Further help after school age
Connexions provides information for young people between the ages of 13-19. It gives valuable advice about post 16 options and aims to ease the transition between formal education and further education or work.
The statutory school leaving date is the last Friday in June of the academic year in which pupils reach the age of 16. After this date they may enter full time employment. Young people who have been educated at home are fully entitled to undertake further education college courses. Please be aware, however, that many courses have specific entry requirements, such as GCSE passes.
Useful addresses
Department for Education
Castle View House East Lane
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 2GJ
0870 001 2345
Education Otherwise
125 Queens Street Sheffield
South Yorkshire S1 2DU
0845 478 6345
Home Education Advisory Service
PO Box 98
Welwyn Garden City
Herts
AL8 6AN
Tel: 01707 371854
General help with legal rights
For independent advice on education rights for you and your child the following contact details may be of help.
Advisory Centre for Education (ACE)
1B Aberdeen Studios
22/24 Highbury Grove
London
N5 2DQ
Free phone: 0808 800 5793
Children’s Legal Centre
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
CO4 3SQ
Tel: 01206 877910
GCSE examination boards
OCR
1 Hills Road
Cambridge
CB1 2EU
Tel: 01223 553311
Edexcel
One90 High Holborn
London WC1V 7BH
0844 576 0027
AQA
Stag House
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 5XJ
Tel: 01483 506506
Correspondence courses
GCSEs
National Extension College
Michael Young Centre Purbeck Road
Cambridge
CB2 8HN
Tel: 01223 400200
Oxford Open Learning
4 Kings Meadow
Oxford
OX 2 0DP
01865 798022
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