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SCHOOL ATTAINMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS OF SCHOOL LEAVERS IN SCOTLAND: 2001/02

Table 1: Highest qualifications attained by School Leavers, by gender and school sector: 1999/00 to 2001/02

(All school sectors. Special schools included)

Percentages

Total Leavers (=100%)

No NQ @ SCQF level 3 or better #

1 - 2 @ SCQF Level 3

3 - 4 @ SCQF Level 3

5+ @ SCQF Level 3

1 - 2 @ SCQF Level 4

3 - 4 @ SCQF Level 4

5 + @ SCQF Level 4

1 - 2 @ SCQF Level 5

3 - 4 @ SCQF Level 5

5 + @ SCQF Level 5

1 - 2 @ SCQF Level 6

3 - 4 @ SCQF Level 6

5 + @ SCQF Level 6

1 - 2 @ SCQF Level 7

3 + @ SCQF Level 7

All schools

1999/2000

Total

60,134

5.8

1.0

0.7

0.7

7.0

7.4

10.7

13.5

4.6

2.7

12.9

10.8

11.0

10.1

1.1

Male

30,520

6.7

1.1

0.9

0.9

8.0

8.4

11.3

14.7

4.4

2.4

12.1

9.6

10.1

8.1

1.2

Female

29,614

4.9

0.8

0.4

0.5

5.9

6.3

10.0

12.3

4.8

3.0

13.8

12.2

12.0

12.1

1.0

2000/2001

Total

61,296

6.0

1.0

0.6

0.6

6.5

6.9

9.7

14.1

5.9

4.0

12.1

10.4

10.4

10.6

1.1

Male

31,001

6.7

1.3

0.8

0.8

7.3

7.8

10.7

15.1

6.0

3.6

11.6

9.2

9.1

8.7

1.3

Female

30,295

5.3

0.7

0.4

0.4

5.8

5.9

8.7

13.1

5.8

4.4

12.6

11.6

11.7

12.6

1.0

2001/2002

Total

61,346

5.7

1.1

0.6

0.5

6.6

6.5

8.8

13.9

6.5

5.4

11.9

10.0

10.0

11.2

1.3

Male

31,257

6.6

1.4

0.8

0.7

7.5

7.4

9.6

15.2

6.3

5.0

11.7

8.8

8.3

9.4

1.4

Female

30,089

4.8

0.9

0.4

0.3

5.7

5.6

7.9

12.6

6.7

5.8

12.1

11.2

11.7

13.2

1.2

Publicly funded Schools

1999/00

Total

56,376

5.4

1.0

0.7

0.7

7.3

7.8

11.3

14.1

4.8

2.8

13.1

10.8

10.0

9.4

0.8

Male

28,478

6.3

1.1

0.9

0.9

8.3

9.0

12.0

15.4

4.6

2.5

12.1

9.5

9.0

7.5

0.9

Female

27,898

4.6

0.8

0.4

0.5

6.2

6.7

10.6

12.9

5.0

3.1

14.1

12.2

11.0

11.3

0.7

2000/01

Total

58,061

5.7

1.0

0.6

0.6

6.8

7.2

10.2

14.7

6.1

4.1

12.2

10.3

9.6

9.9

0.9

Male

29,255

6.3

1.3

0.8

0.8

7.6

8.2

11.3

15.7

6.2

3.7

11.7

9.0

8.3

8.0

1.0

Female

28,806

5.0

0.7

0.4

0.4

6.0

6.2

9.2

13.7

6.0

4.5

12.7

11.6

11.0

11.9

0.7

2001/02

Total

58,035

5.3

1.1

0.6

0.6

6.8

6.8

9.2

14.5

6.8

5.6

12.2

9.8

9.3

10.4

1.0

Male

29,512

6.1

1.4

0.8

0.8

7.7

7.7

10.1

15.8

6.6

5.2

11.9

8.5

7.5

8.7

1.1

Female

28,523

4.5

0.9

0.4

0.4

5.9

5.8

8.3

13.1

7.0

5.9

12.4

11.2

11.1

12.2

0.9

Independent Schools

1999/00

Total

3,758

11.5

0.9

1.0

0.1

1.9

0.9

1.0

3.9

2.0

2.2

10.8

11.3

26.7

21.0

4.7

Male

2,042

13.0

1.5

1.5

0.1

2.5

1.3

1.2

5.3

2.2

1.6

11.9

11.4

25.6

16.7

4.3

Female

1,716

9.8

0.3

0.5

0.0

1.3

0.5

0.7

2.2

1.7

2.8

9.6

11.3

28.1

26.1

5.1

2000/01

Total

3,235

12.2

0.6

0.6

0.2

2.1

0.9

0.4

3.1

1.1

2.0

10.0

12.0

24.8

24.1

5.9

Male

1,746

13.3

0.9

1.1

0.2

2.8

1.0

0.5

4.2

1.2

1.3

10.3

12.2

23.5

21.4

6.0

Female

1,489

10.8

0.3

0.1

0.1

1.3

0.7

0.3

1.7

1.1

2.9

9.6

11.8

26.2

27.3

5.8

2001/02

Total

3,311

12.6

0.6

0.3

0.2

2.8

0.7

0.3

3.5

1.5

2.5

7.4

12.3

22.4

25.7

7.1

Male

1,745

14.5

0.7

0.4

0.3

3.3

0.8

0.3

4.8

1.9

2.1

7.9

12.8

21.2

22.0

6.9

Female

1,566

10.5

0.4

0.3

0.1

2.2

0.6

0.3

2.1

1.1

3.0

6.8

11.7

23.7

29.8

7.4

# Includes leavers with only GCSE and/or A level qualifications

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