In England, children must continue in full-time education until they are 16 - though now a majority stay on after that. The structure of Education is divided into three stages: primary (ages 5-11 in England and Wales, 5-12 in Scotland, and 4-11 in Northern Ireland); secondary (up to age 16); tertiary (over 16). Education up to age 16 is compulsory. Pupils who continue their education after age 16 in England and Wales can choose to stay in their school or …
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…to educational institutions to enhance these features. Although education and training are lifelong process, the task of preparing the young for the knowledge and skills expected of them as they mature into adulthood rests heavily upon schools Hargreaves & Fullan Walsh et al believes that society is on the threshold of a new learning age where jobs are changing and with them, skills needed for flexible employability people need to be astute thinkers and good operators.