13.4% of nursery and primary school pupils taking free school meals in
January 2004 (14.2 per cent in England)
2.9% of primary pupils did not have English as their first language in
January 2004 (11 per cent in England)
0.74% of half days missed due to unauthorised absence in all schools in
2003/04 (0.72 per cent in England)
0.09% of the school population excluded permanently in 2002/03 (0.12 per
cent in England)
Sue Phillips, principal education welfare officer at the council, said: "If children have a problem at school we do our best to resolve the situation." Source: Department for Education and Skills.
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