SQA attainment and school leaver qualifications in scotland: 2002/03

SQA attainment and school leaver qualifications in Scotland: 2002/03

Table 3: Average tariff score of S4 pupils attending publicly funded secondary schools, by gender: 2002/03

Gender	Number of Pupils	Tariff Score
Gender	Number of Pupils	Average	Minimum	Lower Quartile	Middle Value	Upper Quartile	Maximum
All pupils	61,009	168	0	116	170	226	496
Male	31,054	159	0	109	160	216	484
Female	29,955	177	0	126	182	236	496

Chart 1: Average tariff score of S4 pupils attending publicly funded secondary schools, by gender: 2002/03

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Table 4: Average tariff score of S4 pupils attending publicly funded secondary schools, by ethnic background: 2002/03

Ethnic Background	Number of Pupils	Tariff Score
Ethnic Background	Number of Pupils	Average	Minimum	Lower Quartile	Middle Value	Upper Quartile	Maximum
All pupils	61,009	168	0	116	170	226	496
White - UK	53,813	170	0	119	171	228	496
White - Other	976	166	0	109	170	228	484
Mixed	219	196	0	148	210	248	332
Asian - Indian	161	191	0	136	200	248	316
Asian - Pakistani	578	163	0	114	165	214	342
Asian - Bangladeshi	26	154	0	117	153	210	294
Asian - Chinese	158	211	0	161	218	272	342
Asian - Other	58	182	0	127	196	258	304
Black - Caribbean	12	136	0	95	141	209	226
Black - African	47	158	0	100	154	232	304
Black - Other	17	125	0	0	136	176	300
All Other Categories	156	155	0	90	160	222	304
Not known/disclosed	4,788	141	0	87	142	198	388

"All Other Categories" includes: Occupational Traveller, Gypsy Traveller and 'Other' Categories
Averages calculated from small numbers may be misleading

Chart 2: Average tariff score of S4 pupils attending publicly funded secondary schools, by ethnic background: 2002/03

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Table 5: Average tariff score of S4 pupils attending publicly funded secondary schools, by ethnic background and gender: 2002/03

Ethnic Background	Female		Male
Ethnic Background	Number of pupils	Average tariff score	Number of pupils	Average tariff score
All	29,955	177	31,054	159
White UK	26,597	179	27,216	161
White Other	479	171	497	162
Mixed	116	205	103	185
Asian - Indian	87	192	74	191
Asian - Pakistani	293	180	285	146
Asian - Bangladeshi	16	158	10	146
Asian - Chinese	81	214	77	208
Asian - Other	25	183	33	180
Black - Caribbean	7	127	5	149
Black - African	25	170	22	145
Black - Other	9	131	8	119
All Other Categories	71	179	85	135
Not known/disclosed	2,149	150	2,639	134

"All Other Categories" includes: Occupational Traveller, Gypsy Traveller and 'Other' Categories
Averages calculated from small numbers may be misleading

Chart 3: Average tariff score of S4 pupils attending publicly funded secondary schools, by ethnic background and gender: 2002/03

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Table 6: Average tariff score of S4 pupils attending publicly funded secondary schools, by National Identity: 2002/03

National Identity	Number of Pupils	Tariff Score
National Identity	Number of Pupils	Average	Minimum	Lower Quartile	Middle Value	Upper Quartile	Maximum
All pupils	61,009	168	0	116	170	226	496
Scottish	37,937	176	0	126	178	232	486
English	951	182	0	128	188	246	346
Northern Irish	64	184	0	126	195	251	332
Welsh	53	170	0	128	164	214	332
British	7,878	172	0	121	176	232	496
Other	906	143	0	78	143	204	396
Not disclosed	5,392	143	0	89	142	200	384
Not known	7,542	139	0	86	142	194	376
Unclassified	208	166	0	124	171	222	304

Asylum Seeker	56	103	0	47	99	145	484
Refugee	22	114	0	55	120	163	268

Averages calculated from small numbers may be misleading

Chart 4: Average tariff score of S4 pupils attending publicly funded secondary schools, by National Identity: 2002/03

Page updated: Thursday, May 18, 2006

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