It was about 8 years ago since I studied biology in school, but I remember the coverage of evolution being cursory at best. As far as I recall it consisted of a brief explanation of natural selection, supported by the example of melanistic moths. The words 'homology' and 'analogy' were explained and we all looked at pictures of pentadactyl limbs in bats, humans, dolphins and a couple of other animals. Then we saw some 19th century cartoons of Darwin and talked about his explanation for the evolution of the eye.
My memory might be clouded by distance, but that was it as far as I can recall. To make things worse, you have options as to where to focus your study once you reach the age of 14 in the UK. I was doing the 'seperate sciences' curriculum, which meant my biology course was more detailed than that of most students.
After writing this, I read around the internet a bit, and it seems that
a new science curriculum was implemented in 2006. Anyone here just finished school in the UK or teach science there?