YES: GRAHAM HOYLE, chief executive, Association of Learning Providers - But only if "staying on" includes adequate provision for pre-Apprenticeship and Apprenticeship programmes understood by all. Staying on will benefit the young person and the economy if choices on academic or vocational options are free from bias. With successful completion rates increasing, the current demand for Apprenticeships is not being met and ministers must address this in the comprehensive spending review.
NO: JOHN DUNFORD, general secretary, Association of School and College Leaders - There's already far too much education legislation. Compulsion is unnecessary because we're moving towards this already through the 14-19 agenda. It also obscures the real issue, which is the need to raise the proportion of 16- to 19-year-olds in full-time education or training, on courses or training programmes that are suited to them. When a better vocational course framework is in place, this will be a more achievable objective.
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