03 May 2017 06:20:35
Hi Eds, just wanted to pick your brains on something if possible, it's been mentioned a few times on here, especially with the young Fulham left back, that they wouldn't be able to train all the time due to school work. What is the clubs policy with this?

The reason I ask is school finishes between the ages of 15-16 depending on what month you are born in. Any further education from that point is surely optional whether it be sixth form, college, university etc.

I finished school at 16,didnt enter further education as had always dreamed of joining the RAF which I did at 17. I was just wondering as obviously being able to sign a professional contract at the same age I joined, it's a much more lucrative career than the armed forces so for those kids who don't wish to partake in further education, is it forced upon them and written into the contract or is it, like every other person of that age in the UK, optional from the age of sixteen onwards?

Just wanted to know if they wanted to quit school at 17 when they signed pro contract and put every breath into training and improving are they allowed to?

Cheers.

{Ed002's Note - It is nothing to do with club policy. I have explained, they are required to attend school until they are 18 and are limited by the number of hours they can train as they are children.}

1.) 03 May 2017
03 May 2017 12:32:41
I think the question is required by whom though ed?

{Ed002's Note - The FA.}

2.) 03 May 2017
03 May 2017 15:05:19
A few years ago it became law that you have to stay in formal education until you're 18 in the uk. Be it an apprenticeship, sixth form or college.

3.) 03 May 2017
03 May 2017 18:07:01
Ah OK, I wasn't aware the law had changed, weird that it only changed in England though, just checked on government website and Wales can still leave at sixteen, so can Scotland, only England that has changed, makes sense why the FA have done that then.