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ISSN 1479-7569
A Scottish Executive National Statistics Publication
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All data on attendance and absence in this and all other publications are affected by ongoing differences in recording procedures across local authorities and over time. This means that comparisons between local authorities and over time for certain absence reasons, sickness and truancy in particular, are not reliable. However, comparisons of overall attendance, combined authorised and unauthorised absence and temporary exclusions are valid across local authorities and over time.
Contents
Statistics Publication Notice Attendance and Absence in Scottish Schools 2005/06
Reasons for absence
1.1 Percentage attendance and absence by reason
1.2 Percentage attendance by stage and gender
1.3 Percentage days absent due to sickness, by deprivation
Chart 1 Percentage days absent due to sickness, by stage
Chart 2 Percentage of pupils responsible for truancy.
Chart 3 Percentage of days absent due to truancy, by stage and gender
Chart 4 Percentage of days absent due to truancy, by stage and deprivation
Chart 5 Percentage of days lost due to holidays, by stage
Chart 6 Percentage of pupils taking holidays, by length of holidays
Chart 7 Times late, as a percentage of attendances, by stage and gender
Summary statistics
2.1 Number of half days attendance and absence, by sector
2.2 Percentage of days attendance and absence, by sector
Chart 8 Percentage absence by stage and gender
Chart 9 Percentage of pupils by their attendance rate
Chart 10 Percentage of pupils by number of days unauthorised absence
Chart 11 Percentage attendance and absence, by urban/rural classification of school
Chart 12 Relationship between proportion of pupils registered for free school meals in a school and its absence rate
Chart 13 Attendance rate by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation and free school meals registration
2.3 Percentage of days attendance and absence, by deprivation and gender
2.4 Percentage attendance and absence of pupils looked after by local authorities
2.5 Percentage attendance and absence of pupils in mainstream schools with RoN/ IEP
Chart 14 Attendance rates for pupils with free school meals, RoN/ IEP, and looked after by LA
2.6 Percentage attendance and absence of pupils by main difficulty of learning
2.7 Percentage attendance and absence by ethnic background
Local authority data
3.1 Percentage attendance and absence, by reason, primary, secondary and special
3.2 Percentage attendance and absence, by reason, primary
3.3 Percentage attendance and absence, by reason, secondary
3.4 Percentage attendance and absence, by reason, special
Local authority summaries
4.1 Average half days and percentage attendance and absence by local authority, primary (National Priorities indicator 2.2)
4.2 Average half days and percentage attendance and absence by local authority, secondary (National Priorities indicator 2.2)
4.3 Average half days and percentage attendance and absence by local authority, special (National Priorities indicator 2.2)
Map 1 Attendance rate by local authority 2005/06, primary
Map 2 Attendance rate by local authority 2005/06, secondary
Annex A