Pupils in Scotland, 2008

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Table 8.9: Pupils in special schools who are assessed or declared as disabled (1), 2008

All pupils

Assessed as disabled (2)

Declared as disabled but not assessed

Assessed and/or declared as disabled

Number

Rate per 1,000 pupils

Aberdeen City

273

231

-

231

846

Aberdeenshire

228

209

*

211

925

Angus

#

#

#

#

#

Argyll & Bute

39

7

18

25

641

Clackmannanshire

35

28

-

28

800

Dumfries & Galloway

19

18

-

18

947

Dundee City

126

65

28

93

738

East Ayrshire

187

6

18

24

128

East Dunbartonshire

166

130

10

140

843

East Lothian

20

18

-

18

900

East Renfrewshire

62

-

22

22

355

Edinburgh City

721

499

18

517

717

Eilean Siar

#

#

#

#

#

Falkirk

173

113

7

120

694

Fife

118

94

*

96

814

Glasgow City

1,685

167

261

428

254

Highland

153

121

-

121

791

Inverclyde

142

135

-

135

951

Midlothian

97

82

*

84

866

Moray

#

#

#

#

#

North Ayrshire

165

94

5

99

600

North Lanarkshire

785

251

50

301

383

Orkney Islands

#

#

#

#

#

Perth & Kinross

50

46

*

48

960

Renfrewshire

329

143

19

162

492

Scottish Borders

-

-

-

-

-

Shetland Islands

#

#

#

#

#

South Ayrshire

92

11

60

71

772

South Lanarkshire

422

242

26

268

635

Stirling

37

28

-

28

757

West Dunbartonshire

137

16

16

32

234

West Lothian

199

45

28

73

367

All local authorities

6,460

2,799

594

3,393

525

(1) Does not include grant aided schools. There are wide variations in the extent to which pupils with disabilities have been identified in different local authorities and the information should not be considered complete. Data may be subject to a small amount of data-swapping for disclosure purposes. See background note 7.2

(2) Irrespective of whether a pupil is declared as disabled.

National figures on page 37.

Page updated: Wednesday, April 01, 2009