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Table 4.2: Average half days and percentage attendance and absence by local authority(1), secondary(2)

(National Priorities indicator 2.2)

average number of half days

percentage of half days

attendance

authorised absence

unauthorised absence

absence due to temporary exclusions

attendance

authorised absence

unauthorised absence

absence due to temporary exclusion

Aberdeen City

347

24

8

1

91.2

6.4

2.1

0.31

Aberdeenshire

354

21

5

-

93.0

5.6

1.3

0.13

Angus

348

21

10

1

91.5

5.6

2.7

0.15

Argyll & Bute

347

30

2

1

91.3

8.0

0.5

0.16

Clackmannanshire

348

18

13

1

91.5

4.8

3.4

0.31

Dumfries & Galloway

355

19

5

1

93.4

5.0

1.4

0.19

Dundee City

336

26

17

2

88.4

6.8

4.5

0.41

East Ayrshire

341

35

3

1

89.7

9.2

0.9

0.22

East Dunbartonshire

351

27

2

-

92.4

7.0

0.4

0.12

East Lothian

349

23

8

1

91.7

6.0

2.1

0.17

East Renfrewshire

358

22

1

-

94.1

5.7

0.2

0.02

Edinburgh, City of

342

25

12

1

90.1

6.5

3.1

0.26

Eilean Siar

351

24

5

-

92.3

6.4

1.2

0.09

Falkirk

336

26

18

1

88.3

6.8

4.7

0.25

Fife

343

24

12

1

90.3

6.2

3.2

0.21

Glasgow City

331

46

2

2

87.1

12.0

0.5

0.42

Highland

346

27

6

1

91.0

7.1

1.7

0.15

Inverclyde

343

35

1

1

90.2

9.3

0.2

0.31

Midlothian

344

23

11

1

90.5

6.2

3.0

0.31

Moray

349

21

10

-

91.8

5.5

2.6

0.12

North Ayrshire

340

30

9

2

89.5

7.8

2.3

0.41

North Lanarkshire

336

39

4

1

88.5

10.3

1.0

0.21

Orkney Islands

357

15

9

-

93.8

3.9

2.3

0.04

Perth & Kinross

347

18

14

1

91.3

4.8

3.7

0.19

Renfrewshire

344

33

3

1

90.5

8.6

0.7

0.19

Scottish Borders

351

22

7

1

92.2

5.7

1.9

0.15

Shetland Islands

355

23

2

-

93.4

6.2

0.4

0.03

South Ayrshire

343

22

15

1

90.1

5.7

4.0

0.23

South Lanarkshire

344

34

1

1

90.5

8.9

0.4

0.25

Stirling

342

26

12

-

90.1

6.8

3.0

0.08

West Dunbartonshire

340

38

2

1

89.4

9.9

0.4

0.29

West Lothian

346

26

7

1

91.1

6.9

1.7

0.31

Local authorities

344

29

7

1

90.4

7.6

1.8

0.23

Grant Aided

365

13

2

-

95.9

3.4

0.6

0.01

(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) Excludes S6

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