Attendance and Absence in Scottish Schools 2005/06

Table 4.1: Average half days and percentage attendance and absence by local authority(1), primary

(National Priorities indicator 2.2)

	attendance	authorised absence	unauthorised absence	absence due to temporary exclusions	attendance	authorised absence	unauthorised absence	absence due to temporary exclusion
	average number of half days				percentage of half days
Aberdeen City	361	15	4	-	95.0	3.9	1.1	0.04
Aberdeenshire	364	13	2	-	95.9	3.4	0.6	0.02
Angus	363	13	3	-	95.6	3.5	0.9	0.02
Argyll & Bute	363	15	2	-	95.4	4.0	0.6	0.01
Clackmannanshire	361	14	5	-	95.1	3.7	1.2	0.04
Dumfries & Galloway	365	12	3	-	96.0	3.2	0.7	0.01
Dundee City	358	16	6	-	94.3	4.1	1.5	0.06
East Ayrshire	361	16	2	-	95.0	4.3	0.6	0.04
East Dunbartonshire	366	12	2	-	96.3	3.2	0.6	0.01
East Lothian	363	12	4	-	95.6	3.3	1.1	0.01
East Renfrewshire	366	13	2	-	96.2	3.3	0.5	0.01
Edinburgh, City of	360	15	5	-	94.7	4.0	1.3	0.03
Eilean Siar	362	16	2	-	95.1	4.3	0.5	0.00
Falkirk	361	15	4	-	94.9	4.0	1.1	0.01
Fife	361	14	5	-	94.9	3.7	1.4	0.02
Glasgow City	354	23	3	-	93.3	5.9	0.7	0.04
Highland	362	16	2	-	95.3	4.2	0.5	0.01
Inverclyde	360	18	2	-	94.7	4.8	0.4	0.02
Midlothian	361	13	5	-	95.1	3.5	1.4	0.04
Moray	363	15	2	-	95.5	4.0	0.5	0.02
North Ayrshire	360	17	3	-	94.8	4.4	0.8	0.03
North Lanarkshire	359	15	5	-	94.6	4.1	1.3	0.02
Orkney Islands	364	13	3	-	95.7	3.4	0.8	0.00
Perth & Kinross	363	12	5	-	95.5	3.2	1.2	0.05
Renfrewshire	362	16	2	-	95.4	4.1	0.5	0.02
Scottish Borders	364	12	3	-	95.9	3.2	0.9	0.02
Shetland Islands	363	15	2	-	95.5	4.0	0.5	0.00
South Ayrshire	362	13	5	-	95.2	3.4	1.4	0.01
South Lanarkshire	362	16	2	-	95.2	4.2	0.6	0.01
Stirling	362	16	2	-	95.1	4.3	0.6	0.01
West Dunbartonshire	361	17	2	-	94.9	4.6	0.5	0.02
West Lothian	362	15	3	-	95.4	3.9	0.7	0.03
Local authorities	361	15	3	-	95.0	4.1	0.9	0.02
Grant Aided	371	8	1	-	97.6	2.0	0.4	0.00

(1) Some differences between authorities are likely to be due to different recording practices. See paragraphs 1.2 to 1.7 in page 1.

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