Mr. Barry Slattery:

The only thing Ms Forster left out in regard to the review, was the emphasis on students, teachers and parents placing a high level of trust in the system but also in schools and teachers, and the value students placed on the relationship they had with teachers in their schools. That brings me to the point about the high retention rate we have. It is something we probably take for granted but when people from outside the country look at our data, they always ask how we manage to keep so many young people in education.