Budgeted School Running Costs: 2002-2003

Budgeted Running Cost & Cost per Pupil for each school+Authority and for Scotland


Budgeted School Running Costs: 2002-2003

Table 5: Average costs in education authority secondary schools

Authority

School roll as at

Total running cost (000)

Running cost per pupil ()

Number of schools

Average school size

Sept 99

Sept 00

Sept 01

00-01

01-02

02-03

00-01

01-02

02-03

02-03

02-03

Scotland

314,780

316,760

315,826

975,074

1,048,766

1,109,351

3,098

3,311

3,513

386

818

Aberdeen City

11,023

10,981

10,942

32,479

36,867

39,632

2,946

3,357

3,622

13

842

Aberdeenshire

15,309

15,328

15,308

49,779

54,514

62,261

3,252

3,556

4,067

17

900

Angus

7,289

7,208

7,113

23,401

25,127

26,235

3,210

3,486

3,688

8

889

Argyll & Bute

5,614

5,590

5,590

18,292

19,720

21,309

3,258

3,528

3,812

10

559

Clackmannanshire

3,017

3,068

3,036

9,491

10,288

10,846

3,146

3,353

3,573

3

1,012

Dumfries & Galloway

9,597

9,756

9,620

31,549

33,611

34,542

3,287

3,445

3,591

16

601

Dundee City

8,889

8,882

8,809

28,383

30,035

32,279

3,193

3,382

3,664

10

881

East Ayrshire

8,007

8,028

8,057

24,318

26,709

28,170

3,037

3,327

3,496

9

895

East Dunbartonshire

8,693

8,859

8,859

25,519

26,872

30,017

2,936

3,033

3,388

9

984

East Lothian

5,064

5,238

5,318

16,007

18,632

18,460

3,161

3,557

3,471

6

886

East Renfrewshire

7,073

7,284

7,344

19,319

22,906

23,946

2,731

3,145

3,261

7

1,049

City of Edinburgh

19,411

19,814

20,016

64,207

67,955

71,524

3,308

3,430

3,573

23

870

Eilean Siar

1,927

1,928

1,948

10,285

11,388

11,296

5,337

5,907

5,799

11

177

Falkirk

8,483

8,508

8,498

24,498

25,157

29,536

2,888

2,957

3,476

8

1,062

Fife

22,921

23,197

23,033

65,211

74,045

77,152

2,845

3,192

3,350

19

1,212

Glasgow City

29,257

29,299

29,380

89,667

92,430

89,870

3,065

3,155

3,059

29

1,013

Highland

14,586

14,655

14,763

52,878

50,965

57,265

3,625

3,478

3,879

29

509

Inverclyde

5,741

5,774

5,684

17,221

18,950

20,359

3,000

3,282

3,582

8

711

Midlothian

5,386

5,574

5,589

16,903

17,890

18,789

3,138

3,210

3,362

6

932

Moray

5,667

5,730

5,715

17,416

18,961

19,904

3,073

3,309

3,483

8

714

North Ayrshire

9,063

9,183

9,092

27,227

29,989

31,526

3,004

3,266

3,467

10

909

North Lanarkshire

22,792

22,708

22,451

68,685

74,578

77,505

3,014

3,284

3,452

26

864

Orkney Islands

1,390

1,360

1,366

6,324

6,739

7,106

4,550

4,955

5,202

6

228

Perth & Kinross

7,656

7,732

7,589

21,884

24,749

26,107

2,858

3,201

3,440

10

759

Renfrewshire

11,861

11,679

11,779

35,546

37,239

38,210

2,997

3,189

3,244

12

982

Scottish Borders

6,584

6,691

6,808

19,974

21,167

23,026

3,034

3,163

3,382

9

756

Shetland Islands

1,621

1,641

1,625

8,977

9,273

9,694

5,538

5,651

5,966

9

181

South Ayrshire

7,793

7,748

7,615

22,467

25,097

25,611

2,883

3,239

3,363

9

846

South Lanarkshire

20,378

20,256

19,898

59,185

63,464

67,378

2,904

3,133

3,386

21

948

Stirling

5,673

5,742

5,755

17,908

19,853

20,701

3,157

3,457

3,597

7

822

West Dunbartonshire

6,832

6,883

6,609

20,293

21,479

22,615

2,970

3,121

3,422

7

944

West Lothian

10,183

10,436

10,617

29,781

32,121

36,482

2,925

3,078

3,436

11

965

Notes ( See also Notes to News Editors )

i) School roll is the number of pupils on all education authority secondary school rolls at the time of the annual school census in September, including pupils of attached special units.

ii) Total budgeted school running costs are as specified by the School Board regulations in respect of the period 1 April to 31 March.

iii) Budgeted school running cost per pupil has been derived by dividing the total budgeted running cost by the school roll.

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