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United Kingdom

United Kingdom Education Stats

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The United Kingdom has a well structured education system and boasts a 99% literacy rate among both men and women. The education system is divided into four distinct sections or stages. These are primary, secondary, further and higher education. Students in the UK legally attend school between ages 5 and 16, which is primary to secondary years. Further and higher education occur thereafter.

These are further broken down into Key Stages 1 – 5. Primary education consists of Key Stages 1 and 2 while secondary education is made up of Key Stages 4 and 5. Further education is referred to as Key Stage 5 and incorporates community colleges and the sixth form or grades 12 and 13.

Students are formally assessed at the end of each Key Stage. However, the most important assessment is the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) which occurs at the end of secondary school.

Examinations or qualifications which can be gained in Further Education are A-Levels, GNVQs, BTECs.

The final stage is higher education. Some 50% of students in the UK usually matriculate into higher education or universities.

Definitions

  • Average years of schooling of adults: Average years of schooling of adults is the years of formal schooling received, on average, by adults over age 15. (Data Source: Barro-Lee Data Set www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/ddbarle2.htm)
  • Child care (preschool) > Duration: Number of years students study at the pre-primary (preschool) level. It should be noted that not all countries require pre-primary education.
  • Child care (preschool) > Starting age: Average age at which students begin pre-primary (preschool) education.
  • Child care (preschool) > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for pre-primary (preschool) education.
  • Children out of school > Primary: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
  • Children out of school, primary: Children out of school, primary. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Total is the total number of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools.
  • Children out of school, primary per 1000: Children out of school, primary. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Total is the total number of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Children out of school, primary, female: Children out of school, primary, female. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Female is the total number of female primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools.
  • Children out of school, primary, female per 1000: Children out of school, primary, female. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Female is the total number of female primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Children out of school, primary, male: Children out of school, primary, male. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Male is the total number of male primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools.
  • Children out of school, primary, male per 1000: Children out of school, primary, male. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Male is the total number of male primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • College and university > Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for college and university enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
  • College and university > Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment is the percentage of men to women enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.
  • College and university > Private school share: Percentage of post-secondary students who attend a private school, college, or university.
  • College and university > Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to post-secondary education.
  • College and university > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female: Percentage of country's college and university professors that are female.
  • Compulsary education duration: Number of years students are required to be enrolled in school for all levels of education. For instance, compulsary education lasts for 12 years in the United States.
  • Compulsary education starting age: Age at which children must be enrolled in school.
  • Duration of compulsory education: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
  • Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Educational attainment > Tertiary: Percentage of adult population (aged 25-64) educated till tertiary level (year 2000).
  • Elementary (primary school) > Duration: Number of years students study at the primary level.
  • Elementary (primary school) > Starting age: Average age at which students begin primary education.
  • Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP: Percentage of public funding for education out of country's total GDP.
  • High school > Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for secondary level enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
  • High school > Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • High school > Lower secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the lower secondary (middle school) level.
  • High school > Population with at least high school education > Women: Population with at least high school education > Women.
  • High school > Private school share: Percentage of secondary students who attend a private school.
  • High school > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for all levels of secondary education.
  • High school > Upper secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the upper secondary (high school) level.
  • High school repeaters > Male: Repeaters in secondary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in secondary school."
  • High school starting age > Years: Secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade."
  • Homeschooling legal status: Legal status of homeschooling.
  • International Baccalaureate schools: Number of schools of any level teaching the curriculum of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).
  • Literacy > Definition: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Literacy > Female: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Literacy > Male: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Access and retrieve: Access and retrieve.

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  • Literacy > Reading performance > Overall: Overall.

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  • Literacy > Reading performance > Overall reading skills: Overall.

