The phrase "a school leaving" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to refer to the act of leaving school, but it is not a commonly used expression.
Example: "The school leaving ceremony was a memorable event for all the graduates."
Alternatives: "a school exit" or "a school departure".
My sister had been given Jane's book, Faces, by her teacher as a school leaving present.
They are a school leaving exam at 16 when you are not allowed to leave education until 18.
Given to him as a school leaving gift and covered in messages from former classmates, it was recently discovered by David and Yumi Baxter on a beach in Alaska.
Telling them on the one hand that it's crucial for them to stay on in education or training but, there again, it's OK if they don't: allowing them to be pressurised by their mates, their part-time employers or even their family to drop out of learning; allowing the GCSE to be seen as a school leaving exam, when that was never its purpose.
Tristram Hunt, the shadow education secretary, told MPs in an urgent debate: "What today's Ofsted report exposes is that the government's free school programme has become a dangerous free-for-all – an out-of-control ideological experiment that has closed a school, leaving 400 children losing an entire week of learning.
The shadow education secretary told MPs: "What today's Ofsted report exposes is that the government's free school programme has become a dangerous free-for-all – an out-of-control ideological experiment that has closed a school, leaving 400 children losing an entire week of learning.
As with choosing a pension, choosing a school leaves scope for regret, shame and fear of missing out.
There is not a school left on the Trojans' schedule that is currently ranked in the AP top 25, although Oregon is on the cusp.
"In Data, 'A' Schools Leave Many Not Ready for CUNY" (news article, June 22) mentioned that the New York City Department of Education may begin to use the CUNY remediation rate in a high school's report-card letter grade.
Compulsory school laws establish either a minimum number of years of education that an individual should complete before leaving school or a minimum school leaving age.
1Effects on labor market outcomes in the USA are in part explained by the compulsory laws that specify a minimum school leaving age.
