Further written evidence to be reported to the House
Education and Skills Bill
10:30 am
Ian Pryce: I do, provided that there are enough apprenticeship places, because for a lot of that 10 per cent., that would be a good route. I do have one slight concern, which is about culture. Now, if somebody does not attend the college, we tend to look internally and ask what is wrong with us that is causing that non-attendance, rather than look at that person as a truant. That might be a subtle thing, but we still have to look to ourselves—to ask, if people are not turning up, what we can do better to encourage attendance, rather than immediately go down the support-penalty route.