Summary Statistics for Schools in Scotland, No.3: 2012 Edition

This contains the results of the annual pupil census, annual teacher census, pre-school data and school estate data.


Table 3.4 shows the percentage of P1-P3 pupils in classes of 18 or fewer. These vary considerably between local authorities. The existence of large numbers of small schools in some areas is one of the main reasons for this. The national level of pupils in classes of 18 or fewer, rose from 12.7 per cent in 2006 to 21.6 per cent in 2010, before decreasing to 18.8 per cent in 2012.

Table 3.4: Percentage of P1-P3 pupils in classes of size 18 or less or in two teacher classes with a pupil teacher ratio of 18 or less, 2006-2012(1)

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Aberdeen City 12.7 8.6 7.4 7.7 11.9 16.6 16.4
Aberdeenshire 16.1 15.6 13.3 13.0 12.6 11.1 13.1
Angus 6.5 13.8 12.8 17.9 26.8 25.5 20.4
Argyll & Bute 33.1 40.7 37.4 37.5 48.8 44.6 45.5
Clackmannanshire 12.4 23.7 20.4 20.0 28.2 22.0 19.0
Dumfries & Galloway 18.2 16.6 25.6 23.7 24.9 20.6 20.4
Dundee City 6.0 5.6 4.7 6.5 27.2 27.0 28.5
East Ayrshire 13.6 15.0 9.4 41.5 41.4 43.4 19.5
East Dunbartonshire 8.1 9.9 10.3 10.8 28.3 22.2 21.2
East Lothian 9.9 6.2 7.0 7.9 8.9 7.5 4.0
East Renfrewshire 10.2 9.9 5.4 6.5 32.5 38.1 35.6
Edinburgh, City of 7.1 12.8 14.1 14.5 16.5 15.3 15.3
Eilean Siar 70.7 72.5 66.6 57.9 74.7 62.8 51.7
Falkirk 7.9 11.7 11.0 7.7 12.6 7.7 8.5
Fife(4) 10.2 19.2 12.9 16.1 26.0 26.7 27.4
Glasgow City 12.5 15.5 12.9 9.4 9.8 6.2 10.1
Highland 21.8 24.2 26.0 26.2 30.1 23.2 20.3
Inverclyde 9.2 16.8 8.2 10.2 20.6 16.8 12.3
Midlothian 8.1 8.6 12.9 24.7 9.2 15.3 5.0
Moray 7.4 12.6 16.9 7.2 26.1 19.7 20.6
North Ayrshire 10.5 9.3 5.8 6.5 25.1 7.7 11.6
North Lanarkshire 11.8 13.5 14.7 11.4 10.1 10.0 8.0
Orkney Islands 32.4 41.4 43.0 44.8 51.5 44.8 33.4
Perth & Kinross 19.9 19.9 16.7 17.0 23.3 26.6 20.7
Renfrewshire 7.3 7.8 8.5 8.3 33.1 34.6 36.5
Scottish Borders 12.9 17.7 27.0 30.7 30.1 23.1 22.6
Shetland Islands 55.6 51.0 53.0 43.4 43.3 31.6 24.5
South Ayrshire 16.9 14.0 17.2 24.3 25.7 28.4 23.4
South Lanarkshire 13.4 16.2 20.4 17.2 23.7 25.3 23.9
Stirling 12.8 15.4 12.3 17.5 23.0 26.7 24.9
West Dunbartonshire 11.9 18.1 23.2 20.8 31.6 22.6 15.9
West Lothian 9.2 10.5 24.8 25.5 19.8 26.0 24.4
Scotland(2) 12.7 15.3 15.5 16.1 21.6 20.2 18.8

(1) In previous years this table did not include two teacher classes with a pupil teacher ratio of 18 or less.

(2) The Scotland figure includes the one grant aided mainstream school.

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