11. There are several reasons why a government may wish to raise the school leaving age . 12. The template is to be used for table entries in the School leaving age list article. 13. Providing a continuation of education from the age of 2 1 / 2 up to school leaving age . 14. Much of her energy was applied to organising the raising of the school leaving age from 14 to 15. 15. When the lower school leaving age rose to 16, both Queen Margaret and Mainholm Academies outgrew their accommodation. 16. This act was later amended in 1899 to raise the school leaving age up to 12 years of age. 17. The staff-student ratio is set at 1 : 11, and the school leaving age is 16. 18. Additionally there is Inverness College which offers further and higher education courses to those of school leaving age and above. 19. The Government plans to increase the school leaving age resulted in the need to accommodate 168, 000 additional pupils. 20. It would not be until 1973 that the school leaving age rose to 16, now known as Year Eleven.
