school-leavers

Newly finished students

School-leavers are young people who have recently finished or are about to finish their formal schooling, typically at age sixteen to eighteen.

The term is more common in British than American English and usually appears in discussions of employment, training, or further education: The program targets school-leavers entering the workforce, School-leavers face a competitive job market.

demographics

cohort

Group sharing circumstances

outcomes · attainment · socioeconomic · disadvantaged · tracking · surveys · retention · dropout · youth · teenagers

employment

entry-level

Requiring minimal prior experience

hiring · employers · CVs · applications · interviews · zero-hours · placements · recruitment · employability · qualifications

transition

graduates

Degree recipients

freshers · induction · orientation · pathways · choices · decisions · crossroads · milestones · futures

policy

funding

Supplying monetary resources

grants · bursaries · subsidies · interventions · outreach · mentoring · welfare · benefits · allowances · reform

Opposites
educational status

school-leaversfreshmen

Newly enrolled students

enrollees · matriculants · new students · first-year students · kindergarteners

life stage transition

school-leaversmature students

Older individuals in education

adult learners

educational continuation

school-leaversuniversity students

Enrolled degree seekers

college-goers · postgraduates · sixth-formers · undergraduates

Family

school, leaver, schools, leavers, schooled, schooling, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, schoolhouse

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G