what age do you leave school
If you turn 16 during the school year (between 1 September and 1 July) you can leave school after 30 June.
Your school leaving age depends on where you live.
However, although you do not have to go to school, you will have to remain in education, employment or training until the age of 18.
You can leave school on the last Friday in June if you’ll be 16 by the end of the summer holidays.
- at the end of the year in which you reach the age of 17 and 6 months
- when you reach the age of 18
- at any age if you have completed the minimum requirements for graduation from secondary school.
This does not mean that you must stay at school to complete Year 11 and 12 if completing school is not the best option for you. However, you are required by law to be participating in full time approved education, training, employment or a combination of these options during the last two years of school.
Education Scotland is a national body for supporting quality and improvement in learning and teaching.
Your child can leave school at Christmas or summer following their 16th birthday.
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 section gives you a bit of information about leaving school voluntarily before the end of Year 13. If you want more information about being kicked out of school (which is leaving school involuntarily), please see the stand-down, suspensions, and being kicked out of school section.
You can choose to leave school if you are 16 or may be able to leave school at 15 if you get permission from the Ministry of Education (called an early leaving exemption). Early leaving exemptions are usually only agreed by the Ministry of Education in exceptional circumstances.
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.
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.
Scotland – If you turn 16 between 1 March and 30 September you can leave school after 31 May of that year. If you turn 16 between 1 October and the end of February you can leave at the start of the Christmas holidays in that school year
England – You can leave school on the last Friday in June if you’ll be 16 by the beginning of September.
From 1 January 2010, there is a new compulsory education age of 17 for all ACT students.
Students will be required to participate in full-time education, training or employment until completing Year 12 or equivalent, or reaching age 17, whichever occurs first.
There are usually two types of school leavers:
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.
References:
http://lawstuff.org.uk/education/when-can-i-leave-school/
http://youthlegalserviceinc.com.au/what-age-can-i-leave-school/
http://education.gov.scot/parentzone/my-child/transitions/leaving-school/
http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries/usa/school
http://youthlaw.co.nz/rights/school/school-rules/leaving-school/
http://www.education.tas.gov.au/parents-carers/parent-fact-sheets/age-child-startleave-school/
http://apply.clarksjobs.com/minimum-school-leaving-age
http://www.hawkerc.act.edu.au/our_students/school_leaving_age
http://leavershoodiescompany.co.uk/2018/04/2018-school-leavers-englands-history-of-the-school-leaving-age/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25849550