Hiya, my sister left school at 15 with special permission as she was joining a college course. Think this was cos her birthdays in novemeber so she would have legally had to go back and do half a year before she could leave. I'm sure prof53 is right but it my be worth speaking to a careers advisor at school. We were in Scotland and it was over 10 years ago so things might have changed. Good luck tho, seems mad to make someone stay on who doesnt want to and has a job to go to.