<P> Level 2 and above: 87.4% Level 3 and above: 60.3% (of 19 year olds in 2015) </P> <Tr> <Th> Post-secondary diploma </Th> <Td> Level 4 and above: 41.0% (of adults 19 - 64 in 2014) </Td> </Tr> <P> Education in England is overseen by the United Kingdom's Department for Education . Local government authorities are responsible for implementing policy for public education and state - funded schools at a local level . </P> <P> England also has a tradition of independent schools (sometimes termed "public schools") and home schooling alongside state schools; legally, parents may choose to educate their children by any suitable means . State - funded schools can be categorised as grammar schools, which are selective, or comprehensive schools, which are not . These can be further subdivided into free schools, other academies and state - run schools . More freedom is given to free schools, including most religious schools, and other academies in terms of curriculum, but all are subject to assessment and inspection by Ofsted . </P>

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