Statistics Publication Notice: Education Series: SQA Attainment and School Leaver Qualifications in Scotland: 2004/05

Table 4: Average tariff score of S4 pupils, by characteristic of pupil: 2004/05

	Number of Pupils	Tariff Score
	Number of Pupils	Average	Lower Quartile ¹	Middle Value	Upper Quartile ²	2002/03 Average	2003/04 Average
All pupils	58,846	170	115	171	230	168	170

Gender
Male	29,853	161	108	164	220	159	162
Female	28,993	178	124	182	238	177	178

Ethnic Background
White - UK	54,179	171	117	174	232	170	172
White - Other	682	168	106	170	232	166	169
Mixed	276	192	135	198	255	196	202
Asian - Indian	150	182	127	180	248	191	214
Asian - Pakistani	582	171	120	172	228	163	170
Asian - Bangladeshi	27	162	116	166	206	154	179
Asian - Chinese	181	209	157	220	272	211	225
Asian - Other	99	169	117	171	218	182	178
Black - Caribbean	13	129	54	114	204	136	165
Black - African	92	163	122	154	210	158	182
Black - Other	38	158	98	163	218	125	159
All Other Categories ³	212	156	95	164	220	155	156
Not known/disclosed	2,315	135	77	135	192	141	132

National Identity
Scottish	41,464	174	122	176	232	##	177
English	1,263	179	121	183	246	##	184
Northern Irish	52	156	86	140	250	##	178
Welsh	47	178	106	188	256	##	209
British	8,248	174	117	176	238	##	174
Other	839	153	92	154	214	##	147
Not disclosed	3,042	141	84	141	198	##	141
Not known	3,891	132	75	132	188	##	135

Asylum Status
Asylum Seeker	99	131	87	126	172	##	123
Refugee	44	118	76	127	159	##	109
None	58,703	170	115	172	230	##	170

Urban/Rural Location of School
Large urban areas	21,029	161	107	164	222	160	163
Other urban areas	19,975	168	114	170	226	167	168
Accessible small towns	7,379	181	128	184	242	180	184
Small remote towns	3,312	181	127	185.5	241	180	178
Accessible rural areas	5,110	178	125	183	238	171	175
Remote rural areas	2,041	189	146	190	238	188	189

Free School Meal Entitlement
Not registered for free school meals	50,009	180	129	182	238	178	180
Registered for free school meals	8,837	110	55	109	159	110	111

Month of Birth
before March-89	2,870	137	69	139	204	133	133
Mar-89	4,798	172	120	177	235	170	172
Apr-89	4,743	173	119	178	233	170	172
May-89	4,922	175	121	178	238	172	172
Jun-89	4,900	173	119	176	234	173	173
Jul-89	4,989	170	115	171	230	170	173
Aug-89	4,944	171	118	174	232	170	171
Sep-89	4,872	171	117	174	230	168	172
Oct-89	4,727	171	117	170	228	170	170
Nov-89	4,546	169	114	171	228	169	170
Dec-89	4,591	170	119	171	226	165	170
Jan-90	4,077	165	113	165	222	165	171
Feb-90	3,507	168	116	166	226	166	171
After Feb-90	360	214	172	222	274	202	206

Record of Needs/Individualised Educational Programme Status
No RON/ IEP	56,715	173	120	176	232	170	173
RON/ IEP	2,131	81	22	76	122	78	78

Looked After Status ⁴
Not looked after	58,251	171	117	172	230	169	171
Looked after at home	310	42	0	11	73	65	41
Looked after away from home	285	68	0	62	113	50	70

Looked After and RON/ IEP Status
Not looked after without RON/ IEP	56,241	174	121	176	232	171	174
Not looked after with RON/ IEP	2,010	84	27	78	125	81	81
Looked after without RON/ IEP	474	58	0	32	104	64	64
Looked after with RON/ IEP	121	39	0	16	76	30	32

Notes
¹ A quarter of the pupils attained a score at or below this level
² A quarter of the pupils attained a score at or above this level
³ Includes: Occupational Traveller, Gypsy/Traveller, Other Traveller and 'Other' Categories
⁴ Data on looked after children is incomplete (see background note 4.3) and these figures may not show a representative sample of
all looked after children
^## The National Identity and Asylum Status characteristics have been re-categorized and cannot be compared to the 2003 figures
Averages calculated from small numbers may be misleading

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