Pupils in Scotland, 2006

Table 5.3: Pupils who are assessed or declared as having a disability in publicly funded schools, 2006

	Assessed as having a disability ⁽¹⁾	Declared as having a disability but not assessed	Type of adaptation assessed as required			Rate assessed and/or declared as having a disability per 1,000 pupils
	Assessed as having a disability ⁽¹⁾	Declared as having a disability but not assessed	Physical	Curriculum	Communication
Aberdeen City	344	11	89	320	117	15.4
Aberdeenshire	1,011	167	166	912	272	33.2
Angus	43	11	23	28	16	3.4
Argyll & Bute	35	24	15	21	16	4.8
Clackmannanshire	38	19	21	29	28	8.1
Dumfries & Galloway	206	247	86	179	110	22.0
Dundee City	420	54	53	399	139	26.1
East Ayrshire	25	33	14	13	7	3.3
East Dunbartonshire	223	76	52	173	85	17.4
East Lothian	146	7	27	130	35	11.4
East Renfrewshire	18	38	12	7	4	3.4
Edinburgh City	747	92	184	626	399	18.4
Eilean Siar	32	1	9	28	17	8.5
Falkirk	222	52	33	199	87	13.1
Fife	895	469	176	740	244	27.6
Glasgow City	103	170	36	74	21	4.0
Highland	669	62	172	548	280	22.5
Inverclyde	160	34	30	139	55	16.8
Midlothian	203	52	64	173	67	21.1
Moray	309	38	66	203	116	26.5
North Ayrshire	176	44	78	148	73	11.1
North Lanarkshire	356	130	128	331	193	9.7
Orkney Islands	33		9	13	1	11.0
Perth & Kinross	488	12	63	432	88	27.5
Renfrewshire	256	93	32	238	61	13.9
Scottish Borders	427	4	62	386	76	27.8
Shetland Islands	203	1	30	192	99	57.8
South Ayrshire	78	94	45	60	39	11.2
South Lanarkshire	451	179	118	347	138	14.1
Stirling	135	88	52	117	80	17.2
West Dunbartonshire	23	10	5	4	2	2.5
West Lothian	123	10	65	54	42	5.2
All local authorities	8,598	2,322	2,015	7,263	3,007	15.6

(1) Irrespective of whether a pupil is declared as having a disability
(2) Does not include grant aided schools
National figures on page 15.

Page updated: Tuesday, February 27, 2007

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