Comment

Representation ID: 19787

Received: 30/01/2009

Respondent: East Sussex County Council

Para. 10.51 states:
"....unauthorised absence in Rother schools is higher, and average GCSE/A level grades are lower, than the regional averages. Although rates of teenage pregnancy are much lower than the national average, they have risen in Rother over the last ten years. Similarly the numbers of 16-18 year olds not in education, employment or training has risen slightly and stood at 8% in 2007".

It should read:
".unauthorised absence in Rother schools is slightly lower, and average GCSE/A level grades are higher, than the regional averages. Although rates of teenage pregnancy are much lower than the national average, they have risen slightly in Rother over the last ten years. Similarly the numbers of 16-18 year olds not in education, employment or training has risen slightly and stood at 8% in 2007 in line with the ESCC average but has actually dropped slightly since January 2006".