9. Scottish Council of Independent Schools - Wikipedia

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    As of 2016, there were 29,647 pupils in SCIS independent schools. [6] 1,455 of those children are in nurseries, 10,416 pupils are in primary schools and 17,786 are in senior schools. The overall number of boarding school pupils in Scotland in 2013 was 3,072. A SCIS sub-brand, Scotland's Boarding Schools, [7] details the boarding sector in Scotland.