Raising the age of compulsory education in England: A neet solution?

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 420-439

  Simmons, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compulsory education; NEET; School leaving age; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 57449117710     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: 14678527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8527.2008.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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