Editing Guernsey (section)

==Education==
{{Main|Education in Guernsey}}
[[File:Elizabeth College Guernsey.jpg|thumb|[[Elizabeth College, Guernsey|Elizabeth College]], in [[St Peter Port, Guernsey]]]]
Teaching in Guernsey is based on the English National Curriculum. There are 10 primary schools, plus two junior schools and three infant schools. {{as of|2022}}, the island no longer has the 11-plus exam, which was used to transfer pupils to one of four 11–16 secondary schools, or a co-educational grammar school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Selection at 11 (the 11+ process) |url=https://www.gov.gg/elevenplus |access-date=29 November 2017 |website=Gov.GG}}</ref> There are also three fee-paying colleges with lower schools, for which pupils over 11 receive grant support from the States of Guernsey. In 2016, the States of Guernsey voted to end the use of the 11-plus exams from 2019 onwards.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 December 2016 |title=Guernsey 11-plus vote: End of selection confirmed by States vote |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-38169962 |access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref> It is also responsible for education on the neighbouring islands.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Teaching in the Channel Islands |url=https://www.tes.com/articles/teaching-channel-islands |access-date=23 November 2017 |website=Times Educational Supplement |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201080921/https://www.tes.com/articles/teaching-channel-islands |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2008, the school-leaving age was raised so the earliest date is the last Friday in June in the year a pupil turns 16, in line with England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This means pupils will be between 15 and 10 months and 16 and 10 months before being able to leave. Prior to this, pupils could leave school at the end of the term in which they turned 14, if they so wished: a letter was required to be sent to the Education department to confirm this. However, this option was undertaken by relatively few pupils, the majority choosing to complete their GCSEs and then either begin employment or continue their education.

Post-[[GCSE]] pupils have a choice of transferring to the state-run [[Guernsey Grammar School and Sixth Form Centre|Grammar School & Sixth Form Centre]], or to the independent colleges for academic AS/A Levels/International Baccalureate Diploma Programme. They also have the option to study vocational subjects at the island's ''Guernsey College of Further Education''.

There are no universities in the island. Students who attend university in the United Kingdom receive state support towards both maintenance and tuition fees. In 2007, the Education Department received the approval of the States Assembly to introduce student contributions to the costs of higher education, in the form of student loans, as apply in the UK. However, immediately after the general election of 2008, the States Assembly voted in favour of a [[Private member's bill|Requête]] which proposed abolishing the student loans scheme on the grounds that it was expensive to run and would potentially discourage students from going to, and then returning to the island from, university. In 2012, the Education Department reported to the States Assembly that it had no need to re-examine the basis of higher education funding at the present time.