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New government law for 16 year olds

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melrob62 · 07/02/2014 22:18

What does everyone think of the new laws introduced which means 16 year olds finishing school this year will have to stay in some sort of education until they are 18?

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melrob62 · 07/02/2014 23:01

tiggytape, would they be able to carry on with their education by doing home study online?

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melrob62 · 07/02/2014 22:51

Plum, I thought the same but according to info on ukgov kids who started year 11 in 2013 will have to stay in education until they are 18.

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melrob62 · 07/02/2014 22:49

Yeah agree with you Katy, my son does not want to go to college, at the moment he doesn't really know what to he wants to do and I think spending another year at college just plodding along is not going to do him any good.

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plum100 · 07/02/2014 22:46

I thought the kids that leave this year just have to sty on for 1 yr - two years from school leavers next year- hve i got that wrong? X

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KatyMac · 07/02/2014 22:43

Of course is that had happened my daughters career path would have been completely stuffed but....

KatyMac · 07/02/2014 22:42

Oh thank goodness - it was upsetting me. I took 3 goes to get my O level English & tbh I was near the end of my tether; if I'd had to keep on & on at it I'd have had a break down

I wish there were more realistic options for teenagers; I think I said on MN before I'd quite like them all to leave at 14 and do mind numbingly awful jobs for 4 years or so, then start them back with free education and see how they did then. I do feel that education can be wasted on teens who don't value it then when they have a a change of heart it's almost impossible to 'get back in'

wannabestressfree · 07/02/2014 22:38

Katy they don't....
If they get a D or just miss the D they do gcse resit. If there is no chance of passing or they are particularly weak they do functional skills in the subject.

KatyMac · 07/02/2014 22:35

I'm more concerned about the ones that have to stay in formal education until they get English & Maths; for some children this is prolonging the agony & won't achieve anything

tiggytape · 07/02/2014 22:33

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Dreamgirls234 · 07/02/2014 22:21

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