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Table 3.1: Percentage attendance and absence, by reason(1), primary, secondary(2) and special

Attendance

Attending but late

Work Experience

Sick, with education provision

Sick, no education provision

Very late

Authorised holidays

Exceptional Domestic Circum

Other Authorised

Unauthorised holidays

Truancy

Ex Dom Circum unauthorised

Other unauthorised

Temporary exclusion

Aberdeen City

91.5

1.6

0.1

-

4.3

-

-

-

0.7

0.5

0.9

-

0.1

0.2

Aberdeenshire

94.2

0.4

-

-

3.7

-

0.1

0.4

0.2

0.3

0.5

-

0.1

0.1

Angus

92.8

0.9

0.2

-

3.3

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.6

0.4

0.9

-

0.3

0.1

Argyll & Bute

92.5

0.9

0.2

-

-

-

0.1

-

5.6

0.2

0.3

-

-

0.1

Clackmannanshire

92.0

1.5

0.1

-

3.8

-

-

0.2

-

0.7

1.1

0.3

-

0.1

Dumfries & Galloway

94.1

0.6

0.2

-

3.2

-

-

-

0.8

0.4

0.4

-

0.2

0.1

Dundee City

89.1

2.5

0.2

-

4.3

N/A

0.1

0.8

-

0.4

0.1

-

2.1

0.2

East Ayrshire

91.4

1.1

0.2

-

5.6

-

0.2

-

0.7

0.3

0.4

-

-

0.1

East Dunbartonshire

93.0

1.3

0.2

-

4.7

-

0.1

-

0.1

0.4

0.1

-

-

0.1

East Lothian

92.8

0.8

0.4

-

3.8

-

0.1

-

0.4

0.6

0.9

-

0.1

0.1

East Renfrewshire

93.8

1.3

0.2

-

-

-

0.1

-

4.2

0.2

-

-

0.1

-

Edinburgh, City of

89.8

2.6

0.3

0.1

4.0

0.1

0.2

-

0.8

0.4

1.3

-

0.2

0.1

Eilean Siar

93.4

0.2

0.3

-

4.3

-

0.1

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.1

0.1

-

Falkirk

90.9

1.1

0.2

-

4.4

-

0.2

0.1

0.4

0.5

1.2

0.1

0.8

0.1

Fife

91.8

1.0

0.2

0.1

3.8

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.6

0.5

1.3

-

0.3

0.1

Glasgow City

88.3

2.4

0.1

-

0.1

-

0.3

-

7.9

0.1

0.6

-

-

0.2

Highland

92.4

0.8

0.2

-

4.0

-

0.1

0.2

1.1

0.2

0.6

-

0.2

0.1

Inverclyde

91.2

1.4

0.2

-

-

-

0.1

-

6.6

0.2

0.2

-

-

0.1

Midlothian

91.9

1.2

-

4.1

-

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.6

1.4

0.1

-

0.2

Moray

92.6

1.1

0.2

-

1.3

-

0.2

-

3.1

0.3

0.5

-

0.6

0.1

North Ayrshire

90.7

1.7

0.1

-

-

-

0.2

-

5.5

0.4

0.8

-

0.2

0.2

North Lanarkshire

90.5

1.2

0.2

-

6.5

-

-

-

0.1

0.6

0.6

-

-

0.1

Orkney Islands

94.0

0.8

0.1

0.1

3.2

0.1

-

0.1

0.2

0.5

0.9

-

0.1

-

Perth & Kinross

92.7

0.9

0.2

-

2.9

-

-

-

0.9

0.5

1.0

0.1

0.5

0.1

Renfrewshire

91.6

1.4

0.2

-

0.1

-

0.1

-

5.8

0.4

0.2

-

-

0.1

Scottish Borders

93.4

0.7

0.2

0.1

2.5

-

0.1

0.3

1.3

0.5

0.5

-

0.2

0.1

Shetland Islands

94.0

0.4

0.2

-

3.7

-

0.3

0.1

0.8

0.3

0.2

-

-

-

South Ayrshire

91.7

1.0

0.2

-

3.2

-

0.1

-

1.0

0.6

1.9

-

-

0.1

South Lanarkshire

91.4

1.5

0.3

-

4.9

-

0.3

-

1.0

0.2

0.3

-

-

0.1

Stirling

91.8

0.9

0.2

-

3.6

0.1

0.4

-

1.4

0.3

0.7

-

0.7

-

West Dunbartonshire

90.1

2.1

0.2

-

-

-

0.1

-

6.7

0.3

0.2

-

-

0.1

West Lothian

92.5

1.0

-

-

3.8

-

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.1

0.8

-

0.1

0.1

Grant Aided

96.3

-

0.3

0.1

2.4

-

-

-

0.3

0.3

-

0.1

-

(1) Some differences between authorities are likely to be due to different recording practices. See paragraphs 1.2 to 1.7 in page 1.
(2) excluding S6
(3) Dundee City did not report two codes for late categories

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