Workingman wrote:cromwell wrote:I think I'm right in saying that the school leaving age has just gone up to 17?
Cromwell, it may yet rise to 18 to combat rising youth unemployment. This was the thinking of Don Blanchflower?, formerly of the Bank of England..... about a year ago.
ETA. Found it. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012 ... anchflower David Blanchflower.
Yes, Tom's just waiting for his GCSE results and has to stay in education of some form until he's 17. Not necessarily school, they can go to college, do an apprenticeship or go into fulltime employment as long as there's some kind of part time training or education attached to the job. By the time Joe reaches this stage, he's 13, he and his peers will have to follow this ruling until they're 18.
