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New Blog Post 📝 Politically, moving pupils away from academics and towards technical courses at 14 years old is popular, but that doesn't mean its right. Here I provide a real world scenario and a possible alternative for my friend Ben. joel120193.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...

joel120193.substack.comA Tale of Two Bens: What Happens When We Decide a Child's Future at 14?Education should open doors for young people. Changing the system could make it so we lock them in and make it very difficult to provide the key.

30/8/26, 6:50 pm3 reposts2 likes

Graham

@gfnotts.bsky.social

30 Aug

A great read. As you infer in your blog, education should be about giving people choices and opportunities, not narrowing them...

Joel Kenyon

@joel120193.substack.com

31 Aug

Thank you. I agree, changing that I believe has some awful consequences

Jim Lauder

@mrjlauder.bsky.social

30 Aug

Excellent Joel. This is exactly my fear. I'd add the one poll I've seen on this had the public very supportive of technical routes, but from 16 not 14 - which is much more sensible.

Joel Kenyon

@joel120193.substack.com

30 Aug

Thank you! Based on the schools we work in, it is very easy to push a lot of our students down these routes and lock into an unchangeable future. 16 is a much more appropriate age, lets just hope the government agree...