Summary statistics for attainment, leaver destinations and healthy living, No.6: 2016 Edition
This publication presents post review attainment for 2014/15 school leavers, initial and follow-up school leaver destinations for 2014/15, and information on the healthy living survey taken in February 2016.
4. Attainment and destinations
- As the attainment of leavers improves, the nature of the destination changes, with the likelihood of them going on to a positive destination increasing
- 58.6% of leavers who achieved no passes at SCQF 3 or better entered a positive destination
- 98.7% of leavers who achieved 1+ at SCQF 7 entered a positive destination
4.1 Linking attainment and subsequent leaver destinations shows the extent to which one influences the other. Table 8 shows that 98.7 per cent of leavers who achieved one or more passes at SCQF level 7 entered a positive destination on leaving school. In comparison, about 3 out of 5 of the 2.1 per cent of school leavers who achieved no passes at SCQF level 3 or better, entered a positive destination (Table 8).
Table 8. Percentage of school leavers by highest SCQF level at which one or more passes were achieved and follow-up destination category, 2014/15 1
| Follow-up Destination | No passes at SCQF 3 or better | SCQF level 3 | SCQF level 4 | SCQF level 5 | SCQF level 6 | SCQF level 7 | Number of Leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Education | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 49.1 | 84.1 | 19,268 |
| Further Education | 20.1 | 24.5 | 36.1 | 41.6 | 17.9 | 4.3 | 12,269 |
| Training | 11.1 | 12.8 | 9.3 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1,436 |
| Employment | 18.2 | 16.2 | 29.7 | 41.6 | 28.4 | 9.5 | 14,575 |
| Voluntary Work | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 238 |
| Activity Agreement | 7.4 | 7.1 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 390 |
| Unemployed Seeking | 23.0 | 25.9 | 16.1 | 7.4 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 2,977 |
| Unemployed Not Seeking | 15.7 | 10.9 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 858 |
| Unknown | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 326 |
| Positive Destinations | 58.6 | 61.3 | 78.5 | 90.2 | 96.7 | 98.7 | 92.0 |
| Other Destinations | 41.4 | 38.7 | 21.5 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 8.0 |
| All Leavers | 1,092 | 883 | 5,774 | 13,052 | 21,704 | 9,832 | 52,337 |
1. Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.
4.2 The main destinations for the 2.1 per cent of school leavers with no passes at SCQF level 3 or better are unemployed seeking (23.0 per cent) and Further Education (20.1 per cent) (Table 8). The pattern of destinations for those with one or more passes at SCQF level 3 as their highest qualification is similar to this. For school leavers who have one or more passes at SCQF level 5 as their highest qualification, the main destinations are Further Education (41.6 per cent) and employment (41.6 per cent), while the majority of school leavers with one or more at SCQF level 6 or 7 enter Higher Education (Table 8). This shows that as the attainment of leavers improves, the nature of the destination changes, with the likelihood of school leavers going on to a positive destination increasing.
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