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[–] sunglocto@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not legally, but some of them do. You need to be in some form of education until you turn 18

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s probably a vernacular thing then. In the US, 16-18 is “secondary education” and college is considered “higher education”

[–] nogooduser@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In the UK, secondary education is 11-16, further education is 16-18 and higher education is after that.

When I was in secondary education you could leave at 16.

[–] theo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

But to confuse things even more, colleges are places to go from 16, not to be confused with sixth-forms which do much the same thing, but are attached to secondary education schools.