ACADEMIC STUDY IN THE UK

Academic study in the UK is rated as one of the most efficient and reliable ways to obtain academic excellence. UK educational system is divided into three sectors namely: Primary, Secondary and Tertiatry. Majority of the UK citizen attends publicly funded state schools. It begins with the assumption that the most valuable standard of Education transferred to students is the knowledge. The Primary sector is   usually free of charge, which parents do send their children to privately establishsed schools with tuition fees.

The Infant school or Primary school section comprises of a reception between age 4 to 5, while year 1, age 5 to 6, year 2, age 6 to 7, year 3, age 7 to 8, year 4, age 8 to 9 year 5, age 9 to 10, year 6, age 10 to 11 (Eleven plus exams in some areas of England, Key Stage 2 National Curriculum Tests).

Secondary education, is a period of education which follows directly after Primary Education and which may be followed by tertiary or "post-secondary" education. The purpose of a secondary education can be to prepare for either advance education  or vocational training . The exact boundary between primary and secondary education between countries and even within them, but is generally around the seventh to the tenth year of education, with middle school covering any gaps. Secondary education occurs mainly during the teenage years. Primary and secondary education together are sometimes referred to as " K-12 ".

Higher education is provided by universities and other institutions that award degrees to university colleges, and liberal arts colleges. Higher education includes both the teaching and the research activities of universities, and within the realm of teaching, it includes both the undergraduate level (sometimes referred to as tertiary education )  graduate (or postgraduate ) level (sometimes referred to as quaternary education). Higher education differs from other forms of post-secondary education such as vocational education . However, most professional education is included within higher education, and many postgraduate qualifications are strongly vocationally or professionally oriented, for example in disciplines such as law and medicine.

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