Education Outcomes for Looked After Children – 2019/20
Information on attainment and leaver destinations, for school leavers in Scotland who were looked after during the 2019/20 school year.
Main Findings 2019/20
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Education outcomes for looked after children have improved over the last ten years.
However, there are still large gaps compared with all pupils
Leaver Attainment
- 38% Looked after school leavers with 1 or more qualification at SCQF level 5
- up from 13% in 2009/10
- compared with 86% all pupils 2019/20
Leaver Destinations
- 75% Looked after school leavers in positive follow-up destinations
- up from 42% in 2009/10
- compared with 92% all pupils 2019/20
Full results are available from the accompanying tables that can be found alongside this report.
Contact
Email: children.statistics@gov.scot
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