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  2. Education in England - Wikipedia

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    England also has private schools (some of which are known as public schools) and home education; legally, parents may choose to educate their children by any suitable means. The state-funded compulsory school system is divided into Key Stages, based upon the student's age by August 31.

  3. Education in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Education in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter, with each of the countries of the United Kingdom having separate systems under separate governments. The UK Government is responsible for England, whilst the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive are responsible for Scotland, [6] Wales [7] and Northern Ireland, respectively.

  4. Lists of schools in England - Wikipedia

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    The schools in England are organised into local education authorities.There are 150 local education authorities in England organised into nine larger regions. [1] According to the Schools Census, there were 3,408 [2] maintained government secondary schools in England in 2017.

  5. Public school (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    The playing fields of Rugby School, 1567, reestablished 1828.The rules of rugby football were codified here in 1845.. A public school in England and Wales is a type of fee-charging private school [1] originally for older boys.

  6. Three-tier education - Wikipedia

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    References to middle schools in publications of the UK Government date back to 1856, and the educational reports of William Henry Hadow mention the concept. [6] It was not until 1963 that a local authority, the West Riding of Yorkshire, first proposed to introduce a middle-school system, with schools spanning ages 5–9, 9–13 and 13–18; [7] one source suggests that the system was ...

  7. History of education in England - Wikipedia

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    The history of education in England is documented from Saxon settlement of England, and the setting up of the first cathedral schools in 597 and 604.. Education in England remained closely linked to religious institutions until the nineteenth century, although charity schools and "free grammar schools", which were open to children of any religious beliefs, became more common in the early ...

  8. Education administration in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Education Act 1944 changed the system of education in England by forming the Tripartite System wherein secondary schools were mandated in one of four forms (Grammar, Comprehensive, Secondary Modern, and Secondary Technical schools), and renamed the Board of Education to the Ministry of Education.

  9. State-funded schools (England) - Wikipedia

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    Free schools, introduced by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition following the 2010 general election, are newly established schools in England set up by parents, teachers, universities, charities or businesses, where there is a perceived local need for more schools. They are funded by taxpayers, are academically non-selective and free to ...