what is the education standard as per this?
Compulsory attendance until 13 was exempted if a child over 10 had been certified by the inspector as satisfying the required standard for that board.
Elementary Education Act 1870
In areas served by school boards that had implemented by-laws requiring attendance, compulsory attendance until 13 was exempted if a child over 10 had been certified by the inspector as satisfying the required standard for that board. 
when was school leaving age raised to 16 1 September 1972 what happened to this during the nineteenth century? Compulsory attendance at school ceased to be a matter for local option, with the introduction of the Elementary Education Act 1870 a milestone in the British school education system. what was the necessity for this act just mentioned? It set the framework for schooling of all children between the ages of 5 and 12 in England and Wales. what are the results of this act? There were ongoing political clashes between the vested interests of Church, private schools and the National Education League followers
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Elementary Education Act 1870 [SEP] Standards of education
In areas served by school boards that had implemented by-laws requiring attendance, compulsory attendance until 13 was exempted if a child over 10 had been certified by the inspector as satisfying the required standard for that board. The standards required varied between 4th Standard (such as in Birmingham) and 6th Standard (such as in Bolton.