Placing Requests in Schools in Scotland, 2005/06

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Table 10: Percentage of placing requests refused (1), by reason for refusal, 1998/99 to 2005/06

Reason for refusal

Percentage

98/99

99/00

00/01

01/02

02/03

03/04

04/05

05/06

Staffing constraints

14.9

12.2

9.0

15.9

21.3

18.0

26.2

33.9

Accommodation constraints

66.6

76.7

81.8

71.6

63.1

60.2

44.8

35.9

Effect on school discipline

1.0

1.1

0.3

0.7

0.5

1.5

2.2

1.3

Educational well-being of pupils already at the school

8.5

5.9

2.7

2.3

3.4

4.5

3.5

3.6

Continuity of the child's education

8.4

3.0

2.5

2.3

2.1

7.3

6.2

6.6

Age, ability or aptitude of the child

-

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.5

Child already required to discontinue at specified school

-

-

0.1

-

-

-

-

-

Specified school is a special school and the child does not have special educational needs

-

-

-

0.2

-

0.1

0.1

0.1

Specified school is a single sex school and the child is not of the sex admitted to the school

-

-

0.3

-

0.1

-

-

-

Place retained for children moving into the catchment area

0.5

0.7

2.9

5.3

7.5

7.5

13.5

11.9

Would require additional classes or teachers at a future stage of the child's primary education

n/a

n/a

0.1

1.6

1.7

0.7

3.3

4.0

Education normally provided would not be suited to ability and aptitude of child (3)

n/a

n/a

-

-

0.2

-

-

-

Exceeds pupil capacity of the requested school

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1.6

School not a public school, authority can make alternative provision for the child, suitability and cost of provision of the requested school insufficiently beneficial.

N/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

0.5

(1) Refused at initial stage. Includes some which were then granted on appeal
(2) Additional reasons included in survey from 2000/01 onwards
(3) Under Section 38(1) of the Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Act 2000

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