 This can be provided in "playgroups", nurseries, community childcare centres or nursery classes in schools.The age at which a student may choose to stop education is commonly known as the "leaving age" for compulsory education.This age was raised to 18 by the Education and Skills Act 2008; the change took effect in 2013 for 16-year-olds and 2015 for 17-year-olds.