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Pupils in Scotland, 2006

DescriptionThis document contains information on pupils in publicly funded schools in Scotland, mainly derived from the latest annual pupil census which took place in September 2006.
ISBN9780755965519
Official Print Publication DateFebruary 2007
Website Publication DateFebruary 27, 2007

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ISSN 1479 7569
ISBN 978 0 7559 6488 8
(Table 5.7 of the publication revised on 1st March 2007, and total number of special schools revised in all relevant tables on 21st March 2007)

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Contents

Pupils in Scotland, 2006

Background Notes

Table N oScotland

All Sectors
1.1 Schools and pupils, by school sector, 1996-2006
1.2 Size of schools, 2006
1.3 Pupils by urban/rural classification and registration for free school meals, 2006
1.4 Pupils looked after by local authority, 2006
1.5 Pupils with a Additional Support Needs in mainstream schools, 2003-2006
1.6 Integration of pupils with Additional Support Needs into mainstream classes, 2006
1.7 Main difficulty in learning of pupils with Additional Support Needs, by gender, 2006
1.8 Nature of support for pupils with Additional Support Needs, 2006
1.9 Reasons for support for pupils with Additional Support Needs, by gender, 2006
1.10 Pupils who are assessed or declared as having a disability, by gender, 2006
1.11 Pupil ethnicity by national identity, 2006
1.12 Pupil ethnicity and registration for free school meals, 2003-2006
1.13 Ethnicity of asylum seekers and refugees, 2005-2006
1.14 Pupils receiving Gaelic medium education, 2005-2006
1.15 Main home language, 2006
1.16 Schools and pupils by school denomination, 1996-2006

Primary
2.1 Schools and pupils in publicly funded primary schools, 1996-2006
2.2 Primary schools and pupils by school denomination, 1996-2006
2.3 Primary pupils by stage, 1999-2006
2.4 Primary pupils by age at 28 th February 2007 and stage and gender, as at September 2006
2.5 Integration of primary pupils with Additional Support Needs, 2005-2006, by gender
2.6 Main difficulty in learning of primary pupils with a Additional Support Needs, by gender, 2006
2.7 Nature of support for primary pupils with Additional Support Needs, 2006
2.8 Reasons for support for primary pupils with Additional Support Needs, by gender, 2006
2.9 Primary pupils who are assessed or declared as having a disability by gender, 2006
2.10 Primary pupils by ethnicity and stage, 2006
2.11 Average primary class sizes by type of class and stage, 1999-2006
2.12 Average primary class sizes by size of school and type of class, 2006
2.13 Number of primary classes and pupils by size and type of class, 2006
2.14 P1 single stage primary classes by size of class, 2005-2006
2.15 P2
2.16 P3
2.17 P4
2.18 P5
2.19 P6
2.20 P7

Secondary
3.1 Schools and pupils in publicly funded secondary schools, 1996-2006
3.2 Secondary schools and pupils by school denomination, 1996-2006
3.3 Secondary pupils by stage, 1999-2006
3.4 Secondary pupils by age at 28 th February 2007 and stage and gender, as at September 2006
3.5 Integration of secondary pupils with Additional Support Needs, by gender, 2005 & 2006
3.6 Main difficulty in learning of secondary pupils with Additional Support Needs, by gender, 2006
3.7 Nature of support for secondary pupils with Additional Support Needs, 2006
3.8 Reasons for support for secondary pupils with Additional Support Needs, by gender, 2006
3.9 Secondary pupils who are assessed or declared as having a disability by gender, 2006
3.10 Secondary pupils by ethnicity and stage, 2006
3.11 Staying on rates of secondary pupils, 1996-2006

Special
4.1 Schools and pupils in publicly funded special schools, 1996-2006
4.2 Special schools and pupils by school denomination, 1996-2006
4.3 Pupils based in special schools by age at 28 th February 2007 and gender, 2006
4.4 Integration of pupils based in special schools, by gender, 2005-2006
4.5 Main difficulty in learning of pupils based in special schools with Additional Support Needs, by gender, 2006
4.6 Nature of support for pupils based in special schools with Additional Support Needs, 2006
4.7 Reasons for support for pupils based in special schools with a Co-ordinated Support Plan, by gender, 2006
4.8 Pupils based in special schools who are assessed or declared as having a disability, by gender, 2006
4.9 Pupils based in special schools by gender and mode of attendance, 2001-2006
4.10 Pupils based in special schools ethnicity by national identity, 2006

