If passed, it will see the education leaving age rise to 18 in 2015. But how will the new legislation be enforced, who will be responsible and will it work? Nancy Rowntree reports.
They probably don't realise it, but the children who will be starting secondary school next year could be part of what the government has branded the biggest reform of education, training and skills in a generation.
If the Education and Skills Bill published in Parliament a fortnight ago is passed, they will be the first young people with a legal duty to stay in education or training until the age of 18. At the moment there are about 200,000 young people between the ages of 16 to 18 not in education or training. That's too many, ministers say, if the UK is to compete successfully on the global economic stage.
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