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Direct linkWoodin, Tom; McCulloch, Gary; Cowan, Steven – British Educational Research Journal, 2013
The raising of the participation age (RPA) to 17 in 2013 and 18 in 2015 marks a historic expansion of compulsory education. Despite the tendency of New Labour governments to eschew historical understanding and explanation, RPA was conceived with the benefit of an analysis of previous attempts to extend compulsion in schooling. This paper assesses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Compulsory Education
McCulloch, Gary; Cowan, Steven; Woodin, Tom – Journal of Education Policy, 2012
This paper establishes and explains the important role of the Conservative Government of 1959-1964 in supporting the raising of the school leaving age in Britain from the age of 15 to 16. This was a significant and high-profile national issue that generated much educational, social and political debate around conflicting priorities during this…
Descriptors: Government Role, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Political Attitudes
Cowan, Steven; McCulloch, Gary; Woodin, Tom – History of Education, 2012
This paper examines the connections between the school building programme in England and the raising of the school leaving age (ROSLA) from 14 to 15 in 1947 and then to 16 in 1972. These two major developments were intended to help to ensure the realisation of "secondary education for all" in the postwar period. The combination led in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Compulsory Education, Age, Secondary Education
