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 6 shows that exclusion rates were generally higher for looked after children who had more placement moves during the school year, from 316 exclusions per 1,000 children for those who only had one placement to 1,308 exclusions per 1,000 children for children who had six or more placements during the school year.

Table 6: Cases of exclusions for looked after children for children, by number of placements, 2009/10

Total exclusions for looked after children

Exclusions per 1,000 pupils who were looked after

Number of placements

1

1,845

316

2

470

445

3

248

758

4

69

663

5

32

1,032

6 or more

34

1,308

Scotland

2,698

365

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