Educational Outcomes for Scotland's Looked After Children 2010/11
This document is the second in a series of an annual summary of the educational outcomes of Scotland's looked after children.
Table 2 shows that the attendance rate for children who were looked after at home for the entire school year was only 79.1 per cent. Although this is a small increase of 0.4 percentage points from 2009/10, the attendance rate for those looked after at home is by far the lowest of all entire year single accommodation types. Attendance rates for children who were being looked after in foster care provided by the local authority for the entire school year was 96.0 per cent and with foster carers purchased by the local authority was 95.9 per cent.
Table 2: Percentage attendance for looked after children for children who spent the entire 2010/11 academic year in a single placement, by accommodation type and gender, 2010/11
| Single Type of Accommodation throughout 2010/11 | Looked After Children | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Girls | Boys | Total | |
| In the community:- | |||
| At home with parents | 79.2 | 79.0 | 79.1 |
| With friends/relatives | 92.1 | 91.6 | 91.8 |
| With foster carers provided by LA | 96.0 | 95.9 | 96.0 |
| With foster carers purchased by LA | 95.9 | 95.9 | 95.9 |
| In other community(1) | 97.9 | 96.8 | 97.2 |
| Residential Accommodation:- | |||
| In local authority home | 85.7 | 85.2 | 85.4 |
| In voluntary home | 89.3 | 91.6 | 91.0 |
| In residential school | 95.4 | 91.6 | 92.6 |
| In other residential(2) | 89.6 | 94.0 | 92.2 |
| Total looked after children | 88.8 | 88.4 | 88.6 |
Notes:
(1) includes 'with prospective adopters'
(2) includes 'in secure care accommodation' and 'crisis care'
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