My view is fairly simple - the median school leaving age has simply moved from 18 to 21. My father left school at 14, and many of my friends left at 16, and ar

My view is fairly simple - the median school leaving age has simply moved from 18 to 21. My father left school at 14, and many of my friends left at 16, and around only 1/4 of us went on to university. Today 1/2 pupils will attend university - to all intents and purposes their full time education continues from 5-21.