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NORTHERN IRELAND EDUCATION SYSTEM – BY KEYSTAGETWO by Kaye McArdle
Below you’ll find information on the UK Education arrangements covering Northern Ireland. It includes national curriculum, grading and examination topics and finishes off with a link to Key Stage Two.com, a fun educational resource tool for children aged 7- 11.
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY (K-12) EDUCATION
More than 90% of students in the UK attend publicly-funded state schools and Northern Ireland sends 350,000 children to 1,300 state schools. Primary schools usually include both girls and boys as pupils. Secondary schools may be either single-sex or co-educational.
Education departments in England, Scotland and Wales fund schools through a Local Education Authority, but In Northern Ireland, schools are largely financed from public funds through five Education and Library Boards.
NATIONAL CURRICULUM IN NORTHERN IRELAND
By law, all children in Northern Ireland, children must begin their education at age 4. Education is mandatory, but school isn’t, therefore children can be educated at home while adhering to the National Curriculum. For children under age 5, publicly-funded nurseries and pre-schools are available for a limited number of hours each week. After the age of 16, students can attend sixth form colleges or other further education institutions. Both options offer general education courses in addition to more specific vocational or applied subjects.
The UK introduced a National Curriculum in 1992 and state schools are required to adhere to it until students reach age 16. The Education and Skills Act of 2008 raised the compulsory age to 18, effective in 2013 for 17 year-olds and in 2015 for 18 year-olds. (Independent schools are not obliged to adhere to the National Curriculum.)
The National Curriculum core subjects are:
English (Irish is also a core subject in Irish-speaking schools).
Mathematics.
Science.
Design and technology.
Information and communication technology.
History.
Geography.
Modern foreign languages.
Music.
Art and design.
Physical education.
Citizenship.
In addition to these core subjects are a number of other compulsory courses, such as religious education.
In Northern Ireland however, schools can develop additional curriculum elements to express their particular ethos and meet pupils’ individual needs and circumstances.
After five years of secondary education, students take examinations in a range of subjects at the level of General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE). The GCSE is a single-subject examination set and marked by independent examination boards. Students usually take up to ten (there is no upper or lower limit) GCSE examinations in different subjects, including mathematics and English language. Most job advertisements request that applicants hold at least five GCSE’s at grades A-C, to include Maths and English.
After taking GCSEs, students may leave secondary school; alternatively, they may choose to continue their education at vocational or technical colleges, or they may take a higher level of secondary school examinations known as AS-Levels after an additional year of study. Following two years of study, students may take Advanced Level (A-Level) examinations, which are required for university entrance in the UK.
For information on Northern Ireland’s examination policy, please visit the Council on Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment.
POST-SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Approximately 1.8 million students are enrolled in the UK higher education system; about one third of young people go on to higher education at age 18 and an increasing number of “mature” students are studying either full-time or part-time for university degrees. Undergraduate degrees take three years to complete in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, while at Scottish universities they last four years. At the graduate level, a master’s degree is normally earned in a single year, a research master’s degree takes two years and a doctoral degree is often completed in three years. Professional courses, such as medicine, veterinary medicine, law and teaching, usually are undertaken as five-year undergraduate degrees.
No matter what part of the world you live in, have you got a little one who is currently or soon to be, studying Key Stage Two Level education (typically aged 7-11)? If so, come and have a look at our website by clicking on the KeyStageTwo link on this page (below ‘About the Author’).
KeyStageTwo.com is currently working with schools across the British Isles to offer cost reducing benefits to schools across the UK. The system is currently working in over 35 schools, and is in talks with various government agencies to have the system installed on a national level within the UK.
It is a fun and interactive learning environment for designed specifically for KS2 pupils. It is game focused whereby kids play Buccaneers and Lobsters while learning, ensuring both academic and non-academic children benefit greatly. As a parent you pay just ten pounds per month by direct debit allowing you and your child full and unrestricted access to the ‘Online Learning’ system.
See you there!
About the Author
http://www.KeyStageTwo.com
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