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  • Whats the meaning of all the kind of schools in the UK Prep school? Independant school? Infant? Junior? Sixth Form? Were my husband and I are from there is public schools (which are STATE schools) Private schools, and religious schools, but i cant work out which is which in the UK!

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    Prep (short for preparatory) is a private school that prepares pupils for public school (public schools in UK are private (confusing isn't it? Independent schools are schools which are not run by local authorities but by independent boards of governors. Infant schools usually refers to 5/6 years old and in most cases are the lower two classes in a primary school Junior schools take pupils up to the age of 16 Sixth form is the last year of school education where pupils will be 17/18 years old. All that has to be worth 10 points surely! .

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No you got it all wrong In the united Kingdom, the public schools are the original "Private schools" and therefore could not be state schools Eton is a public school Westminster is a Public school Etc... A Preparatory school (prep school) is a private school that is designed to make sure that their pupils pass the age 13 common entrance exams. It's like primary school. An independant school is a private school that does not get government funding. It is the next stage after A Prep school Like secondary school. Oh and Infant school is Primary school. It should not be confused with Pre school etc. It covers the ages 4-7 years of age Junior school is also part of a Primary school and it covers from 5 and 11 depending on the age of your child. Sixth form is Upper secondary school. It ranges from16-18 years of age and you take your A levels to get into University or a Job All of which are Uk terms I hope this helped you.

Strike Off

not sure about prep school or independant school but infants are up to age 7-8, (or up to year 3), then you go to juniors which is up to 10-11 (or year 6) then you go to secondary school from 11-16 and sixth form is after that. It is years 12 and 13

Alyss

well prep school is just like nursery independant school is the second year of nursery i think infants is years 1+2 juniors is 3-6 and sixth form - well thats when you get to secondary school - when ur 17+18 - in years 12+13

Princess P.x

Its different in Scotland compared to England. We have primary school which is age4/5 to 11. Then Secondary school which is 11 to 16/18

Gem*

Prep is nursery, or pre k independent - private public - private infant - Key stage 1 and foundation stage (nursery up to year 2 - age 6/7) junior - key stage 2 - age 7-11 (years 3-6) sixth form - post GCSE (A levels, AS levels - non compulsory)

wish

i dont know but the confusion i had was that a public school in the UK = private school in US, and that a public school US is a state school UK.......

gym

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