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Attendance and Absence in Scottish Schools: 1999/2000 to 2001/2002

Education Authority Summary

Table 2: Percentage absence in primary schools 2000/2001 to 2001/2002, by education authority

Education Authority

Percentage Authorised Absence 2000/2001

Percentage Authorised Absence 2001/2002

Percentage Unauthorised Absence 2000/2001

Percentage Unauthorised Absence 2001/2002

Total Percentage Absence 2000/2001

Total Percentage Absence 2001/2002

Scotland

5.0

4.7

0.4

0.3

5.4

5.1

Aberdeen City

4.3

4.1

0.5

0.6

4.8

4.7

Aberdeenshire

4.1

3.6

0.1

0.1

4.2

3.8

Angus

4.4

4.2

0.1

0.2

4.5

4.3

Argyll & Bute

5.0

4.7

0.1

0.1

5.0

4.8

Clackmannanshire

5.1

4.2

0.9

0.8

6.0

5.1

Dumfries & Galloway

4.4

3.7

0.1

0.2

4.5

3.9

Dundee City

5.8

5.6

0.3

0.1

6.1

5.7

East Ayrshire

5.4

5.3

0.1

0.1

5.5

5.4

East Dunbartonshire

4.3

4.2

0.0

0.0

4.4

4.2

East Lothian

4.3

4.0

0.6

0.6

4.9

4.6

East Renfrewshire

4.1

3.7

0.0

0.0

4.1

3.7

Edinburgh, City of

4.7

4.4

0.9

0.8

5.6

5.2

Eilean Siar

4.6

4.6

0.0

0.0

4.6

4.7

Falkirk

4.2

4.0

0.8

0.7

5.1

4.7

Fife

4.9

4.3

0.8

0.7

5.8

5.0

Glasgow City

7.1

6.7

0.4

0.5

7.6

7.3

Highland

4.3

4.1

0.3

0.3

4.6

4.5

Inverclyde

5.1

5.2

0.1

0.0

5.2

5.3

Midlothian

4.2

4.2

0.8

0.7

5.0

4.9

Moray

4.2

4.1

0.3

0.3

4.5

4.4

North Ayrshire

5.2

5.0

0.2

0.2

5.4

5.3

North Lanarkshire

5.9

5.4

0.1

0.1

6.0

5.5

Orkney Islands

3.8

3.2

0.6

0.5

4.4

3.7

Perth & Kinross

4.4

4.3

0.2

0.2

4.6

4.4

Renfrewshire

5.1

4.8

0.1

0.1

5.2

4.9

Scottish Borders

3.9

3.7

0.2

0.3

4.1

4.0

Shetland Islands

4.1

4.1

0.0

0.0

4.2

4.1

South Ayrshire

4.9

4.9

0.1

0.1

5.0

4.9

South Lanarkshire

5.1

5.0

0.1

0.1

5.3

5.1

Stirling

4.7

4.5

0.2

0.2

4.9

4.7

West Dunbartonshire

5.3

5.5

0.1

0.1

5.4

5.6

West Lothian

4.6

4.2

0.8

0.6

5.4

4.8

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