Do you hate exams If you do, you aren’t 51 . Students in many other countries hate them, too.
52 for them, British students have less exams than Chinese students. They only have them once a year. Every summer they have a test on each 53 . Each test 54 about an hour.
These exams don’t count much. Even if a student does really 55 he still can progress to the next grade.
When the 56 come out they are then placed in an end-of -year report. The report is sent to the student’s parents. It describes 57 the student performed and behaved through the year.
This report is private, so 58 the teacher, the student and his parents can see it. This means that a student doesn’t know how other students scored in the exams. Some students choose to tell each other, but others 59 .
Parents’ meeting are held 60 a year, at the end of the winter term and then at the end of the summer term. Children along with their parents to meet their teachers and discuss their performance at school.