Exclusions From Schools, 2005/06

Table 22: Absence due to temporary exclusion, 2005/06 ⁽¹⁾

	number of half days absence			percentage of half days
	primary	secondary	special	primary	secondary	special
Aberdeen City	2,079	10,923	335	0.04	0.29	0.35
Aberdeenshire	1,130	6,880	36	0.02	0.12	0.04
Angus	617	3,593	n/a	0.02	0.14	n/a
Argyll & Bute	236	3,223	3	0.01	0.15	0.02
Clackmannanshire	551	3,194	15	0.04	0.29	0.09
Dumfries & Galloway	626	6,096	-	0.01	0.17	-
Dundee City	2,249	11,666	8	0.06	0.38	0.02
East Ayrshire	1,540	6,187	38	0.04	0.21	0.06
East Dunbartonshire	180	3,470	10	0.01	0.11	0.02
East Lothian	250	2,961	-	0.01	0.16	-
East Renfrewshire	243	660	-	0.01	0.02	-
Edinburgh, City of	2,534	15,238	2,202	0.03	0.24	0.89
Eilean Siar	22	574	n/a	-	0.08	n/a
Falkirk	617	7,556	127	0.01	0.23	0.18
Fife	2,506	15,590	-	0.02	0.19	-
Glasgow City	5,483	41,141	2,159	0.04	0.40	0.31
Highland	982	7,767	-	0.01	0.14	-
Inverclyde	530	5,675	166	0.02	0.29	0.33
Midlothian	960	5,146	389	0.04	0.28	0.91
Moray	530	2,503	n/a	0.02	0.12	n/a
North Ayrshire	1,387	12,688	48	0.03	0.38	0.08
North Lanarkshire	2,049	15,922	2,151	0.02	0.20	0.73
Orkney Islands	4	188	n/a	-	0.04	n/a
Perth & Kinross	1,786	5,184	4	0.05	0.18	0.02
Renfrewshire	1,151	7,528	83	0.02	0.18	0.07
Scottish Borders	535	3,593	n/a	0.02	0.14	n/a
Shetland Islands	23	206	n/a	-	0.03	n/a
South Ayrshire	214	5,668	-	0.01	0.21	-
South Lanarkshire	1,284	17,276	512	0.01	0.23	0.27
Stirling	342	1,623	-	0.01	0.08	-
West Dunbartonshire	533	6,153	75	0.02	0.27	0.17
West Lothian	1,470	10,484	572	0.03	0.29	0.65

(1) Source: Attendance and Absence survey for 2005/06. 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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