GWYNEDD council has registered its approval for soaring attendance rates in the county’s secondary schools.

National statistics show that the attendance of secondary school pupils in Gwynedd continues to improve, and that schools’ performance is joint best of all Welsh counties.

Gwynedd Council has congratulated the county’s secondary school pupils on the continued progress in terms of attendance over the last academic year.

In 2015/16 the performance of Gwynedd pupils was joint first with that of the Vale of Glamorgan’s performance.

This comes after last year’s report which showed that the performance of Gwynedd’s pupils was second amongst all counties in Wales.

Cabinet member for education on Gwynedd Council, Cllr Gareth Thomas said: “The fact that a national report confirms that the attendance levels of secondary school pupils continues to improve is a matter in which we can be proud.

“Last year, Gwynedd’s performance was second amongst all Welsh authorities, and it is positive to see that this has improved within the last year and that the pupils of the county are now joint first."

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