School estate statistics 2020
Results of the 2020 School Estate Core Facts Survey.
Chapter 3: School condition
A school’s condition is the current state of its fabric. The following ratings are used to measure school condition:
- A: Good – Performing well and operating efficiently;
- B: Satisfactory – Performing adequately but showing minor deterioration;
- C: Poor – Showing major defects and/or not operating adequately;
- D: Bad – Economic life expired and/or risk of failure.
The proportion of schools in good or satisfactory condition has increased 7.1 percentage points from 82.8 per cent in April 2014 to 89.9 per cent in April 2020 (Table 3.1). This is a result of investment and reorganisation of the school estate.
Taking into account the number of pupils in each school, there has been a 7.4 percentage point increase in the proportion of pupils educated in good or satisfactory condition schools from 83.8 per cent in April 2014 to 91.1 per cent in April 2020 (Table 3.2).
Information on the condition of schools in Dundee City in 2020 was not available at the time of this publication. Therefore, ratings from the 2019 School Estates Core Facts Survey have been used for schools in Dundee City to produce comparable statistics for Scotland as a whole. See section 6.2 of the background notes for more information.
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020(2)(3) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | A: Good | 620 | 641 | 666 | 703 | 696 | 709 | 700 |
| B: Satisfactory | 1,498 | 1,479 | 1,453 | 1,462 | 1,470 | 1,491 | 1,538 | |
| C: Poor | 422 | 406 | 396 | 345 | 331 | 284 | 248 | |
| D: Bad | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| Condition not recorded | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| A: Good or B: Satisfactory | 2,118 | 2,120 | 2,119 | 2,165 | 2,166 | 2,200 | 2,238 | |
| C: Poor or D: Bad | 438 | 417 | 404 | 350 | 334 | 288 | 250 | |
| Percentage | A: Good | 24.2 | 25.3 | 26.4 | 27.9 | 27.8 | 28.5 | 28.1 |
| B: Satisfactory | 58.6 | 58.3 | 57.6 | 58.1 | 58.8 | 59.8 | 61.8 | |
| C: Poor | 16.5 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 13.7 | 13.2 | 11.4 | 10.0 | |
| D: Bad | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| Condition not recorded | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
| A: Good or B: Satisfactory | 82.8 | 83.5 | 84.0 | 86.0 | 86.6 | 88.3 | 89.9 | |
| C: Poor or D: Bad | 17.1 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 11.6 | 10.0 | |
1. Condition as reported in April of relevant year.
2. No condition was recorded for one school as it is a special school located in a hospital.
3. Condition ratings from April 2019 have been used for schools in Dundee City as their 2020 ratings were not available at the time of publication.
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018(3) | 2019(3) | 2020(4)(5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | A: Good | 241,605 | 225,505 | 236,260 | 253,369 | 268,689 | 269,455 | 265,643 |
| B: Satisfactory | 321,568 | 347,360 | 335,159 | 343,506 | 339,619 | 350,555 | 369,063 | |
| C: Poor | 103,635 | 98,387 | 102,526 | 83,810 | 79,010 | 70,030 | 60,836 | |
| D: Bad | 5,422 | 4,277 | 3,604 | 2,137 | 1,884 | 1,093 | 1,050 | |
| Condition not recorded | 213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 643 | 0 | |
| A: Good or B: Satisfactory | 563,173 | 572,865 | 571,419 | 596,875 | 608,308 | 620,010 | 634,706 | |
| C: Poor or D: Bad | 109,057 | 102,664 | 106,130 | 85,947 | 80,894 | 71,123 | 61,886 | |
| Percentage | A: Good | 35.9 | 33.4 | 34.9 | 37.1 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 38.1 |
| B: Satisfactory | 47.8 | 51.4 | 49.5 | 50.3 | 49.3 | 50.7 | 53.0 | |
| C: Poor | 15.4 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 10.1 | 8.7 | |
| D: Bad | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Condition not recorded | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
| A: Good or B: Satisfactory | 83.8 | 84.8 | 84.3 | 87.4 | 88.3 | 89.6 | 91.1 | |
| C: Poor or D: Bad | 16.2 | 15.2 | 15.7 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 10.3 | 8.9 | |
1. Condition as reported in April of relevant year.
2. Refers to pupils on the school roll the previous September except where rolls have been updated to reflect the number of pupils on 1st April. Schools opened after September but before April will have no pupils recorded unless the school roll was supplied during this collection. Please see section 6.1 of the background notes for more information.
3. Pupil rolls for 2018 and 2019 were corrected in September 2020 as special school pupils were missing from these figures.
4. No condition was recorded for one school as it is a special school located in a hospital. Zero pupils were on its roll.
5. Condition ratings from April 2019 have been used for schools in Dundee City as their 2020 ratings were not available at the time of publication. Pupil rolls have been updated to September 2019.
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Email: school.stats@gov.scot
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