compulsory education until 18
- stay in full-time education, for example at a college
- start an apprenticeship or traineeship
- spend 20 hours or more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training
You can leave school on the last Friday in June if you’ll be 16 by the end of the summer holidays.
Whether you love it or hate it (or just think that you do) there comes a time when everyone has to leave their school. What’s interesting, is how this time has changed over the years in England to make our school leaving age what it is today.
Today, students must continue education or training until the age of 18. However, students have a choice of whether to stay in full-time education or to choose a more vocational route, such as an apprenticeship.
You can leave school on the last Friday in June if you’ll be 16 by the end of the summer holidays.
Between 16 and 18 you will be able to choose from:
At the age of five or six, the children attend elementary school (also known as grade school or grammar school), which last six years. The fist year at elementary school is called kindergarten.
In the USA, children start school when they are five or six years old. Depending on the state, schooling is compulsory until the age of 16 or 18. Children younger than five can go to a nursery school or preschool.
This means that a child who has turned five on or by 1 January in any year must start Prep in that year, or be provided with approved home education.
Every child, from the year after they turn 5 must be enrolled at and attending school, or an approved home education program. Children can also attend Kindergarten from 4 years of age.
All children of compulsory school age must be enrolled in school and attend every day – that is the law. This is from the beginning of the year in which a child reaches the age of 5 years 6 months until the end of the year in which the child reaches the age of 17 years 6 months or turns 18, whichever happens first.
All children of compulsory school age must be enrolled in school and attend every day.
I am sure there are a number of parents in the same situation as I am in.
My problem is: The Government have ruled that adolescents now need to stay in some form of eduction until they are 18 years old. Either by Sixth Form, College or an Apprenticeship. I am sure that as ‘Parents’ we want the best for our children and are more than happy to support this decision.
References:
http://leavershoodiescompany.co.uk/2018/04/2018-school-leavers-englands-history-of-the-school-leaving-age/
http://lawstuff.org.uk/education/when-can-i-leave-school/
http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries/usa/school
http://www.education.tas.gov.au/parents-carers/parent-fact-sheets/age-child-startleave-school/
http://www.education.wa.edu.au/schooling
http://www.change.org/p/nicky-morgan-mp-education-is-compulsory-until-18-why-have-to-pay-600-to-send-16-year-old-on-school-bus
http://projectbritain.com/education/grades.htm