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03-09-2008, 07:07
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School leaving age?
I have just heard that as from today, kids starting secondary/high school this term, will be at school until they are 17! Anybody know about this?
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03-09-2008, 07:09
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Re: School leaving age?
It's cobblers.
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03-09-2008, 07:11
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Re: School leaving age?
A member of staff has just told me, he has 2 kids, one already at secondary, and one just starting, the one that has just started will leave at 17 whereas the older one will leave at 16.
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03-09-2008, 08:17
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Re: School leaving age?
It's proper cobblers.
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03-09-2008, 08:20
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03-09-2008, 08:30
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Re: School leaving age?
See - cobblers.
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03-09-2008, 09:29
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Re: School leaving age?
from 2013 they are putting the school leaving age up to 18, i know this because that is the year Reece will leave school, it was on the news ages ago, Reece started secondary school today btw
 i think its a great idea to keep them in education longerit says 17 but i heard 18
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03-09-2008, 09:45
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Re: School leaving age?
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03-09-2008, 10:07
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Re: School leaving age?
They just said on the news it was being raised to 18 in 2011. So is it 2011,2013 or 2015
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03-09-2008, 10:19
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Re: School leaving age?
can't think of any reason fer this apart from massaging the unemployment figures, don't think its fer the kids benefit.
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03-09-2008, 10:20
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Re: School leaving age?
This has all been discussed before.
It's not raising the age of leaving school at all. It's keeping people in some form of education (ie most likely a brick laying course at Accy & Ross) by law until the ages of 17/18. It's another one of Browny's plans to make the English education system look remotely decent - statistically. Also used to cover up and blatantly twist unemployment figures. Two birds with one stone eh Gordie! |
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03-09-2008, 10:31
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Re: School leaving age?
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'Specialist diplomas will also be developed as an alternative to A-levels. Exam and university admission chiefs plan on making the highest-level diplomas equivalent to 3.5 A-levels or 420 tariff points. The first diplomas will be offered in subjects like environmental and land-based studies, business, administration and finance.' New secondary pupils will stay until 17
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03-09-2008, 10:38
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Re: School leaving age?
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Why try and fuse academic subjects and vocational choices together under the same leaky brolly? It's positive discrimination and it's wrong. |
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03-09-2008, 10:48
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...and what is the Lib Dem's education policy, in the highly unlikely circumstance that they form the next Liberal government? The first since 1915.
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