Statistics Publication Notice: Health and Care Series: Educational Outcomes for Scotland's Looked After Children, 2009/10

Educational Outcomes for Scotland's Looked After Children, 2009/10


Table 10 shows that 59 per cent of looked after children who left school during 2009/10 were in a positive destination at the time of the September initial destination survey, compared with 87 per cent of all 2009/10 school leavers.

However, by the time of the March follow-up destination survey, the percentage of looked after children who left school during 2009/10 who were in a positive destination had fallen to 44 per cent, compared with 85 per cent of all 2009/10 school leavers.

Table 10: Percentage of school leavers by initial and follow-up destination, for all school leavers and those who were looked after children, 2009/10

Initial destination

Follow Up Destination

Looked After Children School Leavers

All School Leavers

Looked After Children School Leavers

All School Leavers

Higher Education

1

36

1

34

Further Education

33

27

25

25

Training

18

5

12

3

Employment

6

19

7

23

Voluntary Work

1

0

1

1

Unemployed Seeking

36

11

47

12

Unemployed Not Seeking

5

1

7

2

Unknown

0

1

2

1

% in a positive destination

59

87

44

85

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