Summary Statistics for Schools in Scotland, No 5: 2014 Edition

This contains the results of the annual pupil census, annual teacher census, early learning and childcare data and school estates 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 12.9 per cent in 2014.

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 to 2014

2006(1)

2007(1)

2008(1)

2009(1)

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Aberdeen City

12.7

8.6

7.4

7.7

11.9

16.6

16.4

16.1

11.2

Aberdeenshire

16.1

15.6

13.3

13.0

12.6

11.1

13.1

14.9

13.3

Angus

6.5

13.8

12.8

17.9

26.8

25.5

20.4

21.0

23.1

Argyll & Bute

33.1

40.7

37.4

37.5

48.8

44.6

45.5

45.4

34.9

Clackmannanshire

12.4

23.7

20.4

20.0

28.2

22.0

19.0

16.1

17.8

Dumfries & Galloway

18.2

16.6

25.6

23.7

24.9

20.6

20.4

12.0

16.4

Dundee City

6.0

5.6

4.7

6.5

27.2

27.0

28.5

9.4

2.8

East Ayrshire

13.6

15.0

9.4

41.5

41.4

43.4

19.5

7.6

13.0

East Dunbartonshire

8.1

9.9

10.3

10.8

28.3

22.2

21.2

21.8

11.3

East Lothian

9.9

6.2

7.0

7.9

8.9

7.5

4.0

4.3

6.3

East Renfrewshire

10.2

9.9

5.4

6.5

32.5

38.1

35.6

7.6

15.7

Edinburgh, City of

7.1

12.8

14.1

14.5

16.5

15.3

15.3

7.0

7.2

Eilean Siar

70.7

72.5

66.6

57.9

74.7

62.8

51.7

39.8

48.0

Falkirk

7.9

11.7

11.0

7.7

12.6

7.7

8.5

4.9

6.3

Fife

10.2

19.2

12.9

16.1

26.0

26.7

27.4

24.1

22.9

Glasgow City

12.5

15.5

12.9

9.4

9.8

6.2

10.1

3.8

3.7

Highland

21.8

24.2

26.0

26.2

30.1

23.2

20.3

18.4

18.1

Inverclyde

9.2

16.8

8.2

10.2

20.6

16.8

12.3

9.3

10.0

Midlothian

8.1

8.6

12.9

24.7

9.2

15.3

5.0

7.7

11.7

Moray

7.4

12.6

16.9

7.2

26.1

19.7

20.6

8.9

14.1

North Ayrshire

10.5

9.3

5.8

6.5

25.1

7.7

11.6

7.2

7.6

North Lanarkshire

11.8

13.5

14.7

11.4

10.1

10.0

8.0

8.1

7.7

Orkney Islands

32.4

41.4

43.0

44.8

51.5

44.8

33.4

27.2

29.6

Perth & Kinross

19.9

19.9

16.7

17.0

23.3

26.6

20.7

15.7

15.1

Renfrewshire

7.3

7.8

8.5

8.3

33.1

34.6

36.5

6.9

10.8

Scottish Borders

12.9

17.7

27.0

30.7

30.1

23.1

22.6

21.6

12.7

Shetland Islands

55.6

51.0

53.0

43.4

43.3

31.6

24.5

26.5

31.2

South Ayrshire

16.9

14.0

17.2

24.3

25.7

28.4

23.4

20.2

17.8

South Lanarkshire

13.4

16.2

20.4

17.2

23.7

25.3

23.9

22.9

17.7

Stirling

12.8

15.4

12.3

17.5

23.0

26.7

24.9

17.4

15.2

West Dunbartonshire

11.9

18.1

23.2

20.8

31.6

22.6

15.9

9.9

13.3

West Lothian

9.2

10.5

24.8

25.5

19.8

26.0

24.4

20.3

17.0

Scotland(2)

12.7

15.3

15.5

16.1

21.6

20.2

18.8

13.6

12.9

(1) These figures were revised in 2010 to 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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