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Oldernotwiser

sh1305 wrote: »

The school leaving age is due to be raised to 18 soon.

Sort of. Young people will have to stay in education or in training until 18, which can include apprenticeships.

Oldernotwiser

ash4becks wrote: »

tbh i really wish gcses were done at 18 your to hormonal wreck at 16 and lack of maturaty was a major issue in my school , and to work and not be payed the same as another person older really annoyed me too

GCSEs at 18, A levels at 20, graduate at 23? Wondeful!

ash4becks

Breast_Cancer_Survivor wrote: »

I honestly don't know whether he would be able to do that even.

He hates school as he has no friends & gets bullied.

I'm hoping he will be able to get a job of some kind.

he might just suprise you, college opened up my world i did love it its more relaxed but rember if he is at college he will have a learning assisatnt like i had help him concintrate, that warns of the bullys by them just being there trust i was bullyed from day i went to school till day i left , the note taker really helped me i had a few 1 to 1 lessons few times a week to go over my work swear i wouldnt have passed otherwise

Oldernotwiser

when_will_it_end wrote: »

i think its a good idea myself

So do I. And absolutely essential for young people with special needs.

ash4becks

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

GCSEs at 18, A levels at 20, graduate at 23? Wondeful!

not sure about this but this is the system in the usa

Indie_Kid

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

GCSEs at 18, A levels at 20, graduate at 23? Wondeful!

But what would the students do in the years that GCSEs are now taken?

DX2

Breast_Cancer_Survivor wrote: »

I honestly don't know whether he would be able to do that even.

He hates school as he has no friends & gets bullied.

I'm hoping he will be able to get a job of some kind.

BCS honestly I think some form of education is better than nothing at all, what will happen if he is unable to secure employment?

Others might think I'm a dragon biatch of a mother but mine ain't leaving until he has secured a job, he will not start adulthood claiming benefits, it's a bloody evil trap and once your in it there is very little hope of getting out of it. It's soul destroying.

Oldernotwiser

sh1305 wrote: »

But what would the students do in the years that GCSEs are now taken?

I know; it's a crazy idea that nobody sensible would ever consider.

when_will_it_end

BCS look in to smaller community collages when the time comes they have less students of all ages an all walks of life the one i went to was attached to a primary school, my DD is going to sixth form but were luck because its attached to her school so the teachers that helped her last yr are practicly next door plus the course she is doing she has been doing once a week for the last 2 yrs so the teacher there knows her well an her abilities plus the few friends she has will be there to meaning they will still call for her in the morning

when_will_it_end

sh1305 wrote: »

But what would the students do in the years that GCSEs are now taken?

maybe not have to ram in all the info needed to take them gives them longer to learn an take it in i think especially good for SEN students