Local Authorities

All sectors
5.1 Publicly funded schools, 1998-2006
5.2 Pupils in publicly funded schools, 1998-2006
5.3 Pupils who are assessed or declared as having a disability by local authority of residence, 2006
5.4 Looked after children in publicly funded schools, by age and local authority of residence, 2006
5.5 Asylum seekers and refugees in publicly funded schools, 2005-2006
5.6 Pupils from minority ethnic groups, 2005-2006
5.7 Main home language of pupils in publicly funded schools, 2006
5.8 Pupils with English as an additional language, 2006
5.9 Pupils, by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation, 2006

Primary
6.1 Publicly funded primary schools, 1998-2006
6.2 Pupils in publicly funded primary schools, 2001-2006
6.3 Primary schools and pupils by school denomination, 2006
6.4 Primary pupils by stage, 2006
6.5 Average primary class sizes by type of class, 2006
6.6 Average primary class size by class stage, 2006
6.7 Class sizes by class stage, 2006
6.8 Primary pupils with Additional Support Needs, 2006
6.9 Main difficulty of learning for primary pupils with Additional Support Needs 2006
6.10 Reasons for support for primary pupils with Additional Support Needs, 2006
6.11 Nature of support of primary pupils with Additional Support Needs, 2006
6.12 Looked after children in primary schools by local authority of school, 2006
6.13 Primary pupils by ethnicity, 2006
6.14 Primary pupils who attend schools outwith their local authority of residence, 2004-2006
6.15 Primary pupils who attend schools but who live outwith the local authority, 2004-2006
6.16 Primary pupils receiving Gaelic medium education, 2006

Secondary
7.1 Publicly funded secondary schools, 1998-2006
7.2 Pupils in publicly funded secondary schools, 2001-2006
7.3 Secondary schools and pupils by school denomination, 2006
7.4 Secondary pupils by stage, 2006
7.5 Secondary pupils with Additional Support Needs, 2006
7.6 Nature of support for secondary pupils with Additional Support Needs, 2006
7.7 Main difficulty of learning for secondary pupils with Additional Support Needs 2006
7.8 Reasons for support for secondary pupils with Additional Support Needs, 2006
7.9 Looked after children in secondary schools by local authority of school, 2006
7.10 Secondary pupils by ethnicity, 2006
7.11 Secondary pupils who attend schools outwith their local authority of residence, 2004-2006
7.12 Secondary pupils who attend schools but who live outwith the local authority, 2004-2006
7.13 Staying on rates of secondary pupils, 2006
7.14 Secondary pupils receiving Gaelic medium education, 2006

Special
8.1 Publicly funded special schools, 1998-2006
8.2 Pupils based in publicly funded special schools, 2001-2006
8.3 Pupils based in special schools by age, 2006
8.4 Special schools and pupils by school denomination, 2006
8.5 Pupils based in special schools with Additional Support Needs, 2006
8.6 Main difficulty of learning for pupils based in special schools with Additional Support Needs, 2006
8.7 Reasons for support for pupils based in special schools with Additional Support Needs, 2006
8.8 Nature of support for pupils based in special schools with Additional Support Needs, 2006
8.9 Pupils who are assessed or declared as having a disability in special schools, 2006
8.10 Looked after children in special schools by local authority of school, 2006
8.11 Pupils based in special schools by ethnicity, 2006
8.12 Pupils based in special schools who attend schools outwith their local authority of residence, 2004-2006
8.13 Pupils based in special schools who attend schools but live outwith the local authority, 2004-2006

9.1 School BoardsNumber of eligible primary schools and those with a school board, by authority May 2006
9.2 Number of eligible secondary schools and those with a school board, by authority May 2006
9.3 Number of eligible special schools and those with a school board, May 2006
9.4 Number of eligible schools and percentages with a school board, by sector

Charts
Chart 1 Pupil numbers by sector, 1996-2006
Chart 2 Pupils with additional support needs in mainstream schools, primary and secondary, 2002-2006
Chart 3 Number of pupils with free school meals, Additional Support Needs, and looked after by local authority, 2006
Chart 4 Pupils by ethnicity, 2006
Map of Local Authorities

Scottish Executive Statistician Group

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