Data on heard and successful admissions appeals for East Sussex local authority are given in the following table. Data are not available for Eastbourne as they are not collected at this level.
Primary schools Secondary schools East Sussex England1 East Sussex England1 Appeals heard Appeals decided in parent’s favour Appeals heard Appeals decided in parent’s favour Appeals heard Appeals decided in parent’s favour Appeals heard Appeals decided in parent’s favour 1997/98 106 52 20,180 9,560 95 43 32,980 10,720 1998/99 156 63 21,220 9,340 157 54 38,960 12,640 1999/2000 146 37 18,710 7,290 273 104 43,940 14,180 2000/01 101 24 17,510 6,210 225 60 46,370 14,990 2001/02 81 9 16,160 5,510 230 68 49,980 16,220 2002/03 68 14 13,760 4,540 192 50 50,200 16,820 2003/04 91 5 13,180 4,340 227 74 46,480 16,290 2004/05 61 9 13,600 4,700 323 109 45,730 16,340 1 National totals have been rounded to the nearest 10.
The percentages of half days missed due to unauthorised absence from maintained mainstream schools in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Eastbourne and (ii) East Sussex in each year since 1997 is shown as follows:
Eastbourne East Sussex England 1997/98 0.5 0.4 0.5 1998/99 0.6 0.4 0.5 1999/2000 0.5 0.4 0.5 2000/01 0.6 0.5 0.5 2001/02 0.6 0.37 0.45 2002/03 0.6 0.41 0.43 2003/04 0.8 0.53 0.41 2004/05 0.8 0.77 0.43
Eastbourne East Sussex England 1997/98 0.8 1.3 1.1 1998/99 0.9 1.1 1.1 1999/2000 1.1 1.2 1.0 2000/01 1.2 1.2 1.1 2001/02 1.2 1.41 1.09 2002/03 2.0 1.35 1.07 2003/04 2.2 1.41 1.13 2004/05 1.7 1.34 1.23 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Due to local government reorganisation, regional figures are not available prior to 1998. 3 Figures for the above local authorities are available to one decimal place prior to 2001/02 and two decimal places from 2001/02 onwards.
To break the information down by type of institution as requested can be provided only at a disproportionate cost.
Unauthorised absence is absence without leave from a teacher or other authorised representative of the school. This includes all unexplained or unjustified absences, such as lateness, holidays during term time not authorised by the school, absence where reason is not yet established and truancy.