School Leaving Age To Rise To 18
A law raising the school leaving age to 18 in England will be included in the Queen’s Speech on Tuesday. The move aims to tackle the problem of young people leaving education without qualifications of workplace skills.
Tuesday’s address will announce the leaving age will be raised to 18 by 2015. Around 90,000 new apprenticeship schemes will be created by 2013, which ministers say is a 60% increase.
The most recent figures for England showed that 11% of 16 to 18-year-olds were still outside education, training or work.
4th Nov 2007
