[Prep2]_Culture: The Secondary Education in UK | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Passing high-level exams at age 17 and 18 is necessary for university entrance.

True

The school year in England and Wales runs from September to July.

True

Comprehensive schools only accept students with very high academic abilities.

False

All students are required to study English and maths at GCSE level.

True

At age 14, students choose the subjects they wish to study for their national exams.

True

Students can only choose traditional subjects like languages and sciences for their additional exams.

False

In Northern Ireland, the school year ends in July.

False

The average school day at a secondary school is from 8.45 am to 3.30 pm.

True

Short holidays occur in the middle of each term throughout the UK.

True

The summer holiday is generally six weeks long in Northern Ireland.

False

Students typically enter the sixth form when they are 17 years old.

True

In Scotland, the exams taken in the second year of the final stage are called Advanced Highers.

True

In the UK, children typically attend secondary school between the ages of 11 and 16.

True

In the rest of the UK, students study four subjects at A level in their first year of sixth form.

False

In Scotland, secondary schools are referred to as grammar schools.

False

British secondary school students are rarely required to wear a uniform.

False