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in Britain. Education Before Age 16 ? Fulltime school begins at age 5 in Great Britain and at age 4 in Northern Ireland. ? In addition, about half of 3 and 4yearolds are enrolled招收 in specialized nursery 托兒所 schools or in nursery classes at primary schools. Education Before Age 16 ? Many parents send their children to state schools. State School ? prehensive school It is a large state secondary中級(jí)的 school for children of all abilities from a single district, providing a wide prehensive range of education. ? About 90% of all secondary school students attend a prehensive school. ? In prehensive schools, students study a wide variety of subjects at first. After two or three years they may study only those they like best. State School ? Secondary modern school It provides vocational職業(yè)的 education rather preparation for university entrance. A more general and technical and less academic education is offered in secondary modern school. Of