1. Introduction
1.1 This document contains information on pupils in publicly funded schools in Scotland, mainly derived from the latest annual pupil census which took place in September 2009. It describes the education system by providing information on the numbers of schools and pupils, the types and sizes of schools and classes they learn in, and some characteristics of the pupils. The publication also for the first time contains the latest projections of pupil numbers.
1.2 Tables in this publication are grouped into chapters, firstly at a national level into all sector summary figures ( tables 1.1-1.15), then into primary ( tables 2.1-2.21), secondary ( tables 3.1-3.10) and special ( tables 4.1-4.9). Then local authority figures are similarly grouped (tables 5.1-5.10, 6.1-6.16, 7.1-7.13, 8.1-8.12). We also have pupil projections ( tables 9.1-9.3). At the bottom of each table a note will direct you to the equivalent national or local authority table. A map of local authorities and an index is also provided at the back of the publication.