Can you leave school at 17? (1 Viewer)

[SabrinaSchool]

Hi I am 16 and I am in year 11 in NSW.
I don't do TAFE or anything like that. I am full time in school doing 12 units.

I am turning 17 soon and I'm wondering what your rights are.
Are you able to just leave at 17? Do you have to have a job or go to TAFE? What are the ways out if you can't just leave?

I would probably have to finish year 12 but I am just wondering what can happen.
I want to go to TAFE when I finish school and I am not going to university.

Thank you

 

[laura-jayne14]

I think to leave school you need to be 17 & have a full-time job, traineeship or doing a TAFE course lined up before you leave. My friend left school and did disabilities cert III at TAFE for six months and now he's working casually.

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[Shadowdude]

I left school when I was 17...

as in I did my HSC when I was 17


lots of people do this

 

[obliviousninja]

I left school when I was 17...

as in I did my HSC when I was 17


lots of people do this

dats qoot.

 

[BLIT2014]

If you are over 17 you can leave school.
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/leavingschool/schoolleaveage/sla_2012_internet/index.htm