Chapter 14: Education

What percentage of children in Britain go to public schools?

• more than 90%
• about 50%
• less than 10%

What percentage of children in Britain go to independent schools?

• more than 90%
• about 50%
• less than 10%

What proportion of 17-year-olds in England study a foreign language?

• more than 90%
• about 50%
• less than 10%

What proportion of 20-year-olds in England study at university?

• more than 65%
• about 35%
• less than 15%

Most British children between the ages of five and eleven go to......schools.

• junior
• prep
• primary

Most British children between the ages of eleven and sixteen go to......schools.

• comprehensive
• grammar
• technical

At which of these places could you not study for A-levels?

• further education college
• sixth form college
• grade school

What is the typical number of subjects studied at school by students in their second year of A-levels?

• one
• three
• five

What kind of qualification does a student who completes a course of undergraduate university study in Physics normally get?

• Cert. Phys
• DipSc
• BSc

Which of these schools in the odd one out (different from the others)?

• Eton
• Harrow
• Summerhill