Scottish Government

Reason for refusal

Total

Primary

Secondary

Under Statutory entry age

Other primary

S1

S2-S6

P1

P2-P7

Number

Total

3,120

120

800

412

1,219

569

Staffing constraints

464

-

201

124

1

138

Accommodation constraints

2,200

37

532

226

1,083

322

Effect on school discipline

20

-

-

4

1

15

Educational well-being of pupils already at the school

70

-

3

12

38

17

Continuity of the child's education

73

2

1

8

6

56

Age, ability or aptitude of the child

86

80

-

-

2

4

Child already required to discontinue at specified school

-

-

-

-

-

-

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

-

-

-

-

-

-

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

-

-

-

-

-

-

Place retained for children moving into the catchment area

159

-

36

18

88

17

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

47

-

27

20

-

-

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

1

1

-

-

-

-

Percentage

Staffing constraints

14.9

-

25.1

30.1

0.1

24.3

Accommodation constraints

70.5

30.8

66.5

54.9

88.8

56.6

Effect on school discipline

0.6

-

-

1.0

0.1

2.6

Educational well-being of pupils already at the school

2.2

-

0.4

2.9

3.1

3.0

Continuity of the child's education

2.3

1.7

0.1

1.9

0.5

9.8

Age, ability or aptitude of the child

2.8

66.7

-

-

0.2

0.7

Child already required to discontinue at specified school

-

-

-

-

-

-

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

-

-

-

-

-

-

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

-

-

-

-

-

-

Place retained for children moving into the catchment area

5.1

-

4.5

4.4

7.2

3.0

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

1.5

-

3.4

4.9

-

-

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

0.0

0.8

-

-

-

-