Scottish Government

September 2001

September 2002

Total Number of Pupils

Number of Pupils with Record of Needs

% of Pupils with Record Of Needs

Total Number of Pupils*

Number of Pupils with Record of Needs

% of Pupils with Record of Needs

Scotland

745,063

15,878

2.1%

738,521

15,315

2.1%

Aberdeen City

25,853

629

2.4%

24,999

580

2.3%

Aberdeenshire

36,239

692

1.9%

36,160

675

1.9%

Angus

16,408

247

1.5%

16,290

249

1.5%

Argyll & Bute

13,016

204

1.6%

12,976

224

1.7%

Clackmannanshire

7,430

166

2.2%

7,312

140

1.9%

Dumfries & Galloway

22,045

515

2.3%

21,851

490

2.2%

Dundee City

20,272

527

2.6%

19,803

475

2.4%

East Ayrshire

18,808

365

1.9%

18,662

337

1.8%

East Dunbartonshire

19,258

213

1.1%

19,026

226

1.2%

East Lothian

13,494

89

0.7%

13,532

110

0.8%

East Renfrewshire

16,137

214

1.3%

16,314

177

1.1%

Edinburgh City

49,547

1,325

2.7%

48,974

1,214

2.5%

Eilean Siar

4,166

125

3.0%

4,153

125

3.0%

Falkirk

21,246

536

2.5%

21,144

497

2.4%

Fife

52,638

741

1.4%

52,079

724

1.4%

Glasgow City

76,728

2,267

3.0%

75,546

2,272

3.0%

Highland

33,326

808

2.4%

33,112

774

2.3%

Inverclyde

12,993

484

3.7%

12,757

453

3.6%

Midlothian

12,997

208

1.6%

12,777

160

1.3%

Moray

13,562

351

2.6%

13,660

367

2.7%

North Ayrshire

21,382

344

1.6%

21,374

329

1.5%

North Lanarkshire

52,150

930

1.8%

51,883

872

1.7%

Orkney Islands

3,130

35

1.1%

3,168

43

1.4%

Perth & Kinross

18,366

353

1.9%

18,438

359

1.9%

Renfrewshire

27,111

920

3.4%

26,871

884

3.3%

Scottish Borders

15,760

292

1.9%

15,779

318

2.0%

Shetland Islands

3,751

87

2.3%

3,740

80

2.1%

South Ayrshire

16,669

386

2.3%

16,347

374

2.3%

South Lanarkshire

46,702

1,204

2.6%

46,274

1,188

2.6%

Stirling

12,853

185

1.4%

12,870

175

1.4%

West Dunbartonshire

15,057

139

0.9%

14,810

148

1.0%

West Lothian

25,969

297

1.1%

25,840

276

1.1%