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Primary education definition

What does Primary education mean?

Education for pupils from the age of two until they move into secondary education.

The definition in the Education Act 1996, s 2 is surprisingly wide (ages 2 to 16) but the term is not used in practice to describe the education of most children after the end of Key Stage 2.

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Categories of schools

Education law treats different categories of school in different ways. The management systems of the school, its funding and the procedures for opening, closing or altering the school all depend on its category.The first level of categorisation distinguishes schools into three groups:•independent schools (commonly referred to as private schools)•academies and free schools, and•maintained schoolsFurther categorising divides schools by their ownership, by their pupil age ranges and by other selectivities of pupil intake.Many schools make no reference at all to these categories in their school name, on their website or when erecting signs at the school gate. The Department for Education (DfE) maintains a searchable online register of schools and colleges in England which provides information on each establishment, including the school type.Schools defined by their fundingAn independent school is defined as a school at which full-time education is provided for five or more pupils of ‘compulsory school age’, or for at least one child with an education, health and care (EHC) plan or a statement of special needs (in Wales)...

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