School leaving age raised

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Tens of thousands of teenagers will stay in school or training for an extra year as the education leaving age is raised this week, but business leaders have warned that youngsters need better careers advice to make good decisions about their future.

Youngsters who received their GCSE results this summer will continue some form of studying until they are 17 in a move to raise the education participation age. From 2015 this will be increased to 18.
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