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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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