The Scottish Government

number of half days absence

percentage of half days

primary

secondary

special

primary

secondary

special

Aberdeen City

1,620

9,566

416

0.03

0.27

0.43

Aberdeenshire

543

5,573

24

0.01

0.11

0.03

Angus

668

3,496

n/a

0.02

0.14

n/a

Argyll & Bute

160

3,501

18

0.01

0.18

0.09

Clackmannanshire

718

3,410

56

0.05

0.33

0.40

Dumfries & Galloway

1,021

8,329

380

-

-

2.52

Dundee City

1,320

10,961

-

0.02

0.25

-

East Ayrshire

1,271

7,966

76

0.03

0.38

0.10

East Dunbartonshire

128

3,612

-

0.03

0.28

-

East Lothian

355

4,087

n/a

-

0.12

n/a

East Renfrewshire

57

1,085

-

0.01

0.24

-

Edinburgh, City of

3,293

15,782

3,372

-

-

1.41

Eilean Siar

6

351

n/a

-

0.04

n/a

Falkirk

405

9,887

461

0.04

0.26

0.52

Fife

1,981

23,407

6

-

0.05

0.01

Glasgow City

5,228

39,911

1,542

0.01

0.32

0.21

Highland

568

6,747

-

0.02

0.31

-

Inverclyde

449

5,711

32

-

-

0.06

Midlothian

1,011

4,621

534

0.03

0.40

0.90

Moray

531

2,060

n/a

0.01

0.14

n/a

North Ayrshire

1,045

9,015

18

0.02

0.30

0.03

North Lanarkshire

2,918

17,123

2,221

0.04

0.26

0.75

Orkney Islands

49

265

-

0.02

0.10

-

Perth & Kinross

1,389

4,097

127

-

0.00

0.61

Renfrewshire

622

9,478

178

0.02

0.29

0.14

Scottish Borders

292

4,327

n/a

0.03

0.23

n/a

Shetland Islands

109

204

n/a

0.01

0.06

n/a

South Ayrshire

285

4,649

-

0.03

0.16

-

South Lanarkshire

986

16,391

308

0.01

0.24

0.14

Stirling

294

1,776

-

-

-

-

West Dunbartonshire

658

4,996

94

0.01

0.18

0.21

West Lothian

1,042

9,202

676

0.01

0.04

0.75