Pupils in Scotland, 2009

Table 4.6: Reasons for support for pupils based in special schools with Additional Support Needs, by gender, 2009

Occurrences. Pupils with more than one reason for support will appear in each row.

	Female	Male	Total	Female	Male	Total
	Female	Male	Total	Rate per 1,000 pupils
Pupils for whom reason for support is reported	2,088	4,553	6,641	995.2	995.2	995.2
Learning disability	1,425	2,672	4,097	679.2	584.0	614.0
Dyslexia	*	*	24	*	*	3.6
Other specific learning difficulty (e.g. numeric)	35	61	96	16.7	13.3	14.4
Other moderate learning difficulty	280	496	776	133.5	108.4	116.3
Visual impairment	236	263	499	112.5	57.5	74.8
Hearing impairment	96	141	237	45.8	30.8	35.5
Deafblind	*	*	*	*	*	*
Physical or motor impairment	466	579	1,045	222.1	126.6	156.6
Language or speech disorder	373	742	1,115	177.8	162.2	167.1
Autistic spectrum disorder	195	1,056	1,251	92.9	230.8	187.5
Social, emotional and behavioural difficulty	204	868	1,072	97.2	189.7	160.6
Physical health problem	225	323	548	107.2	70.6	82.1
Mental health problem	15	19	34	7.1	4.2	5.1
Interrupted learning	16	37	53	7.6	8.1	7.9
English as an additional language	40	57	97	19.1	12.5	14.5
Looked after	50	88	138	23.8	19.2	20.7
More able pupil ⁽¹⁾	*	*	*	*	*	*
Other	54	112	166	25.7	24.5	24.9

(1) Where totals are published elsewhere, the number of 'More able pupil' is assumed to be two.
Local authority figures here

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