Scotland's Chief Statistician has published a range of statistics relating to attainment, leaver destinations and school meals in a new compendium publication.
Date:
Tue, 28 Jun 2011
Source:
Scottish Government
Some of the main findings are:
- Over half, 50.3 per cent, left with one or more passes at Higher or Advanced Higher (47.9 per cent last year, 2008/09)
- Only a very small proportion (2.6 per cent) of school leavers attained no passes at Access 3/ Standard Grade Foundation (SCQF level 3) or better (3.0 per cent last year, 2008/09)
- The proportion of pupils who left school during or at the end of the academic year 2009/10, who were in positive destinations in March 2011, was 85.2 per cent. This is similar to last year but is higher than the March 2009 figure of 84.0 per cent
- In 2011, across all sectors, 131,254 pupils (19.7 per cent of the total school roll) were registered for free school meals - an increase of 12,291 (10.3 per cent) on the previous year
- Of those pupils present on the survey day in 2011, 47.8 per cent took a meal (free or paid for) supplied by the school, an increase from 46.1 per cent in 2010
Read the report here
Source: Scottish Government
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