UK Education
US Education
University
Types of School
Education Vocabulary
100

Educational Institutions for 3/4 year olds

Nursery School

100

At what age does compulsory education end in most states?

16

100

The name for university in the USA

College

100

Name the 2 types of universities that exist in the UK

Public and Private

100

Verb: 

To ...... an exam. (After you have taken it successfully)

Pass

200

The school year is divided into 3...

Semesters

200

The school year is divided into 3...

Terms

200

People ages 18 and up learn in the educational stage.

Further/Tertiary Education

200

When you are taught by your parents or tutor at your house

Home schooling

200

If you do something wrong you are ....

punished

300

Another word for students

Pupils

300

After kindergarten how many years can you attend school for?

12

300

A Student who has finished their education is a...

Graduate

300

Name of the schools where you have to pay for your education

Private/Independent Schools

300

verb:

To ....... an exam (before passing it)

Take/sit

400

The final two years of compulsory education in England

Sixth-form

400

Name the 3 school levels

Elementary school, middle school, high school

400

The second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's fourth-oldest surviving university

University of Cambridge 

400

If you study in this type of school you don’t have to pay

State schools

400

To prepare for the exam, you reread all the books again

To revise

500

The person who is in charge of the school

Head Teacher

500

What are the different year groups called?

Grades

500

After graduating from University you get a...

Degree/diploma

500

The type of schools where you stay throughout the schooling year

Boarding School

500

To lose the right to attend your school for some kind of bad behavior e.g. cheating, fighting

To be expelled