Science education in England
For the ages of 16, 17 and 18 (and older for those that remain in education below university-level), students in England do what is sometimes loosely called ‘key stage 5’ or KS5; it has no legal meaning (unlike the other key stages). And unlike KS1–4 in which the levels of complexity of topics learnt at each stage are prescribed within relatively narrow limits, at KS5, the levels of complexity of topics cover a wide range, although the highest level of complexity at KS5 is RQF level 3. Whether or not a student actually studies at this level of complexity in KS5 depends on his/her GCSE results—crucially on what subjects the student obtained passes at RQF level 2 standard (including mathematics and English) as well as the actual grades themselves. In other words, unlike KS1–4, where a specific student studies at one RQF level, at KS5, a specific student may be studying at several RQF levels depending on what s/he obtained at GCSEs. Regardless of the RQF-level mix, a KS5 student can do his/her post-16 study in one of the following:
Christian Educational Consortium
Founded in 2001, the Christian Educational Consortium (CEC) is a private Christian school in Louisville, Kentucky. A collegiate style school for Christian home educated students, CEC classes are offered to grades 6-12. CEC meets twice a week on Tuesday and Wednesday at Indiana Wesleyan University - Louisville campus. Currently, for the 2018-2019 school year, there are over 570 students. CEC offers over 60 different classes in all the core subjects (English, math, science,and history), the arts, and many different electives such as World View, Psychology, Journalism, Chess, Drama, Business, and Computers. There are also three foreign languages from which students can choose: Chinese, Spanish, and Latin. At this school, you may take anywhere from one to six classes. There are a total of eight 90-min. to 120-min. periods, four on Tuesday and four on Wednesday. Each teacher will assign homework suitable for one week. The students then complete the homework during the course of the school week, for each class in which he/she is enrolled.