Education in Great Britain

The British education system has much in common with that in Europe,
that :
Full-time education is compulsory for all children in the middle teenage years. Parents are required by law to see that their children receive full-time education, at school or elsewhere, between the ages of 5 and 16 in England, Scotland and Wales 4 and 16 in Northern Ireland.
The academic year begins at the end of summer.