education Archives - British Slang Dictionary

Grammar Schools

Grammar schools are state-funded secondary schools that select their pupils by academic ability, tested by an exam taken at the…

British universities differ from American ones in almost every structural respect: length, cost, admission, and what a student actually studies.…

British secondary education is built around two sets of national examinations. They determine what you study next, where you go…

British boarding schools are fee-paying schools where pupils live at the school during term and go home for holidays and…

Eton College is a boys' boarding school on the Thames opposite Windsor Castle, founded by Henry VI in 1440. It…

The British education system differs from the American one in structure, vocabulary and — most significantly — in how early…