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  • Literacy > Total population: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Mathematical literacy: Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000
  • Preschool enrollment rate: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Primary education > Teachers > Per capita: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Primary education, duration > Years: Primary education, duration (years). Duration of primary is the number of grades (years) in primary education.
  • Primary education, pupils: Primary education, pupils. Enrolment in primary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions.
  • Primary education, pupils per 1000: Primary education, pupils. Enrolment in primary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Primary education, teachers: Primary education, teachers. Teaching staff in primary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Primary education, teachers per 1000: Primary education, teachers. Teaching staff in primary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Public spending per student > Primary level: Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, primary: Pupil-teacher ratio, primary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Primary is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary: Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Secondary is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary per million: Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Secondary is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Reading literacy: Reading literacy mean value of performance scale (15 years old, 2000)
  • School life expectancy > Total: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
  • Schools connected to the Internet: Schools connected to the Internet are the share of primary and secondary schools in the country that have access to the Internet.
  • Scientific and technical journal articles: Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.
  • Scientific literacy: Scientific literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old (2000)
  • Scouting > Genders admitted: Admits boys/girls.
  • Secondary education > General pupils: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.
  • Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Secondary education, duration > Years: Secondary education, duration (years). Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (years) in secondary education (ISCED 2 & 3).
  • Secondary education, general pupils: Secondary education, general pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. General programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in general programmes at public and private secondary education institutions.
  • Secondary education, pupils: Secondary education, pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled at public and private secondary education institutions.
  • Secondary education, pupils per 1000: Secondary education, pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled at public and private secondary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Secondary education, teachers: Secondary education, teachers. Teaching staff in total secondary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private secondary education institutions (ISCED 2 and 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Secondary education, teachers per 1000: Secondary education, teachers. Teaching staff in total secondary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private secondary education institutions (ISCED 2 and 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Secondary school starting age > Years: Secondary school starting age (years). Entrance age of 2A lower secondary is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.
  • Spending > Proportion: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. Expressed as a proportion of GNI."
  • Spending > USD: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment."
  • Spending per student > College and university: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • Spending per student > Elementary school: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • Spending per student > High school: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • Teachers as percentage of labor force: The percentage share of the total labor force who are classroom, academic staff, and other teachers. Data for 1999.
  • Tertiary > Students studying abroad: Total number of post-secondary students who were studying abroad during given year.
  • Tertiary > Students studying abroad proportion: The number of students from a given country studying abroad in a given year, expressed as a percentage of total tertiary enrollment in that country. Ratios greater than 100 % are possible, because those currently studying abroad do not count towards total enrollment.
  • Tertiary enrollment: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Average years of schooling of adults 9.4 2000 14th out of 100
Child care (preschool) > Duration 2 2012 164th out of 204
Child care (preschool) > Starting age 3 2012 145th out of 204
Child care (preschool) > Students per teacher 18.19 2011 45th out of 115
Children out of school > Primary 1,069 2004 104th out of 121
Children out of school, primary 13,333 2011 69th out of 116
Children out of school, primary per 1000 0.212 2011 110th out of 116
Children out of school, primary, female 7,256 2011 64th out of 102
Children out of school, primary, female per 1000 0.116 2011 101st out of 102
Children out of school, primary, male 6,077 2011 64th out of 102
Children out of school, primary, male per 1000 0.0968 2011 100th out of 102
College and university > Gender parity index 1.38 2010 37th out of 122
College and university > Gender ratio 140.15 2008 28th out of 87
College and university > Private school share 100% 2011 3rd out of 110
College and university > Share of total education spending 16.39% 2010 76th out of 109
