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Table 3.3 Percentage attendance and absence, by reason(1), secondary(2)

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

88.0

2.9

0.3

-

5.3

0.1

-

-

1.0

0.4

1.5

-

0.1

0.3

Aberdeenshire

92.1

0.8

0.1

-

4.6

0.1

0.1

0.6

0.3

0.3

0.9

-

0.1

0.1

Angus

89.1

1.9

0.6

-

4.3

0.2

0.1

0.7

0.3

0.3

1.8

-

0.5

0.1

Argyll & Bute

89.0

1.8

0.5

-

0.1

-

-

-

7.9

0.2

0.3

-

-

0.2

Clackmannanshire

88.5

2.6

0.3

-

4.4

0.1

-

0.2

0.1

0.6

2.5

0.4

-

0.3

Dumfries & Galloway

91.8

1.0

0.6

-

3.9

-

-

-

1.0

0.3

0.8

-

0.2

0.2

Dundee City

83.6

4.3

0.4

-

5.3

N/A

0.1

1.3

-

0.4

0.3

0.1

3.7

0.4

East Ayrshire

87.3

1.9

0.5

-

8.3

-

0.1

-

0.7

0.3

0.6

-

-

0.2

East Dunbartonshire

89.4

2.5

0.5

-

6.8

0.1

-

-

0.1

0.3

0.1

-

-

0.1

East Lothian

89.4

1.2

1.0

-

5.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.8

0.5

1.5

-

0.2

0.2

East Renfrewshire

91.4

2.3

0.4

-

0.1

-

-

-

5.6

0.2

-

-

-

-

Edinburgh, City of

84.9

4.4

0.8

-

5.1

0.1

0.1

-

1.2

0.4

2.3

-

0.3

0.3

Eilean Siar

91.1

0.5

0.7

-

5.2

0.1

0.2

0.4

0.5

0.3

0.6

0.2

0.2

0.1

Falkirk

85.8

2.1

0.5

-

5.8

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.6

0.5

2.5

0.1

1.6

0.2

Fife

88.3

1.5

0.4

0.1

5.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.6

0.4

2.4

0.1

0.4

0.2

Glasgow City

82.4

4.4

0.4

-

0.1

-

0.2

-

11.6

0.1

0.4

-

-

0.4

Highland

88.9

1.6

0.5

-

5.1

0.1

0.1

0.5

1.4

0.2

1.3

-

0.2

0.2

Inverclyde

87.1

2.7

0.3

0.1

-

-

0.1

-

9.1

0.1

0.1

-

-

0.3

Midlothian

88.7

1.8

-

-

5.4

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.4

0.6

2.3

0.1

-

0.3

Moray

89.1

2.2

0.5

-

2.6

-

0.2

-

2.7

0.3

1.0

-

1.2

0.1

North Ayrshire

86.2

2.9

0.3

0.1

0.1

-

0.3

-

7.4

0.2

1.6

-

0.5

0.4

North Lanarkshire

85.9

2.1

0.5

-

10.1

-

-

-

0.1

0.4

0.6

-

-

0.2

Orkney Islands

92.0

1.6

0.1

0.1

3.5

0.2

-

0.2

-

0.3

1.9

-

-

-

Perth & Kinross

89.0

1.9

0.4

-

3.9

0.1

-

-

0.8

0.4

2.5

0.2

0.5

0.2

Renfrewshire

87.5

2.5

0.5

-

0.1

0.1

-

-

8.3

0.4

0.4

-

-

0.2

Scottish Borders

90.6

1.2

0.4

-

3.2

0.1

0.1

0.5

1.9

0.4

1.2

-

0.3

0.1

Shetland Islands

92.2

0.8

0.5

-

4.6

0.1

0.3

-

1.2

0.2

0.2

-

-

-

South Ayrshire

87.9

1.8

0.5

-

3.8

0.1

-

0.1

1.7

0.5

3.4

-

-

0.2

South Lanarkshire

87.0

2.9

0.6

-

7.3

-

0.1

-

1.4

0.1

0.2

-

-

0.3

Stirling

88.2

1.4

0.4

-

4.2

0.1

0.1

-

2.4

0.3

1.5

-

1.2

0.1

West Dunbartonshire

85.3

3.7

0.5

-

-

-

0.2

-

9.6

0.1

0.3

-

-

0.3

West Lothian

89.2

1.7

0.1

-

4.9

0.1

0.4

0.5

0.9

0.1

1.3

0.1

0.3

0.3

Grant Aided

95.2

-

0.6

0.2

3.0

-

-

-

0.4

0.3

-

-

0.3

-

(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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