raphy, nature study, swimming, music, art and organized games.
At about 11 or 12 children move to a new school, usually a comprehensive that accepts all the children from three or four neighboring junior schools. Changing to the big school is great moment in life for them. At secondary school, pupils study for 5 years. Comprehensive schools want to develop the talents of each individual child. So they offer a wide choice of subjects, from art and craft, woodwork and domestic science to modern languages, computer studies. There are no entrance examinations, all pupils move automatically to the next form at the end of the year.
There are some grammar schools in which children have to pass a selection test to get in. The grammar school is a secondary school taking about 3 per cent of children offering a full theoretical secondary education and students can choose which subjects and languages they wish to study. Pupils leave schools and there are several opportunities to continue their studies elsewhere.
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