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Statistics Publication Notice: Education Series: SQA ATTAINMENT AND SCHOOL LEAVER QUALIFICATIONS IN SCOTLAND: 2003/04

Table 9: Highest qualifications attained by leavers, by characteristic of pupil: 2003/04

Number of pupils

No NQ qualifications @ 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

Percentage

Total

58,411

4.0

0.9

0.4

0.4

6.1

6.6

8.1

14.6

7.5

5.8

13.7

10.0

9.0

11.7

1.2

Ethnic Background

White - UK

51,392

3.6

0.8

0.4

0.4

5.9

6.5

8.2

14.7

7.6

6.0

13.8

10.1

9.1

11.9

1.1

White - Other

1,089

4.8

0.7

**

**

6.1

6.2

6.9

11.0

5.9

5.2

12.4

12.5

10.3

14.9

2.7

Mixed

226

2.2

2.7

**

**

4.4

3.5

6.6

9.7

4.0

5.3

9.3

17.3

14.6

17.7

2.2

Asian - Indian

166

**

**

**

**

3.0

4.8

4.8

10.8

3.6

3.0

15.1

16.3

16.9

17.5

**

Asian - Chinese

168

**

**

**

**

**

**

3.6

8.3

6.5

3.0

14.3

14.3

16.1

25.0

6.5

Asian - Pakistani

539

2.2

**

**

**

4.5

5.2

6.5

15.6

8.0

5.4

19.3

12.6

10.6

7.4

1.5

All Other Categories 1

393

8.9

**

**

**

7.9

5.1

4.1

13.2

8.4

3.8

14.2

13.0

8.1

10.2

2.0

Not known/Not disclosed

4,438

8.3

1.9

0.7

0.6

9.6

8.4

8.5

15.3

6.5

4.5

12.6

7.2

6.3

8.8

1.0

Urban/Rural Location of School

Large Urban areas

21,227

5.7

0.9

0.5

0.4

6.8

7.2

8.3

15.2

7.4

5.6

13.0

9.1

8.5

10.2

1.2

Other Urban areas

19,910

3.3

1.0

0.5

0.4

6.8

7.0

8.3

14.6

7.4

5.8

14.1

9.8

8.5

11.6

0.9

Accessible small towns

7,200

2.3

0.9

0.4

0.4

5.0

5.3

8.3

13.1

7.7

6.4

13.8

11.5

10.4

13.0

1.5

Small remote towns

3,144

2.5

0.8

0.2

0.3

4.1

6.1

6.6

13.9

7.2

6.9

13.5

10.9

10.0

15.0

2.0

Accessible rural areas

5,031

3.4

0.7

0.2

0.4

4.8

5.4

7.4

14.5

7.7

5.2

14.0

11.0

9.7

14.4

1.3

Remote rural areas

1,899

2.1

0.4

**

**

3.6

3.8

6.8

15.2

8.4

6.2

16.6

12.3

9.6

13.5

1.1

Free School Meal Entitlement

Unknown

522

16.1

3.4

1.0

1.0

10.2

10.5

5.9

14.0

4.8

3.3

9.4

8.0

5.0

6.5

1.0

Not registered for free school meals

49,888

2.7

0.6

0.3

0.3

4.7

5.6

7.6

14.1

7.6

6.1

14.5

11.0

10.1

13.3

1.3

Registered for free school meals

8,001

11.3

2.4

1.3

1.0

14.9

12.3

11.0

17.4

6.9

4.2

8.8

3.8

2.4

2.1

0.2

Record of Needs/Individualised Educational Programme Status

No RON/IEP

56,696

3.5

0.8

0.4

0.4

5.7

6.4

8.1

14.6

7.6

5.9

14.0

10.2

9.2

12.0

1.2

RON/IEP

1,715

18.0

5.1

2.5

1.8

20.1

13.7

8.2

13.8

4.4

1.2

4.8

2.2

**

2.9

**

Looked After Status 2

Not looked after

57,879

3.7

0.8

0.4

0.4

6.0

6.5

8.1

14.6

7.5

5.8

13.8

10.1

9.1

11.8

1.2

Looked after at home

245

39.6

11.0

2.0

**

18.0

11.4

**

7.8

4.1

**

**

**

**

**

**

Looked after away from home

287

19.2

4.5

**

**

21.3

11.5

6.3

17.4

3.5

**

7.3

2.4

**

2.4

**

Notes
1 "All Other Categories" consists of: Asian-Bangladeshi, Asian-Other, Black-African, Black-Caribbean, Black-Other, Occupational Traveller, Gypsy/Traveller, Other Traveller, Other (see Note 3.13)
2 Data on looked after children is incomplete (see background note 4.3) and these figures may not show a representative sample of all looked after children leaving school
** indicates a percentage that has been calculated from a number between 0-5 or where, if shown, it would be possible to calculate a starred number from the totals given
Percentages based on small numbers may be misleading

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