The following table shows the proportion of all academic age 16-year-olds participating in full-time education in Essex local authority in each year since 1997. These figures are not currently available at parliamentary constituency level.
Participation of 16-year-olds in education and training is published in the Statistical First Release: Participation in Education, Training and Employment by 16 to 18-year-olds in England: 2005 and 2006 and Participation in Education and Training by 16 and 17-year-olds in each local area in England: 2004 and 2005. See the following link:
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000734/index.shtml
Participation of 16-year-olds in full-time education, EssexPercentage19971998199920002001 (a)2001 (b)2002200320042005Essex171727170686971707274Essex1—717270677072717375Southend-on-Sea—787976776574677474Thurrock—646064616464676672England70707271717172727376 1 The two figures for Essex are for (i) Essex county council and (ii) Essex unitary authority (UA). The former contains Essex UA, Southend-on-Sea UA and Thurrock UA. Figures for these UAs are not available for 1997.Notes:1. Learner in Special Designated Institutes (SDIs) and External Institutes (EIs) have been included from 2002 onwards.2. For 2001 onwards, information for pupils in maintained schools, CTCs and academies is included by the pupil’s residence, rather than the address of the school. The table 2001 (a) provides the figures on the old basis, 2001 (b) on the new basis.