Education in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter with each of the countries of the United Kingdom having separate systems under separate governments: the UK Government is responsible for England; the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive are responsible for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, respectively.
英国的教育并不是由英国政府统一监管，每个地区的政府都有其独立的教育体系——英国政府管辖英格兰的教育体系，而苏格兰政府、威尔士政府与北爱尔兰行政当局则分别管辖苏格兰、威尔士以及北爱尔兰的教育体系。
There are five stages of education: early years, primary, secondary, Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE). Education is compulsory for all children between the ages of 5 (4 in Northern Ireland) and 16; before this children can be educated at nursery . FE is non-compulsory, and covers nonadvanced education which can be taken at further (including tertiary ) education colleges and HE institutions(HEIs). The fifth stage, HE, is study beyond GCE A levels (and their equivalent) which, for most full-time students, takes place in universities and other HEIs and colleges.
英国教育体系分为五个阶段：幼儿教育、小学教育、中学教育、大学预备教育以及高等教育。5岁（北爱尔兰为4岁）至16岁为法律规定的义务教育阶段，接受义务教育前，家长可以送孩子去托儿所。大学预备教育不是强制性的，在此阶段，老师并不会教授任何在大学（包括第三级教育）或者高等教育机构会学到的课程。第五个阶段——高等教育一般在大学或其他高等教育机构对大多数全日制学生进行授课，而授课内容高于普通教育高级证书课程（A-Level）或其同等水平考试。
The "National Curriculum ”, established in 1988, provides a framework for education in England and Wales between the ages of 5 and 18; in Scotland the nearest equivalent is the 5-14 programme, and in Northern Ireland there is something known as the common curriculum. The Scottish qualifications the Standard Grades, Highers and Advanced Highers are highly similar to the English Advanced Subsidiary(AS) and Advanced Level (A2) courses.
“国民教育课程”确立于1988年，它为英格兰和威尔士年龄段在5~18岁人群的教育系统提供了一个框架；在苏格兰，类似的教育体系则是5~14岁计划，而在北爱尔兰则是共同课程。苏格兰的标准教育课程（Standard Grades）、高等教育课程（Highers）、高级高等教育课程（Advanced Highers）的证书就相当于英国普通教育高级程度证书（AS）以及高等学历（A2）。
Traditionally a high-performing country in international rankings of education, the UK has stagnated in recent years in such rankings as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests; in 2013, for reading and maths the country as a whole stood in the middle-rankings, a position that was broadly similar to three years before. Within the UK, Scotland performed marginally better than England; both were slightly ahead of Northern Ireland, and markedly ahead of Wales. And the costs for a normal education in the United Kingdom are as follows:
传统上，作为全球教育高效国家，英国在最近几年的国际学生评估项目（PISA）中排名却一直停滞不前。2013年，在阅读以及数学领域评估中，英国排名中等，与3年前的排名差不多。在英国国内，苏格兰学生的表现要比英格兰的稍好，且都稍稍领先于北爱尔兰学生，而大大领先于威尔士学生。英国普通教育费用如下。
Primary: No Charge
小学：免费
Secondary: No Charge
中学：免费
Further Education in either a sixth form or college: No Charge if under 19 in that particular academic year or on a low income.
中学或大学的预科：年龄小于19岁的学生免费或者仅收取一点点费用。
Higher Education (University): A tuition fee per year (varies from￡1,000 to ￡9,000).
高等教育（大学）：每年学费从1000英镑到9000英镑不等。
Primary and Secondary education can also be charged for, if a fee-paying (public) school is attended by the child in question.
如果是特殊儿童的话，去的免费（公立）小学或者中学也需要缴纳一定的学费。
