Nowadays in Russia there is some types of school both public and private ones. Parents by their discretion can send their children to a gymnasium, lyceum or private school. Sometimes for admission to such schools children must take test or exams. Standard of education is common for any school, however, the schools can by them own choose methods of work and books. As a rule, children go to a kindergarten before a school, where they take skills of working in the collective, that makes the study easier.
Сори за ошибки, я самоучка, в моей школе иностранный не преподают.