Summary statistics for attainment and initial leaver destinations, no. 6: 2024 edition

Introduction

This publication:

• Covers 2022-23 school leavers from publicly funded mainstream schools in Scotland.
• Provides information on the attainment and initial destinations of school leavers in Scotland.
• Reports initial destinations for school leavers approximately three months after the end of the school year.
• Reports on school leavers’ attainment in National Qualifications.
• For the first time in this edition: reports on school leavers’ attainment in all qualifications and learning programmes on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF).

Full results are available from the supplementary tables.

An Accredited Official Statistics Publication for Scotland

These statistics are Accredited Official Statistics. The Office for Statistics Regulation has independently reviewed and accredited these statistics as complying with the standards of trustworthiness, quality, and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics.

The latest compliance check was conducted by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) in 2019 and details can be found on the OSR website.

Accredited Official Statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.

Statistics on Foundation Apprenticeships in Section 6.4 of this report are Official Statistics in Development.

Scottish Government statistics are regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.