Education and Skills Act 2008
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Education and Skills Act 2008
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The Education and Skills Act 2008 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that raised the minimum age at which a person in England can leave education or training from 16 to 18 for those born after 1 September 1997, with an interim minimum leaving age of 17 from 2013. This was described as "raising the participation age". The Act does not apply in Scotland or Northern Ireland and has not been extended to Wales, in those places the school-leaving age remains around 16. This part of the
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United Kingdom legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_and_Skills_Act_2008
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2023-12-19T09:08:23Z
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