Summary statistics for schools in Scotland - No. 6: 2015 Edition

This contains the results of the annual pupil census, annual teacher census, early learning and childcare data , school estates data, attendance and absence data and exclusions data.


5. Early Learning and Childcare

96.6% of 3 & 4 year olds are registered for LA funded ELC (98.5% in 2014)

73.2% of all ages had access to a teacher during census week (74.3% in 2014)

Table 5.1 shows that there were 97,262 children registered for ELC local authority funded places in September 2015 (101,463 in 2014), and that 96.6% of eligible 3 and 4 year olds were registered (98.5% in 2014). 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 5.1: Registrations(1) for early learning and childcare at local authority and partnership centres, September 2015

Under 2 2 year olds 3 + 4 year olds(2) Deferred Entry(4) Total
Number % of eligible(3)
Aberdeen City 36 36 3,284 90.0 163 3,519
Aberdeenshire 3 69 4,538 93.2 304 4,914
Angus - 84 1,667 92.3 125 1,876
Argyll & Bute - 49 1,285 103.1 65 1,399
Clackmannanshire - 42 880 102.9 19 941
Dumfries & Galloway - 84 2,234 97.7 131 2,449
Dundee City 15 217 2,468 100.3 144 2,844
East Ayrshire 54 124 2,071 100.9 47 2,296
East Dunbartonshire - 59 1,644 94.1 90 1,793
East Lothian 15 53 1,802 95.2 122 1,992
East Renfrewshire 22 62 1,596 91.8 62 1,742
Edinburgh City 246 383 7,830 94.8 485 8,944
Eilean Siar 1 15 402 106.2 25 443
Falkirk - 109 2,768 100.3 110 2,987
Fife 7 456 6,321 98.5 227 7,011
Glasgow City 43 393 9,206 88.7 404 10,046
Highland 2 49 3,900 105.3 316 4,267
Inverclyde 81 152 1,098 88.4 60 1,391
Midlothian 74 65 1,678 103.5 96 1,913
Moray - 31 1,529 99.8 111 1,671
North Ayrshire 37 218 2,244 100.3 50 2,549
North Lanarkshire 162 315 5,881 97.2 160 6,518
Orkney Islands - 16 320 96.2 50 386
Perth & Kinross - 108 2,168 95.1 208 2,484
Renfrewshire 142 361 2,858 98.7 167 3,528
Scottish Borders - 84 1,773 101.6 81 1,938
Shetland Islands - - 427 101.2 44 471
South Ayrshire 21 65 1,693 97.5 97 1,876
South Lanarkshire 177 363 5,398 101.4 204 6,142
Stirling 46 82 1,535 113.5 52 1,715
West Dunbartonshire 39 134 1,619 102.5 64 1,856
West Lothian - 43 3,143 91.5 175 3,361
Scotland(5) 1,223 4,321 87,260 96.6 4,458 97,262

(1) This is a snapshot of registrations at census week (14-18 September 2015). It does not include children who were registered between census week and the end of December.
(2) Refers to academic year - 3 and 4 year olds were previously referred to as 'ante pre-school' and 'pre-school' respectively.
(3) Eligible children are estimated from population projections. For 3 year olds, eligibility is assumed as at the term after the child's 3rd birthday.
(4) Refers to children who are eligible to attend primary school but have deferred entry and remain in ELC.
(5) Includes data from 2014 where centres did not respond.

Table 5.2 below shows that around three quarters of children at eligible ELC centres had access to a GTCS registered teacher during census week (73.2 per cent, down from 74.3 per cent the previous year). This includes children whose access was provided by external teachers on an ad hoc or occasional basis (i.e. non-regular). Some local authorities only ensure access to teachers for 3 and 4 year olds. The number of children with access to a teacher as a proportion of just 3 and 4 year olds (rather than all children) is 81.6 per cent (85.0 per cent in 2014).

Table 5.2(1): Percentage of children with access to a GTCS registered teacher by local authority, September 2015

As a percentage of all children at ELC centres Total access as a percentage of
3 and 4 year old children
Centres under a
regular arrangement(2)
Centres with only non-regular
support from external teachers
Total
Aberdeen City 58.9 11.6 70.5 75.6
Aberdeenshire 88.7 - 88.7 96.1
Angus 70.3 - 70.3 79.1
Argyll & Bute 47.0 53.0 100.0 108.9
Clackmannanshire 89.8 2.6 92.3 98.8
Dumfries & Galloway 61.5 - 61.5 67.5
Dundee City 63.3 - 63.3 73.0
East Ayrshire 69.7 10.0 79.7 88.4
East Dunbartonshire 65.1 34.1 99.3 108.3
East Lothian 80.6 - 80.6 89.1
East Renfrewshire 95.9 - 95.9 104.6
Edinburgh City 69.3 0.6 69.9 79.9
Eilean Siar 66.1 1.6 67.7 74.6
Falkirk 96.4 - 96.4 104.0
Fife 89.4 1.1 90.5 100.4
Glasgow City 50.5 0.9 51.5 56.1
Highland 58.5 2.4 60.9 66.6
Inverclyde 79.9 - 79.9 101.2
Midlothian 69.5 12.8 82.3 94.4
Moray 35.7 6.7 42.4 46.3
North Ayrshire 67.9 3.6 71.5 81.2
North Lanarkshire 54.4 0.6 55.0 61.0
Orkney Islands 89.6 3.6 93.3 112.5
Perth & Kinross 92.5 - 92.5 106.0
Renfrewshire 73.1 - 73.1 90.3
Scottish Borders 79.8 - 79.8 87.3
Shetland Islands 84.1 0.2 84.3 93.0
South Ayrshire 96.5 - 96.5 106.9
South Lanarkshire 65.5 2.0 67.5 76.8
Stirling 33.5 - 33.5 37.4
West Dunbartonshire 66.9 - 66.9 76.7
West Lothian 97.2 - 97.2 104.0
- - - -
Scotland 70.1 3.1 73.2 81.6

(1) See Background Notes 3.12 - 3.13 for definitions of a GTCS teacher and adhoc teacher.
(2) Further breakdowns provided in previous years are available in the additional tables.

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