Staying on until 17......England's new school leaving age
This year's new starters at secondary schools in England are expected to be the first cohort to have to stay on at school until the age of 17. Legislation is going through parliament raising the age to 17 in 2013, and 18 in 2015. In addition, this week sees the first students starting diplomas. But as yet there seems to be little discussion of the transport impact of either change.
There are about 600,000 16 year olds - which at would mean the expected additional transport costs of increasing the leaving age by just one year would be about £80 million at today's prices.To see the Number 10 announcement - go to: http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16724
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/sep/03/secondaryschools.1419education
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7595155.stm
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