Vocabulary
Academic exams and qualifications
Terms
Facts about British education
Miscellaneous
100

the type of school that teaches the skills you need to do a particular job

vocational school

100
a first university degree
bachelor
100

Can parents give their children lectures? What is the other meaning?

Yes. Academically it means an educational talk to an audience, especially to students in a university or college.

100
What percentage of children in Britain go to public schools?
less than 10%
100
the official British organization which deals with applications from students who want to study for a degree at a British university or college
UCAS the Universities and Colleges Admission Service
200

to stay away from school without permission

play truant

200

An examination that students in England and Wales take, usually when they are 18.

A levels

200
considered as the basic things that children must learn in school
the three R's
200
Most British children between the ages of eleven and sixteen go to ..... school
primary
200
a British university that teaches adult students mainly in their own homes by means of radio and television programmes and courses of study sent by mail
Open University
300
to do something very well, or much better than most people
excel at sth
300

an examination in a range of subjects, done by students in schools in England and Wales, usually at the age of 15 or 16

General Certificate of Secondary Education

300
a school type in Britain in which children of different abilities go to the same school and are taught together
comprehensive school
300
What proportion of 20-year-olds in England study a foreign language?
less than 15%
300
the universities of Oxford and Cambridge
Oxbridge
400
to officially force someone to leave a school
expel
400

What does SAT stand for?

Sholastic Aptitude Test

400
a system in which children are grouped according to their abilities
streaming
400
What are the hours of the typical school day in Britain?
9 a.m. to 4 p.m
400
How many institutions have university status in Britain
over 100
500
In Britain, a private school for children aged between 13 and 18, whose parents pay for their education.
public school
500
a university degree of the highest level
Doctorate
500
the land and buildings of a university or college, including the buildings where students live
campus
500
What is the word used to describe the act of submitting written work as your own when in reality it was written by someone else?
plagiarism
500

What is the name of the school whose vision was of a school where children would learn because they wanted to, not because they were forced to?

Summerhill

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