Raising Participation Age (RPA)

Raising the participation age (RPA)

• The participation age has been raised so that all young people in England are now required to continue in education or training beyond the age of 16.

• Young people have a choice about how they continue in education or training post-16, which could be through:

-full-time study in a school, college or with a training provider;

-full time work or volunteering (20 hours or more) combined with regulated part-time education or training (about one day per week);

-an apprenticeship (www.apprenticeships.org.uk) or traineeship.

For more information on RPA visit the webpage here