Once they pass the exams, they can leave high school as early as the end of the second year.
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He suggested that bright students should be pushed as they would be if they attended independent or grammar schools, adding that too many were left to coast in mixed ability classes or entered too early for exams.
The third change will be to allow clever pupils to take examsearly, or even skip some of them altogether, and start more advanced courses while at school.
Mr Robinson is also concerned at how AS-levels are scheduled - saying that sitting exams in early May means that the course is compressed into two terms.