State schoolA state school or public school is a primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge. Such schools are funded in whole or in part by taxation. State-funded schools exist in virtually every country of the world, though there are significant variations in their structure and educational programmes. Government funded education generally encompasses primary and secondary education (4 years old to 18 years old).
Middle schoolA middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school. The concept, regulation and classification of middle schools, as well as the ages covered, vary between and sometimes within countries. In Afghanistan, middle school includes grades 6, 7, and 8, consisting of students from ages 11 to 14.
Enseignement secondairethumb|right|Ida B Wells High School de San Francisco (États-Unis). Lenseignement secondaire couvre les degrés scolaires qui se situent entre la fin de l'école primaire et le début de l'enseignement supérieur. Les systèmes retenus par les différents pays sont très variés. L'enseignement secondaire est organisé sur six années, appelées première secondaire, deuxième secondaire... ou également humanités ou encore rénovées. En Belgique, en 1976, il y a eu une inversion dans la numérotation des 6 années de l’enseignement secondaire.
Secondary schoolA secondary school or a high school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both lower secondary education (ages 11 to 14) and upper secondary education (ages 14 to 18), i.e., both levels 2 and 3 of the ISCED scale, but these can also be provided in separate schools. In the US, most local secondary education systems have separate middle schools and high schools.
Grammar schoolUne grammar school est, dans les pays anglophones, un établissement d'enseignement secondaire ou, plus rarement, d'enseignement primaire. Les origines des grammar schools remontent à l'Europe médiévale. Le but premier des grammar schools (littéralement « écoles de grammaire ») était d'enseigner la grammaire latine aux jeunes gens qui les fréquentaient. Le cursus devait plus tard inclure d'autres langues, telles que le grec ancien, le français, l'anglais et les autres langues européennes, ainsi que les sciences naturelles, les mathématiques, l'histoire, la géographie, etc.
Enseignement professionnelvignette|Enseignant d’informatique en situation de démonstration des composants de l’unité centrale d’un ordinateur au lycée professionnel de Ferké (Nord de la Côte d'Ivoire). L'enseignement professionnel est un enseignement technique secondaire ou supérieur, en formation initiale ou par alternance, en relation avec le monde de l'entreprise qui permet d'acquérir des connaissances et des compétences dans un domaine professionnel, alors que l’enseignement général est plus académique.
Comprehensive schoolA comprehensive school is a secondary school for pupils aged 11–16 or 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is restricted on the basis of selection criteria, usually academic performance. The term is commonly used in relation to England and Wales, where comprehensive schools were introduced as state schools on an experimental basis in the 1940s and became more widespread from 1965.
École privéeLes écoles privées sont des écoles qui ne sont pas administrées par leur gouvernement local, étatique ou national et qui conservent donc le droit de sélectionner leurs élèves et sont financées, en tout ou en partie grâce aux frais de scolarité qu'elle demande à ses élèves, plutôt qu'entièrement par des fonds gouvernementaux. La plupart des écoles privées offrent des bourses d'études qui permettent de rendre la fréquentation plus abordable pour des étudiants possédant un talent quelconque, généralement au niveau académique ou sportif.
Primary schoolA primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age). Primary schooling follows pre-school and precedes secondary schooling.
Sixth formIn the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. Pupils typically prepare for A-level or equivalent examinations like the IB or Pre-U. In England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, the term Key Stage 5 has the same meaning. It only refers to academic education and not to vocational education. Sixth Form describes the two school years which are called by many schools the Lower Sixth (L6) and Upper Sixth (U6).
