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Table 10: Percentage of placing requests refused (1), by reason for refusal, 1998/99 to 2005/06
Reason for refusal | Percentage |
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98/99 | 99/00 | 00/01 | 01/02 | 02/03 | 03/04 | 04/05 | 05/06 |
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Staffing constraints | 14.9 | 12.2 | 9.0 | 15.9 | 21.3 | 18.0 | 26.2 | 33.9 |
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Accommodation constraints | 66.6 | 76.7 | 81.8 | 71.6 | 63.1 | 60.2 | 44.8 | 35.9 |
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Effect on school discipline | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.3 |
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Educational well-being of pupils already at the school | 8.5 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
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Continuity of the child's education | 8.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 6.6 |
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Age, ability or aptitude of the child | - | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
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Child already required to discontinue at specified school | - | - | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Specified school is a special school and the child does not have special educational needs | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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Specified school is a single sex school and the child is not of the sex admitted to the school | - | - | 0.3 | - | 0.1 | - | - | - |
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Place retained for children moving into the catchment area | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 13.5 | 11.9 |
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Would require additional classes or teachers at a future stage of the child's primary education | n/a | n/a | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
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Education normally provided would not be suited to ability and aptitude of child (3) | n/a | n/a | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - |
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Exceeds pupil capacity of the requested school | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.6 |
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School not a public school, authority can make alternative provision for the child, suitability and cost of provision of the requested school insufficiently beneficial. | N/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.5 |
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(1) Refused at initial stage. Includes some which were then granted on appeal
(2) Additional reasons included in survey from 2000/01 onwards
(3) Under Section 38(1) of the Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Act 2000
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