The 14 to 19 education policy and practices have undergone significant changes in the last few years. Within the UK, there has been much debate around 14 to 19, with the age group spanning the two traditional phases of compulsory education and post-compulsory education up until the Raising of the Participation Age (RPA) in June 2015.
While the RPA initiative has removed some of the confusion around the policy, a young person at the age of 16 can still choose to leave school to join a college, take up an Apprenticeship, undertake home education, or take up full-time employment with training.
It is also usual to find the phrase 14 to 19 education linked strongly to the phrases “vocational education” or “education and training”, which creates further debate around what the 14 to 19 policy should look like and what its purpose should be in the UK educational framework.
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