Can anyone advise me please? My daughter started 6th form in September 2017 but has come to the conclusion that it's not for her anymore. She left 6th form last week and has not been back but has applied for a lot of apprenticeships as she feels she will be happier doing these than 6th form. I informed the teachers who have since asked me to go in and have a chat with them, which I will be doing in a couple of days time.
What I need to know though before I go in to the meeting is this - can my daughter stay away from school until she has found a suitable apprenticeship? The teacher is telling me that she has to stay in full time education until she has started an apprenticeship but I disagree because my daughter has lost all interest in 6th form, so surely there's no point in making her sit through her lessons when she a) has no interest and b) won't be there to do the exams anyway. Plus she's getting depressed thinking she has got to go back to so something she doesn't want to do anymore.
I have tried to Google the answer, but am having no luck. What I'm really afraid of, bottom line, is the school will report my daughter and we will then be faced with all sorts of legal problems which she, and me, definitely cannot face.