>>>> Depends what you mean by 'school'. Derivatives (including the chain
>>>> rule!),
>>>> integrals, and even differential equations were all on the maths A-level
>>>> syllabus that I did (I would hope that they still are!).
>>> They were when I did my maths A levels (1999).
>> I don't *have* any A-levels, so I wouldn't know what is or isn't
>> included there.
>>
>> (You get to choose which ones you want to do though, right?)
> 
> Yep. As scott said, any education beyond 16 is optional in the UK. If you were
> so inclined, there'd be nothing to stop you doing a maths A-level now - many
> people do. I suspect you'd find much of it relatively easy, and you'd definitely
> find the calculus interesting and useful! No idea what it might cost tho.

...all of which seems to support my assessment of "calculus is no longer 
part of standard school education".

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