Education is provided by state schools and independent schools.State schools are free.If pupils go to a public or private school ,parents pay for their education.Compulsory education means that all children have to attend school.Kindergartens and nursary classes are free too.Children start school at the age of 5 and in 6 years provide secondary education.There are no examinations in comprehensive schools.If pupils want to enter a grammar school,they have to pass exams.Pupils take the exams at the end of each 4 stages of educations.