Editing Jersey (section)

== Education ==
{{Main|Education in Jersey}}

Education in the island is managed by the Department for Children, Young People, Education and Skills of the Government of Jersey. The education system in Jersey is based on the [[Education in England|English system]]. Full time education is compulsory for children aged 5 to 16.<ref name="JerseyLaw-1999">{{Cite web |title=Education (Jersey) Law 1999 |url=https://www.jerseylaw.je/laws/current/l_27_1999 |access-date=2 January 2021 |website=Jersey Legal Information Board |archive-date =5 April 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220405202133/https://www.jerseylaw.je/laws/revised/pages/10.800.aspx#_Toc2699048 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Government provides limited free pre-school education to parents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Free early learning for your child |url=https://www.gov.je/Education/Preschool/Pages/NurseryEducation.aspx |access-date=2 January 2021 |website=[[Government of Jersey]] |archive-date=17 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317210144/https://www.gov.je/Education/Preschool/Pages/NurseryEducation.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> Jersey schools must teach the Jersey Curriculum, which is based on the English National Curriculum, with differences to account for Jersey's unique position.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.je/Education/Schools/ChildLearning/pages/understandingcurriculum.aspx |title=Understanding the curriculum |website=[[Government of Jersey]] |access-date=19 February 2022 |archive-date=10 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010201331/https://www.gov.je/Education/Schools/ChildLearning/Pages/UnderstandingCurriculum.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

As of 2022, there are 24 States primary schools, seven private primary or preparatory schools, four comprehensive States secondary schools, two fee-paying States secondary schools, two private secondary schools and one provided grammar school and sixth form, [[Hautlieu School]].<ref>{{cite web |title=List of primary schools |url=http://www.gov.je/Education/Schools/FindingSchool/TypesSchools/Pages/PrimarySchools.aspx |website=gov.je |publisher=Information and public services for the Island of Jersey |access-date=17 March 2022 |archive-date=11 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611051517/http://www.gov.je/Education/Schools/FindingSchool/TypesSchools/Pages/PrimarySchools.aspx |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |title=List of secondary schools |url=http://www.gov.je/Education/Schools/FindingSchool/TypesSchools/Pages/SecondarySchools.aspx |website=gov.je |publisher=Information and public services for the Island of Jersey |access-date=17 March 2022 |archive-date=20 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620010513/http://www.gov.je/Education/Schools/FindingSchool/TypesSchools/Pages/SecondarySchools.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> Highlands College provides alternative post-16 and all post-18 education available on the island. However, higher education facilities are limited, so many students study off-island. In the UK, Jersey students pay the same rate as Home students.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2021 |title=Islanders to pay same university fees as UK counterparts |url=https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2021-01-16/channel-island-students-to-pay-same-university-fees-as-uk-counterparts |access-date=9 March 2021 |website=[[ITV News]] |language=en |archive-date=17 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317205845/https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2021-01-16/channel-island-students-to-pay-same-university-fees-as-uk-counterparts |url-status=live }}</ref>