Table 17
Percentage of school leavers from publicly funded secondary schools in Scotland by characteristics and whether they've entered a positive destination, 2007/08
| Positive Destinations | Other Destinations |
|---|
All Leavers from Publicly Funded Secondary Schools | 86.5 | 13.5 |
|---|
Gender |
|---|
Male | 85.1 | 14.9 |
|---|
Female | 87.9 | 12.1 |
|---|
Ethnic Background |
|---|
White - UK | 86.4 | 13.6 |
|---|
White - Other | 88.1 | 11.9 |
|---|
Mixed | 84.7 | 15.3 |
|---|
Asian - Pakistani | 90.4 | 9.6 |
|---|
Asian - Chinese | 96.7 | 3.3 |
|---|
Other | 89.7 | 10.3 |
|---|
Not known / Disclosed | 82.4 | 17.6 |
|---|
Stage Left School |
|---|
by End of S4 | 75.9 | 24.1 |
|---|
S5 | 82.1 | 17.9 |
|---|
S6 | 94.5 | 5.5 |
|---|
Other ( SP or AD) | 83.2 | 16.8 |
|---|
Urban/Rural Classification |
|---|
Large Urban Areas | 84.7 | 15.3 |
|---|
Other Urban Areas | 86.9 | 13.1 |
|---|
Acessible Small Towns | 87.0 | 13.0 |
|---|
Remote Small Towns | 89.5 | 10.5 |
|---|
Accessible Rural | 86.2 | 13.8 |
|---|
Remote Rural | 90.5 | 9.5 |
|---|
Deprivation ( SIMD 2006 ranking) |
|---|
Most deprived | 0-20% | 78.4 | 21.6 |
|---|
| 20-40% | 83.9 | 16.1 |
|---|
40-60% | 87.3 | 12.7 |
|---|
60-80% | 90.5 | 9.5 |
|---|
Least Deprived | 80-100% | 92.7 | 7.3 |
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Free School Meals |
|---|
Registered | 71.9 | 28.1 |
|---|
Not Registered | 88.1 | 11.9 |
|---|
Leaver with RoN, CSP or IEP |
|---|
RoN or CSP | 83.8 | 16.2 |
|---|
IEP only | 75.4 | 24.6 |
|---|
no IEP, RoN or CSP | 86.8 | 13.2 |
|---|
Percentages may not total 100 per cent due to rounding
Positive destinations include higher education, further education, employment, voluntary work or training as in the definition set out in the Scottish Budget Spending Review National Indicator 10
SP refers to students from a special school and AD to adult returnees
RoN refers to Record of Needs, CSP to Co-ordinated Support Plan and IEP to Individualised Educational Programmes