Why we should keep students in school until they are 19

Compulsory education post-16: Mike Britland says schools should not cut students loose until 19. Photograph: AlamyAs I stood watching the outgoing teenage dreamers entering the decked out and bejewelled banquet hall of a Bournemouth hotel, preened and dressed to the nines for their prom night, my mind drifted off to a distant and increasingly fuzzy memory of a time long gone by. Back in the early summer of 1994, Pete Sampras was winning his fifth Wimbledon title, Diana Ross was missing an easy

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