School Around the World

SCHOOL DAYS AROUND THE WORLD WORLD Let's Compare! How does the UK compare? With some of the largest class sizes and the most years spent in school, UK students aren't excelling compared to other nations. However, UK students are more motivated than many, which may be helping them to overcome obstacles and ultimately achieve success. PERFORMANCE & SATISFACTION OECD Score % Children % Children Satisfied Motivated Maths Reading Science in Life in Class Japan 532 517 538 46.8 81.9 China 531 516 518 44.6 81.1 South Korea 524 503 516 36.6 75 Australia 494 499 510 35.9 74.2 Russia 494 498 509 34.1 - L63.9 France 493 495 495 23.8 59.2 - UK 492 494 r 493 26.9V L55.8 AVERAGE - -490 493 487 18.6 44.8 Brazil 377 407 401 n/a 32.9 Kenya n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a While the above chart can be a lot to take in, it shows the children with better test results seem to be less satisfied. In summary: Test Satisfaction Scores Japan 1 5 South Korea 7 China 3 6 UK APPROX AVERAGE 4 France 3 Russia 6 1 Brazil 7 SCHOOL DAY DURATION Day Duration Break Time ZAM ZPM China 9.5hrs Kenya 8hrs South Korea 8hrs France 8hrs Australia 6.5hrs UK 6.5hrs Japan 6.5hrs Russia 6.5hrs Brazil 5hrs SCHOOL TERM TIMES Term Time Non Term Time Total Term JAN DEC Days Japan 230 China 220 South Korea 220 Russia 210 Australia 200 Brazil 200 UK 190 Kenya 190 France 160 CLASS SIZE 30 Brazil UK Kenya South Korea Japan France China Australia Russia AGE RANGE 4 8 10 12 14 16 18 Australia UK France Japan South Korea China Russia Brazil Kenya Sources: theguardian.com, dailymail.co.uk, businessinsider.com, seriouseats.com, justlanded.com, wikipedia.org, education.gov.au, fullfact.org, infoplease.com, lewisham.gov.uk, qz.com, australianexplorer.com, perthnow.com.au, blog.tripbase.com, brightside.me, pubkicholidays.co.ke, angloinfo.com, uk.ambafrance.org, web-japan.org, allthingskenyan.com, kenyakidscan.org Brought to you by: shoezone www.shoezone.com