College and university > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 43% 2010 14th out of 30
Compulsary education duration 12 2011 22nd out of 188
Compulsary education starting age 5 2011 166th out of 188
Duration of compulsory education 12 years 2000 14th out of 159
Education enrolment by level > Primary level 4.49 million 2002 27th out of 173
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 2.29 million 2002 12th out of 130
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level > Per capita 38.58 per 1,000 people 2002 29th out of 125
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level per 1000 38.56 2002 30th out of 128
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI 5.3% 2004 46th out of 101
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government 12.1% 2004 56th out of 76
Educational attainment > Tertiary 26% 2000 12th out of 18
Elementary (primary school) > Duration 6 2012 95th out of 212
Elementary (primary school) > Starting age 5 2012 199th out of 212
Girls to boys ratio > Primary level enrolment 1 2004 42nd out of 178
Girls to boys ratio > Secondary level enrolment 1.03 2004 58th out of 171
Girls to boys ratio > Tertiary level enrolment 1.37 2004 36th out of 132
Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP 6.3% 2010 25th out of 115
High school > Gender parity index 1.01 2010 63th out of 141
High school > Gender ratio 102.39 2008 44th out of 116
High school > Lower secondary school duration 3 2012 138th out of 205
High school > Population with at least high school education > Women 99.6% 2010 5th out of 155
High school > Private school share 29.43% 2011 24th out of 128
High school > Students per teacher 14.27 2008 56th out of 107
High school > Upper secondary school duration 4 2012 32nd out of 205
High school repeaters > Male 0.0 1991 43th out of 46
High school starting age > Years 11 2009 145th out of 176
Homeschooling legal status Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system. 2014
International Baccalaureate schools 156 2014 3rd out of 17
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling 2003
Literacy > Female 99% 2003 21st out of 157
Literacy > Male 99% 2003 31st out of 157
Literacy > Reading performance > Access and retrieve 491 2014 27th out of 62
Literacy > Reading performance > Overall 494 2014 23th out of 62
Literacy > Reading performance > Overall reading skills 494 2014 23th out of 62
Literacy > Total population 99% 2003 23th out of 161
Mathematical literacy 529 2000 7th out of 27
Preschool enrollment rate 106.43 2008 57th out of 135
Primary education > Teachers > Per capita 4.33 per 1,000 people 2004 82nd out of 146
Primary education, duration > Years 6 2012 90th out of 200
Primary education, pupils 4.42 million 2011 22nd out of 155
Primary education, pupils per 1000 70.43 2011 107th out of 155
Primary education, teachers 255,994 2011 14th out of 134
Primary education, teachers per 1000 4.08 2011 80th out of 134
Public spending per student > Primary level 14 2002 34th out of 70
Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary 18.09 2004 98th out of 147
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 17.27 2011 78th out of 131
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 14.27 2008 55th out of 105
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary per million 0.232 2008 94th out of 105
Reading literacy 523 2000 7th out of 27
School life expectancy > Total 16.4 years 2002 4th out of 110
Schools connected to the Internet 99% 2006 8th out of 10
Scientific and technical journal articles 48,288 2003 3rd out of 92
Scientific literacy 532 2000 4th out of 27
Scouting > Genders admitted both 2014
Secondary education > General pupils 4.4 million 2004 15th out of 157
Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita 6.23 per 1,000 people 2004 54th out of 127
Secondary education, duration > Years 7 2012 59th out of 197
Secondary education, general pupils 4.55 million 2011 15th out of 147
Secondary education, pupils 5 million 2011 15th out of 140
Secondary education, pupils per 1000 79.68 2011 73th out of 140
Secondary education, teachers 375,385 2008 10th out of 105
Secondary education, teachers per 1000 6.11 2008 59th out of 105
Secondary school starting age > Years 11 2012 164th out of 196
Spending > Proportion 5.06 2008 48th out of 168
Spending > USD 136.4 billion 2008 5th out of 154
Spending per student > College and university 24.79 2007 32nd out of 56
Spending per student > Elementary school 23.42 2007 13th out of 68
Spending per student > High school 28.64 2007 12th out of 64
Teachers as percentage of labor force 3.8% 1999 22nd out of 36
Tertiary > Students studying abroad 26,949.64 2011 31st out of 203
Tertiary > Students studying abroad proportion 1.08% 2011 110th out of 124
Tertiary enrollment 59.5% 2000 9th out of 96

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The United Kingdom has a well structured education system and boasts a 99% literacy rate among both men and women. The education system is divided into four distinct sections or stages. These are primary, secondary, further and higher education. Students in the UK legally attend school between ages 5 and 16, which is primary to secondary years. Further and higher education occur thereafter.

These are further broken down into Key Stages 1 – 5. Primary education consists of Key Stages 1 and 2 while secondary education is made up of Key Stages 4 and 5. Further education is referred to as Key Stage 5 and incorporates community colleges and the sixth form or grades 12 and 13.

Students are formally assessed at the end of each Key Stage. However, the most important assessment is the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) which occurs at the end of secondary school.

Examinations or qualifications which can be gained in Further Education are A-Levels, GNVQs, BTECs.

The final stage is higher education. Some 50% of students in the UK usually matriculate into higher education or universities.

Posted on 28 Mar 2014

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