Summary Statistics for Schools in Scotland No.4 : 2013 Edition

This contains the results of the annual pupil census, annual teacher census, pre-school data, school estates data, attendance and absence data and exclusions data.


Table 4.3 shows local attendance rates over the period 2007/08 to 2012/13.

In 2012/13 the percentage attendance in Scottish local authority schools ranged from 92.3 per cent to 95.5 per cent. This range of variation in attendance rates is consistent with the preceding years.

Table 4.3: Percentage attendance by local authority, 2007/08 to 2012/13(1)

2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2012/13
Aberdeen City 93.3 93.1 93.4 93.0 93.0
Aberdeenshire 94.9 94.7 94.4 94.5 94.5
Angus 94.5 94.5 94.2 94.2 94.2
Argyll & Bute 94.0 94.1 94.3 93.7 94.3
Clackmannanshire 93.8 93.6 93.6 93.6 93.4
Dumfries & Galloway 94.3 94.1 94.1 94.4 94.2
Dundee City 92.5 92.4 92.2 92.0 92.3
East Ayrshire 92.9 93.6 92.9 93.0 93.4
East Dunbartonshire 94.8 95.2 94.9 94.6 95.2
East Lothian 94.2 94.4 94.1 93.8 94.2
East Renfrewshire 95.6 95.4 95.1 95.2 95.5
Edinburgh, City of 93.0 93.1 93.1 93.0 93.9
Eilean Siar 93.9 93.7 94.1 93.9 93.9
Falkirk 93.4 93.9 93.6 93.4 93.8
Fife 92.8 93.0 92.8 92.6 93.0
Glasgow City 91.1 91.5 91.6 91.3 92.6
Highland 93.4 93.2 92.6 92.8 93.0
Inverclyde 93.1 93.1 92.6 92.9 93.4
Midlothian 93.5 93.6 93.1 93.0 93.2
Moray 93.8 94.3 93.9 93.9 94.2
North Ayrshire 93.0 93.0 93.3 93.2 93.5
North Lanarkshire 92.1 92.4 92.1 92.1 92.9
Orkney Islands 94.9 94.4 93.7 93.1 93.8
Perth & Kinross 93.5 93.7 93.8 93.8 94.0
Renfrewshire 93.1 93.4 93.8 93.8 94.0
Scottish Borders 94.4 94.5 94.2 94.0 94.3
Shetland Islands 94.8 94.7 94.4 94.2 94.5
South Ayrshire 92.8 93.1 92.8 93.2 93.2
South Lanarkshire 93.1 93.2 93.4 93.2 93.8
Stirling 93.5 93.4 92.9 92.5 94.1
West Dunbartonshire 92.8 92.9 93.0 92.3 93.3
West Lothian 93.7 93.8 93.7 93.7 93.9
Grant Aided 94.8 96.2 96.1 95.8 96.9

(1) Attendance data is now collected on a biennial basis see background note 2.6 for details.

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