Summary Statistics for Schools in Scotland, No 5: 2014 Edition

Table 3.5 shows pupil characteristics. These data are used primarily in equalities monitoring.

In 2014, 88 per cent of pupils were recorded as being White-Scottish or White-other British. The largest other ethnic backgrounds include White-Other (4 per cent), Asian Pakistani (2 per cent) and Mixed (1 per cent).

140,542 pupils (21 per cent of all pupils) had an additional support need recorded. This will include pupils in special schools and those in mainstream schools with a Co-ordinated Support Plan (CSP), Individualised Education Programme, Child Plan or some other type of support.

Table 3.5: Pupil characteristics: ethnicity, additional support needs and English as an additional language by gender, 2014⁽¹⁾

(1) Data for ethnicity and English as an Additional Language does not include grant aided special schools as this information is not collected. There are 227 pupils at grant aided special schools.