school leaving age

ESRC: Raising the school leaving – while learning from another age

In April 1947 the post-war Labour Government raised the school leaving age from 14 to 15 and paved the way for a further increase to 16 in 1972. Now, 65 years later, as the UK prepares to raise the ‘education participation age’ to 17 in 2013 and to 18 in 2015, new research reveals that the transitions of 1947 and 1972 met with more controversy and difficulty than previously thought.

NASUWT on University Technical Colleges (UCT’s) announcement

Commenting on the announcement today of a new wave of specialist University Technical Colleges (UTCs), Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, said: