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	UK Education and Training Systems

While the education and training systems of England, Wales and Northern Ireland are broadly similar, the education system in Scotland has always been a completely separate system with its own laws and practices. Differences in education and training across Britain are particularly marked in the school systems. At the higher education level and for training, this is less so.

By age, the education and training systems are divided into three main sectors:

			School Education		from age five to age sixteen
			Further Education		age sixteen onwards
			Higher Education		age eighteen onwards

These pages provide information about school education, further education, higher education and teacher education.