Editing Norfolk (section)

===Primary and secondary education===
{{See also|List of schools in Norfolk}}

Before 2011, Norfolk had a completely [[Comprehensive school|comprehensive state education]] or "maintained" system managed by [[Norfolk County Council]], with secondary school age from 11 to 16 or in some schools with [[sixth form]]s, 18 years old.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/children-and-families/send-local-offer/education-and-training-0-25/schools/types-of-school |title=Types of school – Norfolk County Council |website=www.norfolk.gov.uk |access-date=10 December 2019 |archive-date=10 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210132805/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/children-and-families/send-local-offer/education-and-training-0-25/schools/types-of-school |url-status=live }}</ref> Since then, a number of schools formerly in the "maintained" system have left it to become [[Academy (English school)|academies]], or members of academy groups. Others have become [[Free school (England)|free schools]]. Both academies and free schools are still publicly funded by the Department of Education but are not with county council management.

In many of the rural areas, there is no nearby sixth form, and so [[sixth form college]]s are found in larger towns. There are twelve [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private]], or private schools, including [[Gresham's School]] in [[Holt, Norfolk|Holt]] in the north of the county, [[Thetford Grammar School]] in [[Thetford]], which is [[List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom|Britain's fifth oldest extant school]], [[Langley School, Loddon|Langley School]] in [[Loddon, Norfolk|Loddon]], and several in the city of Norwich, including [[Norwich School]] and [[Norwich High School for Girls]]. The King's Lynn district has the largest school population. Norfolk is also home to [[Wymondham College]], the UK's largest remaining state [[boarding school]].