Compulsory education until 18.

[Myliferocks]

How will this actually work?
Will students still take exams at 16 and then again at 18 or will there only be final exams at 18?
Also which year group will be the first to have to stay at school until they are 18?

The students that are going into Yr10 are the first to stay until 18 I think.

GCSEs will still be at 16 (Yr11). Compulsory education is meant as just learning. It can be in either vocational colleges, 6th form at school, apprentiships etc.

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Ah right that answered my next question about colleges.

So for most children this wouldn't actually make a diiference as they don't need to stay at school as such.

Thank you to you both

My DD2 has being looking at DD1's college prospectus from last year and was eyeing up some of the btech courses rather than A levels. DD2 is only going into year 8 so i know it's a while away yet but i wasn't too sure how it was all going to work!

This is DD1's cohort.

I worry that there will be some DCs who truly do not want to stay at school or collage who will end up hanging about, being resentful and no proper provision will be made for them.

6 th form funding has been cut in recent years. Many areas don't pay for post 16 transport and maintenance grants have been removed. Everything charges over 16s full price.

Weekend jobs are scarce and not always compatible with study, CV enhancing voluntary work or simply logistically impossible (not all DCs live within walking or safe cycling distance of there nearest town. we don't and buses don't exist. The boys next door are forever losing jobs because they can't afford to keep a car working).

I truly don't think the Government have thought it through, but that is no surprise.

I have a DC in this cohort as well, and there is definitely no joined up thinking about transport and other resources.

I think in practice it will little difference to the majority of children who were likely to go onto sixth form/college/apprenticeships.

It will however make the 16-18 years, who would have been NEETs, truants. And if they don't want to be in education and they have a early sept birthday, then they only have to do an extra year, but if they are a summer birthday they will have to do the full two!