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.


Early Learning and Childcare

Early Learning and Childcare

Table 4.1 shows that there were 101,463 children registered for ELC local authority funded places in September 2014, and that 98.5% of eligible 3 and 4 year olds were registered. Children registered to receive local authority funded ELC at more than one centre may be counted more than once and so will overestimate true uptake.

Table 4.1: Registrations for early learning and childcare at local authority and partnership centres, September 2014

Under 3 year olds

3 + 4 year olds(1)

Deferred Entry(3)

Total

Number

% of eligible(2)

Aberdeen City

64

3,427

90.4

116

3,607

Aberdeenshire

27

4,449

93.6

252

4,728

Angus

25

1,642

93.0

125

1,792

Argyll & Bute

4

1,368

113.7

75

1,447

Clackmannanshire

96

965

111.5

17

1,078

Dumfries & Galloway

14

2,251

98.6

146

2,411

Dundee City

248

2,465

99.8

118

2,831

East Ayrshire

222

2,037

98.6

51

2,310

East Dunbartonshire

26

1,703

100.6

82

1,811

East Lothian

27

1,774

95.1

117

1,918

East Renfrewshire

163

1,638

106.4

81

1,882

Edinburgh City

1,111

8,093

95.8

358

9,562

Eilean Siar

7

436

119.3

16

459

Falkirk

30

2,759

99.8

96

2,885

Fife

481

6,593

103.3

179

7,253

Glasgow City

1,961

9,531

90.9

314

11,806

Highland

34

3,810

101.8

301

4,145

Inverclyde

194

1,162

93.4

41

1,397

Midlothian

184

1,606

100.7

101

1,891

Moray

42

1,524

102.6

103

1,669

North Ayrshire

388

2,181

98.3

36

2,605

North Lanarkshire

894

6,046

100.1

114

7,054

Orkney Islands

1

357

111.1

30

388

Perth & Kinross

45

2,207

97.4

203

2,455

Renfrewshire

740

2,858

97.6

128

3,726

Scottish Borders

152

1,886

107.9

83

2,121

Shetland Islands

3

413

98.5

36

452

South Ayrshire

153

1,843

107.3

84

2,080

South Lanarkshire

848

5,399

102.2

193

6,440

Stirling

304

1,462

110.3

71

1,837

West Dunbartonshire

288

1,610

101.0

56

1,954

West Lothian

106

3,215

94.6

148

3,469

Scotland(4)

8,882

88,710

98.5

3,871

101,463

Scotland as reported

8,015

83,941

3,696

95,652

(1) Refers to academic year - 3 and 4 year olds were previously referred to as 'ante pre-school' and 'pre-school' respectively.

(2) Eligible children are estimated from population projections. For 3 year olds, eligibility is assumed as at the term after the child's 3rd birthday, however, some centres provide places earlier than this which may cause these figures to exceed 100%.
(3) Refers to children who are eligible to attend primary school but have deferred entry and remain in ELC.

(4) Includes data from 2013 where centres did not respond. 'Scotland as reported' row shows just data returned in 2014.

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