Education in the Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands Community School, the main secondary school in the Falklands.

Education in the Falkland Islands starts with childcare for babies, all the way to lifelong learning for adults. It broadly follows the English education system with Falklands local content. All teachers are trained in the UK or other English-speaking countries. All lessons are in English, apart from Spanish which is taught from primary.

## Primary Education

[edit]

Primary education follows the English national primary curriculum

The Infant and Junior School and Camp Education teach 3 to 11 years olds (Foundation Stage to Year 6). The Infant and Junior School is in central Stanley and is a 2 form entry primary school.

Camp Education is part of the primary school and teaches children who live in Camp (outside Stanley) and are too far away to travel to Stanley every day. There are settlement schools in Fox Bay Village and in Goose Green, both schools have a full-time teacher who teach children in a mixed-age group. Children, up to Year 5, living at farms are taught in person by a travelling teacher who stays with the family for several weeks at a time and by phone lessons with a teacher for the rest of the time.

In 2021 this Camp Education system celebrated its 125th anniversary.[1][2]

There is also a primary school at RAF Mount Pleasant that mainly serves the children of members of the British armed forces.[3]

## Secondary education

[edit]

The Falkland Islands Community School is for secondary education for 11 to 16 year olds and uses the English National Curriculum for Key Stage 3 (11 to 14) and Key Stage 4 (14 to 16). Children take English GCSE and iGCSE exams at 16, this is a two year programme and starts at age 14. These exams are critical for progression to further education from 16 to 18. Students choose their subjects at the end of Year 9 and all students study English, maths and Science.

Camp children can board in Stanley from Year 5 to Year 11 (9 to 16 years old) so they can attend school.[4]

## Post-16 education

[edit]

There are no upper-secondary institutions on the Falklands, and therefore further education requires travel or distance learning. The Falkland Islands Government pays for eligible 16- to 18-year-olds to go overseas to study.[5] This is entirely funded by the Falkland Islands, there is no assistance from the UK Government for the boarding fees and flight costs.

As of 2012[update] students went to England to take A-level courses at Peter Symonds College, Winchester, England[4] (which has a boarding house named Falkland Lodge).[6] Additionally students went to Chichester College where they were able to study National Diplomas or NVQs.[4]

Over time this has continued to change and by in the 2010s it had become common for students to choose from a range of schools and colleges, usually in the UK but occasionally in other countries such as Gibraltar and New Zealand.[citation needed] Students receive funding from the Falkland Islands Government if they have permanent residency status, they are accepted onto Level 3 courses in the UK and meet other eligibility criteria.[7]

The Falkland Islands Government also has funding schemes for higher and further education courses for over-18s. This can be distance learning or study abroad, usually in the UK, for suitably qualified students.

Many return to the Falkland Islands after they have completed their education and gained experience in their chosen field.

## Adult education

[edit]

There is a small adult education college and training centre in Stanley, called Falkland College. It moved into a new building during 2020. It offers apprenticeships, GCSEs, NVQs and vocational courses, including via distance learning.

## Community Library

[edit]

Education is responsible for the Christie Community Library. The library was previously at the Secondary School and moved into its new home in 2020. It is free to use for all residents of the Falkland Islands.

It is named in memory of Bill and Merle Christie, who were involved with the Falkland Islands and set up the Falkland Islands Association.

## Alumni

[edit]

* Rob Burnett, author [8] and journalist

* Andrea Clausen, Chief Executive Falkland Islands Government

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Falklands Prepares a Grand Celebration for the 125th anniversary of Camp Education". Mercopress. January 2021.
2. ^ "125th Anniversary". Falkland Islands Government. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
3. ^ "Information Sheet 1c Location Overview" (PDF). Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom. February 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
4. ^ a b c "Education". Falkland Islands Government. Archived from the original on 20 November 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
5. ^ "A Draft Workforce Development Strategy for the Falkland Islands" (PDF). Government of the Falkland Islands. March 2023. p. 4/13. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
6. ^ "Peter Symonds College / Boarding". www.psc.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. ^ "Whiteout".

## External links

[edit]

* Falkland Islands Government education page
* Falkland Islands Primary Education website for Infant and Junior School and also Camp Education
* Falkland Islands Community School
* Falkland Islands Schools Facebook
* Mount Pleasant Primary School, Mount Pleasant Complex

* v
* t
* e

Falkland Islands

Capital: Port Stanley

History|

* 1770 Falklands crisis
* 1833 British Reassertion
* Hope Place
* Port Egmont
* Puerto Soledad
* 1982 invasion
* Falklands War

Geography|

| Islands|

* Arch
* Bald
* Barclay
* Barren
* Beaver
* Beauchene
* Bird
* Bleaker
* Bobs
* Broken
* Burdwood Bank
* Carcass
* Dunbar
* Dyke
* East Falkland
* Lafonia
* East
* Eddystone Rock
* Elephant Cays
* Fox
* George
* Golding
* Great
* Hog
* Hummock
* Jason
* Keppel
* Kidney
* Lively
* Long
* New
* Passage
* Pebble
* Penn
* Quaker
* Rabbit
* Ruggles
* Sandy Bay
* Saunders
* Sea Dog
* Sea Lion
* Speedwell
* Split
* Staats
* Swan
* Tea
* Tyssen
* Weddell
* West Falkland
* West Point

