Образование в Великобритании

In England and Wales compulsory school begins at the age of five, but before that age children can go to a nursery school, also called play school. School is compulsory till the children are sixteen old. In Primary School and first school children learn to read and write and the basis of arithmetic. In the higher classes of Primary School (or in middle school) children learn geography, history, religion and foreign language. Then children go to the Secondary school. When students are sixteen years old they may take an exam in various subjects in order to have a qualification.