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 3 shows that attendance rates were generally lower for looked after children who had more placement moves during the school year, from 88.8 per cent attendance for children who only had one placement to 77.5 per cent for children who had six or more placements during the school year.

Table 3: Percentage attendance for looked after children, by number of placements and gender, 2010/11

Number of placements Looked After Children
Girls Boys Total
1 89.2 88.5 88.8
2 89.2 89.1 89.1
3 82.6 85.9 84.3
4 85.6 84.8 85.2
5 87.1 83.8 85.1
6 or more 74.2 87.0 77.5
Scotland 88.8 88.4 88.6

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