A Midland Reform UK council leader who is still in his teens has called sixth form a “complete joke” and said it only helped young people develop a “woke mindset”.

George Finch, the 19-year-old leader of Warwickshire County Council, called for more hands-on courses at his party conference in Birmingham last weekend.

He said: “The education system is broken. I’m probably one of the closest to being in school (on this panel) and being in sixth forms and universities. It’s a joke. It’s a complete joke. Sixth forms you’re meant to develop your learning from GCSEs – you don’t develop anything.

READ MORE: Moment 'cat-sized rats' scuttle in hotel entrance as guest fears 'attack'

“The only thing you do develop is a woke mindset. You’re not allowed to question what’s going on. You’re not al

See Full Page