leeuk wrote:Hi there
I would like to know is there any standardised textbook for children from nursery to GCSE school (state-school) in UK ? Do they have list of compulsory textbooks in state school ?
is book for children free in school or they just allowed to borrow from library and then return when they finish reading ?
just my wonder as I am having new baby in UK and trying to discovering UK education system.
Thank for all your answers, especially from any experienced parents in the UK.
children don't tend to have text books (that they bring home anyway) until they go to secondary school. (11 +). They might have books that are handed out in the class during lessons and then taken back again by the teacher.
At primary school level they will often borrow reading books from the school library. You don't tend to have to pay for any books they need as part of the curriculum.
When it comes to secondary school, from memory you don't pay for text books - you are given them - including books for example that children read and annotate. Sometimes you may be advised to purchase revision books for exams for GCSEs for example.
The things that parents do tend to have to pay for are school trips, school uniform, PE kit, after school clubs, extra curricular music lessons for example.
Given that your child will not go to school for at least 4 years you might be getting ahead of yourself - who knows what changes the ConDems will bring in...but generally speaking, state education is free and you are not made to spend hundreds of pounds on books.
