Learning Structures

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The available options for the 16-year-old, as soon as you have completed your exams have changed over Time - But what impact will the changes have?

1. The Number in full-Time Education has More Than doubled, Until recently, the students were Able to travel in the work immediately after completion of the GCSEs.

the changes mean, However, that since 2015 all have to take part in Some form of training or Education until you are 18-The First change to The School leaving age since 1972.

in Spite of this, there are still thousands to go directly into employment, or to avoid the Education and training, as there is no mechanism for the Government to enforce the Directive.

Local authorities, however, have to advertise, to advise, and to Finance, and the opportunities for 16 - and 17-year-old.

In Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland , left school at the age remains 16.

In Wales, 79% of 16 - to 18-year-olds are in training and over 90% of 16 - to 17-year-olds in Northern Ireland .

2. Further Education college visits decreased there are A Number of options for the 16-year-olds who decide to continue in full-Time Education .

First, you can continue in The School , where she studied Education .

Most choose, however, to go down to the sixth-form or further Education colleges.

Percentage of students by the educational institution

England

source: Department fo Education includes special schools and universities these are usually larger and offer more freedom for the students.

However, while sixth-form colleges focus more on preparing students for the University by the class-levels in FE colleges to provide more skills and technical courses.

3. The increase in top GCSE Grades ab, ab slowBefore, further training in England, Wales and Northern Ireland pupils sit their GCSEs, typically at 16.

In Scotland, you sit the.

Education in GCSEs has improved, this triggered worries about Grade Inflation and easier tests.

And this led to the part of the Conservative-led Government coalition.

% of the GCSE get top Grades

A*-C/9-4 marks awarded

source: Centre for Education and Employment Research, University of buckingh amine of England, those who don't have English or mathematics, for the First Time are expected to sit the examination as often as necessary, until you are 19, in addition to their training or Education .

The Charity Impulse has pointed out, this is not meant to do it before you.

In the year 2018, the Proportion of GCSE entries are marked with A*-C ranged from 61. 8% in Wales 81. 4% in Northern Ireland .

4. Vocational courses increase in popularityThe vast majority will achieve at least five GCSEs in the age group of 19.

But only 60% reach the next stage of qualification - a training (such as BTec), academic qualification (usually Abitur) or certified advanced training.

estimate of The Number of A-Level or vocational course

England

source: Department for Education , while A-levels remain The Most popular choice, vocational qualifications are increasingly seen as individuals move toward more classroom-based learning-structures for technical or professional skills.

In Wales, 62. 4% of 18 - to 24-year-olds have an A-level or an equivalent qualification.

5. Vocational courses, extended University access and vocational qualifications focus on the industry-specific skills.

they tend to emphasize, projects, or house work assessments rather than examinations (As Is the case with A-levels) and in conjunction with the industry.

The Most popular vocational courses are BTecs, for the recording tripled since 2006, Verd.

Although many are designed to lead to qualified jobs, without the need for a University Education , they are increasingly recognized and Accepted as a way into the University.

Btec longer be used, and for the University,-entries in the North and Midlands

% decreases by region and qualification, England

source: Social Market Foundation, research by The Social Market Foundation at the University, especially among those of white working-class background.

The reasons for their inclusion with certain demographics vary.

a less academic route, those who have difficulties with school completion fits, But students are also attracted by the greater variety and freedom offered by further Education colleges.

In 2011, said that many of them, "offered little to no labour market value".

And this, in part, led to The Department for Education to remove the hundreds of courses from The List of those who are college performance tables.

in addition, it has introduced for England, it is expected that you will be completely implemented until the end of the year 2023.

These have a stronger focus on internships as existing vocational qualifications.

6. The Most common training is on the business, The Image of the professional qualifications, the preparation of students on practical employment is only for the hands-far from exact - The Most popular range of professional courses in today's business.

These courses may range from learning How To pitch business ideas to the valuation of a company's books.

Another popular offering of the courses, the health and social care is. Other popular courses for students for professions in the plumbing, horticulture, hairdressing and sound engineering prepare.

7. Top Grades in A-level have increased dramatic ally with More Than a quarter of a million people have A-levels to sit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland each year, this remains by far The Most popular post-16 choice.

by 1987, the share of the top Grades - at the Time - was limited to 10%.

Since then, there has been a gradual increase in the Proportion receiving an a or A* (was in 2010).

Proportion of A levels receiving A*-A Grades

1965-2019

not Scotland source: Centre for Education and Employment Research, University of BuckinghamAnd included, as with school certificate, this promoted a discussion about whether exams have become easier, and was of The Coalition .

These include the reduction of the relevance of the AS-Level and a decline in the rate of work.

8. Science A-levels are English and art SUFF decades of Government -supported initiatives to increase the acceptance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) people have seen mathematics pushed English to the second place of The Most popular A-level subject.

General studies has all But disappeared, as the universities said they would not accept it as a qualification and 2019, the last year is Sat .

A-level stem subjects rose

% change A-Level-decisions that have to be seen in schools between 1999 and 2018, England

source: analysis of Ministry of Education dataA, a decline in French and German, But more global languages such as Mandarin, Spanish, and Arabic, have slowly become more popular.

9. Training begins stagnantTo make encourage teaching, the Federal Government has a "training levy" in 2017, a tax of large enterprises in the financing of its founding.

But The Number of training begins, has stagnated.

number of Apprenticeship starts by under 19s

England

source: Department for Education Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland , the management of their own teaching and how they are funded.

the largest of The three sectors for the under-19 training health, economy and technology, which launches a share of More Than 61,000 in the year 2018 are set.

Last year, there were 4,400 training starts in Wales and 2,500 in Northern Ireland .

10. Education funding was cutTotal, according to The Institute for Fiscal Studies.

further Education and sixth-form colleges faced with similar cuts, But school sixth forms are worse.

consumer spending per head on training-and-Education

Per pupil spending in £, England

source: The Institute for Fiscal Studies, red displays, before spendSince 2016, the financing of Education was told on a per-student basis, which means each child receives a minimal amount of funds, as long as the qualification is deemed suitable by the Government .

Prime Minister , Boris Johnson has said he will increase the training and skills budget.

11. Participation in Scotland has grownBy Jamie McIvor, Bbc Scotland Education correspondent

in Scotland the Education system was always separate from The System South of The Border , even before the decentralization.

However, there is a fundamental change in the character of the latter years of the Secondary School , which since the 1980s.

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Source of news: bbc.com