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Drug Education in Schools, 2001/2002

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DRUG EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, 2001/2002

TABLE 1
SCHOOLS WHICH PROVIDE DRUG EDUCATION AND THE TYPES OF DRUG EDUCATION INVOLVED, 2001/02

Sector/type of school

Percentage of schools which provide drug education 1

Percentage of schools which provide drug education on 1 :

Percentage of schools which provide drug education where 1 :

Percentage of schools which provide drug education in line with current national advice 1,6

Percentage ofschools withaccess to ahealth educationco-ordinator

Safe Use of Medicine

Alcohol

Tobacco

Solvents

Controlled Drugs

Each pupil will receive drug education 4

Each pupil will receive drug educ. which provides progression and continuity 5

2001/2002
Local authority schools

Primary

99

99

99

99

98

98

97

94

92

89

Secondary

100

97

100

100

99

100

100

99

94

88

Special

94

99

98

99

95

94

88

87

85

83

Total

99

99

99

99

98

98

97

94

92

88

All other schools 2,3

Primary

93

90

94

94

88

88

92

87

69

55

Secondary

98

91

98

96

94

96

98

94

77

56

Special

73

79

100

92

96

96

79

75

65

66

Total

86

87

97

94

93

93

90

85

70

60

All schools 2

Primary

99

99

99

99

98

98

97

94

92

88

Secondary

100

96

100

100

99

99

100

98

92

85

Special

93

96

98

99

96

95

89

88

83

77

Total

98

98

99

99

98

98

97

94

91

87

2000/2001All schools 3

97

93

95

96

94

93

92

87

81

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1. Figures are rounded - 100% may be displayed in some cases where the actual figure is greater than or equal to 99.5%.
2. Covers independent schools and a small number of grant-aided and opted-out schools.
3. Schools which have both primary and secondary departments are counted under both categories.
4. A school is defined as providing drug education to each pupil if every pupil who stays at that school 'from start to finish' will receive drug education at some point.
5. A school is defined as providing drug education to each pupil which provides 'progression and continuity in their learning as they move through the school' if every pupil would receive drug education at several stages during their time at a particular school.
6. A school which provides drug education in line with current national advice (see Notes for details) must cover all of the criteria listed in the table.

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