Britain's educational system is somewhat different from that of the United States. For a start, uniforms are obligatory in nearly all schools (although variations are allowed in many for religious reasons), with different uniforms for each school, which is useful for identifying troublemakers on the buses - state run schools don't usually use their own transport to pick up students. The general rules for these are: Of course, the number of kids who keep these rules is rather low... England and Wales have one system, but Scotland and Northern Ireland are somewhat different. ____