Primary School:
Primary education covers three stages – Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, and Key Stage 2.
- Foundation Stage: Reception (age 4 (optional)); grades 1-2 (ages 4-6)
- Key Stage 1 (grades 3-4, ages 6-8)
- Key Stage 2 (grades 5-7, ages 8-11)
Subjects in Primary School:
- Math,
- Literacy/English,
- World around us,
- PE – Physical Education,
- Music,
- Art,
- Religious Education (parents can refuse the latter by written statement),
- can also be (if the school has the resources): a foreign language (French, Spanish).
At the end of Key Stage 2 (grade 7, age 11), those students who want to enrol in grammar school, take the transfer test (called SEAG (“the Schools’ Entrance Assessment Group”) : https://seagni.co.uk/ ).
What do you need to get into primary school?
Birth certificate.
If you plan to enter the 1st grade and start studying on September 1 of the next year –
ENG:
https://www.eani.org.uk/parents/admissions
https://www.eani.org.uk/parents/admissions/search-admissions-criteria
Inspection reports – Primary Schools: https://www.etini.gov.uk/publications/type/inspectionreports/organisational/primary-16
Institution Search: http://apps.education-ni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/
UKR:
https://www-eani-org-uk.translate.goog/parents/admissions?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=uk&_x_tr_hl=en
Inspection reports – Secondary Schools: https://www-etini-gov-uk.translate.goog/publications/type/inspectionreports/organisational/primary-16?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=uk&_x_tr_hl=en
