PLACING REQUESTS IN EDUCATION AUTHORITY SCHOOLS IN SCOTLAND, 1990-91 TO 2000-2001

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PLACING REQUESTS IN EDUCATION AUTHORITY SCHOOLS IN SCOTLAND, 1990-91 TO 2000-2001

Education authority primary and secondary schools, 1 August 2000 to 31 July 2001: Placing requests refused, by reason for refusal

Table 5

Reason for refusal

Total

Primary

Secondary

Under Statutory entry age

Other primary

S1

S2-S6

P1

P2-P7

Number

Total

3,120

137

718

406

1,163

696

Staffing constraints

270

1

57

95

1

116

Accommodation constraints

2,471

23

637

284

1,031

496

Effect on school discipline

9

0

0

2

0

7

Educational well-being of pupils already at the school

80

0

3

13

60

4

Continuity of the child's education

73

0

0

6

4

63

Age, ability or aptitude of the child

93

92

1

0

0

0

Child already required to discontinue at specified school

2

0

0

0

0

2

Specified school is a special school and the child does not have special educational needs

1

0

0

0

0

1

Specified school is a single sex school and the child is not of the sex admitted to the school

9

0

0

0

8

1

Place retained for children moving into the catchment area

89

1

17

6

59

6

Accepting the request would make it necessary for the Council to create an additional class or employ an additional teacher at a future stage of the child's primary education

3

0

3

0

0

0

Under section 38(1) of Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Act 2000, education normally provided would not be suited to ability and aptitude of child

20

20

0

0

0

0

Percentage

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Staffing constraints

8.7

0.7

7.9

23.4

0.1

16.7

Accommodation constraints

79.2

16.8

88.7

70.0

88.7

71.3

Effect on school discipline

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

1.0

Educational well-being of pupils already at the school

2.6

0.0

0.4

3.2

5.2

0.6

Continuity of the child's education

2.3

0.0

0.0

1.5

0.3

9.1

Age, ability or aptitude of the child

3.0

67.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Child already required to discontinue at specified school

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

Specified school is a special school and the child does not have special educational needs

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

Specified school is a single sex school and the child is not of the sex admitted to the school

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.7

0.1

Place retained for children moving into the catchment area

2.9

0.7

2.4

1.5

5.1

0.9

Accepting the request would make it necessary for the Council to create an additional class or employ an additional teacher at a future stage of the child's primary education

0.1

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

Under section 38(1) of Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Act 2000, education normally provided would not be suited to ability and aptitude of child

0.6

14.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

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