Statistics Publication Notice: Health and Care Series: Educational Outcomes for Scotland's Looked After Children, 2009/10

Table 10 shows that 59 per cent of looked after children who left school during 2009/10 were in a positive destination at the time of the September initial destination survey, compared with 87 per cent of all 2009/10 school leavers.

However, by the time of the March follow-up destination survey, the percentage of looked after children who left school during 2009/10 who were in a positive destination had fallen to 44 per cent, compared with 85 per cent of all 2009/10 school leavers.

Table 10: Percentage of school leavers by initial and follow-up destination, for all school leavers and those who were looked after children, 2009/10