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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