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Placing Requests in Local Authority Schools in Scotland, 2003/04

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PLACING REQUESTS IN LOCAL AUTHORITY SCHOOLS IN SCOTLAND, 2003/04

Table 9: Percentage of placing requests refused (1), by reason for refusal, primary, secondary and special schools, 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004 (percentages)

Total

Primary

Secondary

Special

Under statutory
entry age

Other primary

S1

S2-S6

Under
school
age

Under minimum
leaving age

Over
minimum
leaving age

P1

P2-P7

Staffing constraints

17.3

-

19.8

25.5

12.5

23.4

-

-

-

Accommodation constraints

58.8

24.0

63.1

48.6

65.7

51.6

-

63.2

-

Effect on school discipline

1.4

-

3.0

-

0.1

2.3

-

21.1

-

Educational well-being of pupils already at the school

4.3

-

2.8

5.1

6.7

2.3

-

-

-

Continuity of the child's education

7.1

0.8

0.3

10.5

6.1

17.2

-

-

-

Age, ability or aptitude of the child

2.9

69.4

0.1

-

-

0.2

-

10.5

-

Child already required to discontinue at specified school

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Specified school is a special school and the child does not have special educational needs

0.1

-

-

-

-

-

-

18.2

-

Specified school is a single sex school and the child is not of the sex admitted to the school

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Place retained for children moving into the catchment area

7.2

-

8.4

9.5

8.9

3.1

-

-

-

Accepting the request would make it necessary for the Council to create an additional class or employ an additional teacher at a future stage of the child's primary education

0.7

-

2.5

0.7

-

-

-

-

-

Under section 38(1) of Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Act 2000, education normally provided would not be suited to ability and aptitude of child

0.2

5.8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(1) Refused at initial stage. Includes some which were then granted on appeal

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