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In the educational system that concerns us, teaching is mandatory from 5 to 16 years. The school year begins in September, ends in July, and is divided into 3 quarters (terms): The ‘Autumn term’ is from September to Christmas, the ‘Spring term’ from January to Easter and the ‘Summer term ‘From April to July In addition, there is a holiday in the middle of each quarter of a week or ten days determined the duration of the same. Since the longest quarter of the education system is usually the first el half term ’of this quarter resulting more extensive.

In most schools it is part of the education system to wear a uniform; It seems to be an extra expense, however, we see this as a great advantage. The use of the uniform equals students in the school environment, avoiding comparisons between them in this period of adolescence where the image is so important; It also facilitates mornings since students do not have to think about what to wear.

The English school academic year

In the English education system, as in Spain, the academic year begins in September. In what both systems differ in England, a child born on September 1 is the oldest in the class and the one born on August 30 of the following year, the youngest of that class. In Spain, it starts counting in January. That is, a child born on January 1 will always be the mayor of the class; the youngest, the one born on December 31. For example, in the United Kingdom, children born between September 1, 2019 and August 31, 2020 will go to class together. However, in Spain the children who will go to class together will be all those born in 2019.

We really like the English education system. The United Kingdom has a reputation in the world for its way of educating children for centuries. Here are the famous ‘boarding schools’, where students live in houses or areas of memorable buildings in bucolic fields. There everything is focused on facilitating the acquisition of knowledge and training of students. While it is true that the prices of these schools are high, there are also ‘State Schools’ or public schools whose education is equally excellent. And why do we like them? We like them because the education provided not only has to do with the acquisition of knowledge, but with the development of each student’s own abilities.

Year 7

Year 7 is a group of the academic year in schools in many countries, including England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand. It is the seventh year (or eighth in Australia) of compulsory education and is roughly equivalent to grade 6 in the United States and Canada (or grade 7 for Australian year 7).

Although Year 7 already enters the Secondary Education cycle, its equivalence with the Spanish educational system is the year before ESO (Compulsory Secondary Education).