High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Thursday, September 15, 2011
Destinations
Last updated: July 2011
59 per cent of looked after children who left school during 2009/10 were in a positive destination at the time of the September initial destination survey, compared with 87 per cent of all 2009/10 school leavers.
However, by the time of the March follow-up destination survey, the percentage of looked after children who left school during 2009/10 who were in a positive destination had fallen to 44 per cent, compared with 85 per cent of all 2009/10 school leavers.
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Sources: Looked After Children Survey (Scottish Government) and school leaver destination survey (Skills Development Scotland)