Statistics Publication Notice: Health and Care Series: Educational Outcomes for Scotland's Looked After Children, 2009/10
Educational Outcomes for Scotland's Looked After Children, 2009/10
Table 1 shows that the overall school attendance rate for looked after children was 87.8 per cent in 2009/10 compared with 93.2 per cent for all school children. The difference in attendance rates between looked after children and others were greatest in secondary stages S1 to S4.
Table 1: Percentage attendance by all pupils, looked after children, stage and gender, 2009/10
Stage |
All Pupils |
Looked After Children |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Girls |
Boys |
Total |
Girls |
Boys |
Total |
|
P1 |
94.7 |
94.6 |
94.7 |
93.1 |
94.4 |
93.7 |
P2 |
94.7 |
94.7 |
94.7 |
93.5 |
93.6 |
93.5 |
P3 |
94.9 |
95.0 |
95.0 |
93.6 |
93.9 |
93.7 |
P4 |
95.0 |
95.1 |
95.1 |
93.0 |
93.1 |
93.1 |
P5 |
95.0 |
95.0 |
95.0 |
94.1 |
93.6 |
93.8 |
P6 |
95.0 |
94.8 |
94.9 |
94.0 |
92.9 |
93.4 |
P7 |
95.1 |
94.8 |
95.0 |
94.5 |
92.7 |
93.5 |
S1 |
93.2 |
92.9 |
93.1 |
86.2 |
83.0 |
84.5 |
S2 |
91.4 |
91.4 |
91.4 |
81.1 |
80.1 |
80.6 |
S3 |
89.4 |
90.1 |
89.8 |
73.5 |
76.0 |
74.9 |
S4 |
89.6 |
90.5 |
90.0 |
78.8 |
82.9 |
80.9 |
S5 |
90.8 |
91.8 |
91.3 |
87.9 |
88.7 |
88.3 |
S6 |
91.7 |
92.9 |
92.3 |
92.9 |
97.4 |
94.6 |
Primary |
94.9 |
94.9 |
94.9 |
93.7 |
93.4 |
93.5 |
Secondary |
91.0 |
91.4 |
91.2 |
80.2 |
80.8 |
80.5 |
Special |
90.6 |
90.6 |
90.6 |
84.9 |
84.7 |
84.8 |
Scotland |
93.1 |
93.3 |
93.2 |
87.8 |
87.7 |
87.8 |
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