|

Locations|

* Ajax Bay
* Bay of Harbours
* Bertha's Beach
* Bluff Cove
* Brenton Loch
* Bull Point
* Byron Heights
* Camp
* Cape Bougainville
* Cape Pembroke
* Chartres
* Chatham
* Circum Peak
* Darwin
* Douglas
* Dunnose Head
* Eagle Passage
* Falkland Sound
* Fitzroy
* Fox Bay
* French
* Goose Green
* Grantham Sound
* Green Patch
* Gull
* Hill Cove
* Hope Harbour
* Hornby Mountains
* Horse
* Hoste Inlet
* Johnson's Harbour
* Lafonia
* Loop
* Mount Adam
* Mount Alice
* Mount Maria
* Mount Usborne
* Mount Weddell
* New Haven
* New Year Cove
* North Arm
* Orqueta
* Pebble Island Settlement
* Pillar
* Pleasant Peak
* Port Albemarle
* Port Howard
* Port Louis
* Port Patterson
* Port San Carlos
* Port Stephens
* Quaker Harbour
* Race
* Rincon Grande
* Roy Cove
* Salvador
* San Carlos
* Seal Bay
* Smylie Channel
* Stanley
* Stanley Harbour
* Swan
* Teal Inlet
* Volunteer Point
* Walker Creek
* Weddell Point
* Weddell Settlement

Politics|

* Chief Executive
* Constitution
* Falkland Islands pound (currency)
* Government House
* Governor
* list
* Legislative Assembly
* Representative Office, London
* Sovereignty dispute

Military|

* Falkland Islands Defence Force
* Mare Harbour
* RAF Mount Pleasant
* 1312 Flight
* 1435 Flight
* RRH Mount Kent
* RRH Byron Heights
* RRH Mount Alice

Economy|

* Falkland Islands Company
* Falkland Islands Development Corporation
* Falkland Islands General Employees Union
* Falkland Landholdings Corporation
* Falklands Oil and Gas

Society|

* Education
* Falkland Islands Community School
* Falkland Islanders
* Origins
* Falklands Conservation
* Human rights
* LGBTQ
* Languages
* Falkland Islands English
* Law Enforcement
* Telecommunications
* Internet domain
* Transport
* Falkland Islands Government Air Service
* Mount Pleasant Airport
* Port Stanley Airport

Culture|

* Coat of arms
* Flag
* Motto
* Religion
* Anglican parish
* Christ Church Cathedral
* Roman Catholicism
* Scouting and Guiding

Sport|

* Commonwealth Games
* Cricket team
* Football team
* Rifle Association
* Rugby union

(*) Sixth-formers attend Peter Symonds College in England, and national diploma / NVQ students attend Chichester College in England

* v
* t
* e

Education in the World

* Afghanistan
* Albania
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Angola
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Bahamas
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Barbados
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Belize
* Benin
* Bhutan
* Bolivia
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Botswana
* Brazil
* Brunei
* Bulgaria
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cambodia
* Cameroon
* Canada
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Comoros
* Costa Rica
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Denmark
* Djibouti
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Estonia
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Federated States of Micronesia
* Fiji
* Finland
* France
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Georgia
* Germany
* Ghana
* Greece
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Hungary
* Iceland
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Ivory Coast
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Kiribati
* Kosovo
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mali
* Malta
* Marshall Islands
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Mongolia
* Montenegro
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Myanmar
* Namibia
* Nauru
* Nepal
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nicaragua
* Niger
* Nigeria
* North Korea
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palau
* Palestine
* Panama
* Papua New Guinea
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Qatar
* Republic of the Congo
* Romania
* Russia
* Rwanda
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Samoa
* San Marino
* Saudi Arabia
* Senegal
* Serbia
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Korea
* South Sudan
* Spain
* Sri Lanka
* Sudan
* Suriname
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Syria
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Taiwan
* Tajikistan
* Tanzania
* Thailand
* Timor-Leste
* Togo
* Tonga
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* Tuvalu
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United Arab Emirates
* United Kingdom
* United States
* Uruguay
* Uzbekistan
* Vanuatu
* Venezuela
* Vietnam
* Yemen
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

* v
* t
* e

Education in British Overseas Territories

Akrotiri and Dhekelia|

* King Richard School, Cyprus
* St. John's School, Cyprus

Anguilla|

* Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School
* Saint James School of Medicine Anguilla campus

Bermuda|

* Berkeley Institute
* Cedarbridge Academy
* Bermuda HS
* Bermuda Institute
* Saltus Grammar School
* Warwick Academy
* Bermuda College

British Virgin Islands|

* Elmore Stoutt High School
* H. Lavity Stoutt Community College

Cayman Islands|

* Ministry of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs

| Primary and
secondary|

* John Gray HS
* Clifton Hunter HS
* Layman E. Scott Sr. HS
* Cayman Int'l
* Cayman Prep & High
* Grace Christian Academy
* St. Ignatius Catholic
* Wesleyan Christian Acad.

|

Tertiary|

* University College of the Cayman Islands
* International University of the Caribbean
* St. Matthew's University
* International College of the Cayman Islands
* Cayman Islands Civil Service College

Falkland Islands|

* Falkland Islands Community School

Gibraltar|

* Bayside Comprehensive School
* Westside School
* University of Gibraltar

Montserrat|

* Montserrat Secondary School
* Montserrat Community College
* University of Science, Arts and Technology

Pitcairn Islands|

* Pulau School

Saint Helena, Ascension
and Tristan da Cunha|

* St Helena Secondary School (formerly Prince Andrew School)
* Two Boats School (Ascension Island)
* See parent article for Tristan de Cunha's school

Turks and Caicos|

* HJ Robinson HS
* Clement Howell HS
* Long Bay HS
* Raymond Gardiner HS
* Marjorie Basden HS
* T&CI CC
* Universities
* Charisma University
* St. Clements University

See also: Template:Education in Crown dependencies
University of the West Indies serves Caribbean overseas territories with the Open Campus in several overseas territories
In regards to the Falkland Islands sixth-formers attend Peter Symonds College in England and national diploma/NVQ students attend Chichester College in England
For Hong Kong (a territory of the UK before 1997) see Template:Education in Hong Kong
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template