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 2 shows that the attendance rate for children who were looked after at home for the entire school year was only 78.7 per cent, and 84.9 per cent for children being looked after in local authority homes. However, attendance rates for children who were being looked after in foster care provided by the local authority for the entire school year was 96.3 per cent and with foster carers purchased by the local authority was 95.9 per cent. Attendance rates for children in foster care were consistently over 90 per cent across all school stages, and generally higher than the national average attendance rate for all pupils across each stage.

Table 2: Percentage attendance for looked after children for children who spent the entire 2009/10 academic year in a single placement, by accommodation type and gender, 2009/10

Single Type of Accommodation throughout 2009/10

Looked After Children

Girls

Boys

Total

In the community:-

At home with parents

78.2

79.2

78.7

With friends/relatives

92.3

91.8

92.1

With foster carers provided by LA

96.6

96.0

96.3

With foster carers purchased by LA

95.8

96.0

95.9

In other community (1)

96.8

97.8

97.4

Residential Accommodation:-

In local authority home

85.6

84.4

84.9

In voluntary home

95.7

93.0

93.9

In residential school

94.0

94.8

94.5

In other residential (2)

77.5

95.1

86.7

Total looked after children

87.8

87.7

87.8

Notes:
(1) includes 'with prospective adopters'
(2) includes 'in secure care accommodation' and 'crisis care'

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