Higher vocational education is a new post-secondary educationform which leads directly to employment and corresponds to the needs of the labour market.
In the London boroughs of Hackney and Islington, an independent report recommended the creation ofnew sixth form colleges as a step towards encouraging more young people to stay in education and gain qualifications.
The school at Two Boats has an enthusiastic, experienced new headmaster, but there is no longer a fund to provide for the sixth-form educationof its most promising students in the UK (the island's school only goes up to Britain's GCSE level, and thus to the age of about 16).