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 3.5 shows pupil characteristics. These data are used primarily in equalities monitoring.

In 2014, 88 per cent of pupils were recorded as being White-Scottish or White-other British. The largest other ethnic backgrounds include White-Other (4 per cent), Asian Pakistani (2 per cent) and Mixed (1 per cent).

140,542 pupils (21 per cent of all pupils) had an additional support need recorded. This will include pupils in special schools and those in mainstream schools with a Co-ordinated Support Plan (CSP), Individualised Education Programme, Child Plan or some other type of support.

Table 3.5: Pupil characteristics: ethnicity, additional support needs and English as an additional language by gender, 2014(1)

Female

Male

Total

Ethnicity

White - Scottish

277,952

288,329

566,281

White - Other British

14,244

14,842

29,086

White - Gypsy/Traveller

519

515

1,034

White - Other

13,209

13,911

27,120

Mixed

3,790

3,745

7,535

Asian - Indian

2,211

2,419

4,630

Asian - Pakistani

6,032

6,311

12,343

Asian - Bangladeshi

391

402

793

Asian - Chinese

1,644

1,479

3,123

Asian - Other

1,713

1,742

3,455

Caribbean/Black

435

433

868

African

2,604

2,721

5,325

Other

1,878

1,990

3,868

Not known / not disclosed

5,466

5,801

11,267

Additional Support Needs (ASN)

CSP

1,053

2,075

3,128

IEP

11,775

25,865

37,640

Child Plans

5,875

10,071

15,946

Assessed/Declared Disabled

4,816

10,340

15,156

Other

41,829

61,739

103,568

Total pupils with ASN

54,096

86,446

140,542

English as an Additional Language

15,634

16,875

32,509

Total Pupils

332,162

344,793

676,955

(1) Data for ethnicity and English as an Additional Language does not include grant aided special schools as this information is not collected. There are 227 pupils at grant aided special schools.

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