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Follow up of school leavers 2006-07
24/06/2008
Scotland's Chief Statistician today published statistics on the follow up destinations of young people who left school in school year 2006-07.
This is the first time that this information has been published and provides information on young people's status in March-April 2008, approximately nine months after leaving school.
The main findings from the publication show that of the school leavers in 2006-07:
- 87.0 per cent were in positive destinations in the March/April of 2008
- 47.9 per cent were in higher or further education in March/April
- 38.8 per cent were in employment or training in March/April
- The proportion who were not in employment, education or training or voluntary work in March/April 2008 was 13.0 per cent
- The proportion who were in a positive destination in both September 2007 and March/April 2008 was 80.3 per cent with a further 12.5 per cent in a positive destination in one of the two periods
- Only 6.8 per cent were not in a positive destination in both September 2007 and March/April 2008