UNIT 3. Why go to School? » Стр.30 (1)

Complete the text with the words from the box. EDUCATION IN BRITAIN General secondary education (or so-called 'middle school') in Britain lasts five years. Each year of schooling is called a 'form’. At the age of 14 or 15 pupils prepare for their Certificate of Secondary Education. If British children don't leave school at the age of 16 they continue their education in the sixth form. Then after two years of study they take their 'A' Level exams. 'A' stands for 'Advanced'. Private schools are independent and they are sometimes called expensive. Many people in Britain are against private schools and they stand for equal opportunities for secondary school children. That's why they believe that all children should go to a usual British comprehensive school.