Attainment, school leaver destinations and healthy living: education statistics summary

Summary Statistics for Attainment, Leaver Destinations and Healthy Living

This annual statistical publication provides information on:

• Post review attainment for 2015/16 school leavers
• Initial and follow-up destinations for 2015/16 school leavers
• The Healthy Living Survey taken in February 2017

Follow-up destinations of school leavers, 2015/16

• 61.7 per cent of leavers left with one or more passes at SCQF Level 6 or better - up from 60.2 per cent for 2014/15.
• The percentage of pupils who took a school meal (free or paid for) decreased to 56.9 per cent (58.1 per cent in 2016).
• 98 per cent of schools were meeting the target level of PE provision (same as 2016).

Supplementary data tables can be found at:
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/Pub-SS-ALM

The diagram below shows the highest level of achievement for 2015/16 school leavers, and the leaver destinations ^[1] of pupils who attain at each of these levels.

This diagram shows the main findings from the Healthy Living Survey 2017