Pupils in Scotland, 2007

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Table 3.8: Reasons for support for secondary pupils with Additional Support Needs, 2007

(see also table 3.6 for pupils reported under the old categories).
Occurrences. Pupils with more than one reason will appear in each row (1)

Female

Male

Total

Rate per 1,000 pupils

Female

Male

Total

Pupils for whom reason for support is reported

2,727

6,503

9,230

17.6

42.0

29.8

Learning disability

618

1,217

1,835

4.0

7.9

5.9

Dyslexia

*

*

1,740

2.7

8.5

5.6

Other specific learning difficulty (e.g. numeric)

237

489

726

1.5

3.2

2.3

Other moderate learning difficulty

490

749

1,239

3.2

4.8

4.0

Visual impairment

80

136

216

0.5

0.9

0.7

Hearing impairment

115

151

266

0.7

1.0

0.9

Deafblind

*

*

*

0.0

0.1

0.1

Physical or motor impairment

233

401

634

1.5

2.6

2.0

Language or speech disorder

136

370

506

0.9

2.4

1.6

Autistic spectrum disorder

146

957

1,103

0.9

6.2

3.6

Social, emotional and behavioural difficulty

472

1,768

2,240

3.1

11.4

7.2

Physical health problem

149

219

368

1.0

1.4

1.2

Mental health problem

22

51

73

0.1

0.3

0.2

Interrupted learning

*

*

116

0.3

0.4

0.4

English as an additional language

98

123

221

0.6

0.8

0.7

Looked after

66

108

174

0.4

0.7

0.6

More able pupil

*

*

*

0.0

0.1

0.1

Other

164

358

522

1.1

2.3

1.7

(1) Some figures in this table are suppressed for disclosure purposes. See background note 7.1
Local authority figures on page 76 (see also page 74 for pupils reported under the old categories).

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