Pupils in Scotland, 2006

Table 3.8: Reasons for support for secondary pupils with Additional Support Needs, 2006 ( see also table 3.6 for pupils reported under the old categories). Occurrences. Pupils with more than one reason will appear in each row ⁽¹⁾

	Female	Male	Total	Rate per 1,000 pupils
	Female	Male	Total	Female	Male	Total
Pupils for whom reason for support is reported	2,093	4,738	6,831	13.4	30.2	21.8
Learning disability	444	859	1,303	2.8	5.5	4.2
Dyslexia	*	*	1,404	*	*	4.5
Other specific learning difficulty (e.g. numeric)	*	*	566	*	*	1.8
Visual impairment	56	88	144	0.4	0.6	0.5
Hearing impairment	74	108	182	0.5	0.7	0.6
Deafblind	*	*	11	*	*	-
Physical or motor impairment	177	327	504	1.1	2.1	1.6
Language or speech disorder	99	247	346	0.6	1.6	1.1
Autistic spectrum disorder	90	585	675	0.6	3.7	2.2
Social, emotional and behavioural difficulty	413	1,403	1,816	2.6	9.0	5.8
Physical health problem	111	158	269	0.7	1.0	0.9
Mental health problem	*	*	53	*	*	0.2
Interrupted learning	*	*	117	*	*	0.4
English as an additional language	*	*	144	*	*	0.5
Looked after	50	91	141	0.3	0.6	0.5
More able pupil	*	*	20	*	*	0.1
Other	501	806	1,307	3.2	5.1	4.2
Not known / Not disclosed	6	5	11	-	-	-

(1) Some figures in this table are suppressed for disclosure purposes if used alongside tables 1.9, 2.8 and 4.7
Local authority figures on page 74 (see also page 72 for pupils reported under the old categories).

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