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The UK system is unique for selecting kids at a very early age. At 11, kids take a test to enter super selective public schools: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr
by pesenti 13y ago
The UK system is unique for selecting kids at a very early age. At 11, kids take a test to enter super selective public schools: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar_school http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar_school. In some parts of UK only 2% of the 11 year old make it in. For those who don't make it, their only chance to go to top universities is to pay for expensive private school.
- jgranby 13y agoNot quite. Comprehensive (non-selective) schools are the norm and have been for many years. Grammar schools only remain in very few areas, where the local authority has chosen to keep them. For the majority of the country, there isn't a local grammar school.
- pesenti 13y agoYou are right. I should have written "Part of the UK system". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_grammar_schools_in_England http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_grammar_schools_in_Engl.... But the point remains.