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Destinations of school leavers 2006-07
11/12/2007
Scotland's Chief Statistician today published a range of statistics relating to the destinations of leavers from Scottish schools.
The statistics relate to the destinations in September 2007 of young people who left school during the 2006-07 academic year.
The main findings are:
- Just under 87 per cent of 2006-07 school leavers are in positive destinations; higher education, further education, employment, voluntary work or training
- The proportion of young people entering full-time further or higher education has fallen slightly from just below 54 per cent in 2005-06 to just under 53 per cent in 2006-07
- The proportion of leavers entering employment has increased by around two percentage points to just over 28 per cent in 2006-07
- The proportion who are unemployed and seeking employment or training has remained relatively stable at around 11 per cent since 2005-06
- The proportion who are unemployed and not seeking employment or training has decreased slightly to 1.5 per cent in 2006-07
- Additional analysis by pupil characteristic is available for the first time in 2006-07. This shows that school leavers from more deprived areas are less likely to enter positive destinations and leavers who stay on past the legal minimum leaving age are more likely to enter positive destinations
Notes
2006/07 is the first year that analysis by pupil characteristics is available.
In 2006/07, it has also been possible to separately identify leavers who enter voluntary work from the 'unemployed and not seeking' category for the first time. These school leavers are included in positive destinations, but have been included in 'unemployed and not seeking' in some analyses to allow comparisons over time.