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Statistics Publication Notice: Education Series - EXCLUSIONS FROM SCHOOLS, 2004/05

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Table 22: Absence due to temporary exclusion, 2004/05 (1)

number of half days absence

percentage of half days

primary

secondary

special

primary

secondary

special

Aberdeen City

1,989

10,310

388

0.04

0.29

0.42

Aberdeenshire

1,448

6,878

94

0.02

0.13

0.10

Angus

850

4,446

n/a

0.03

0.18

n/a

Argyll & Bute

99

3,426

-

-

0.18

-

Clackmannanshire

821

3,356

-

0.05

0.32

-

Dumfries & Galloway

937

7,855

302

0.02

0.24

2.60

Dundee City

2,203

10,303

12

0.06

0.36

0.02

East Ayrshire

1,224

6,059

138

0.03

0.23

0.20

East Dunbartonshire

166

3,424

-

-

0.12

-

East Lothian

303

4,006

n/a

0.01

0.23

n/a

East Renfrewshire

104

876

-

-

0.03

-

Edinburgh, City of

2,296

15,777

2,963

0.03

0.26

1.20

Eilean Siar

57

554

n/a

0.01

0.09

n/a

Falkirk

551

10,437

449

0.01

0.34

0.58

Fife

2,298

18,629

-

0.02

0.25

-

Glasgow City

6,422

41,882

1,598

0.04

0.42

0.22

Highland

870

7,830

46

0.01

0.16

0.07

Inverclyde

471

6,505

146

0.02

0.35

0.26

Midlothian

844

4,298

267

0.04

0.24

0.45

Moray

669

3,035

n/a

0.02

0.15

n/a

North Ayrshire

792

10,962

10

0.02

0.36

0.02

North Lanarkshire

2,734

16,044

1,676

0.03

0.21

0.58

Orkney Islands

16

240

n/a

-

0.05

-

Perth & Kinross

1,413

5,432

52

0.04

0.20

0.25

Renfrewshire

777

7,979

57

0.01

0.20

0.05

Scottish Borders

503

4,030

n/a

0.02

0.17

n/a

Shetland Islands

36

359

n/a

-

0.06

n/a

South Ayrshire

208

4,913

-

0.01

0.20

-

South Lanarkshire

1,196

15,401

615

0.01

0.23

0.29

Stirling

303

2,417

19

0.01

0.12

0.11

West Dunbartonshire

736

5,722

124

0.03

0.27

0.25

West Lothian

1,377

8,323

601

0.03

0.25

0.67

(1) Source: Attendance and Absence survey for 2004/05. Data is not necessarily consistent with data from the exclusions survey. Data is 'absence from school due to temporary exclusion' irrespective of whether alternative education is provided.

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