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Table 13: The distance of all pupils to their second nearest (i.e. nearest alternative) non-denominational publicly funded school, 2005/06 (1)

Local authority

Distance from alternative school (miles)

Primary schools

Secondary schools

<1 mile

1-3 miles

3-10 miles

>10 miles

<3 miles

3-5 miles

5-10 miles

>10 miles

Aberdeen City

20,168

3,532

-

-

22,599

1,091

10

22,674

Aberdeenshire

13,334

15,557

7,770

4

111

5,563

8,317

-

Angus

11,540

3,446

1,067

5

555

1,783

3,516

10,204

Argyll & Bute

3,842

5,786

3,067

87

134

3,875

1,691

7,082

Clackmannanshire

5,517

2,084

-

-

-

-

2,164

5,437

Dumfries & Galloway

8,477

7,771

4,982

26

19

62

538

20,637

Dundee City

18,410

343

-

-

18,600

110

43

-

East Ayrshire

8,698

8,780

947

-

-

-

3,125

15,300

East Dunbartonshire

13,769

2,362

9

-

12,157

3,699

284

-

East Lothian

7,247

5,838

662

-

7,230

1,029

2,555

2,933

East Renfrewshire

9,758

4,231

74

-

11,638

1,969

456

-

Edinburgh, City of

43,136

3,039

3

-

43,355

2,820

3

-

Eilean Siar

694

1,373

1,896

2

20

51

1,929

1,965

Falkirk

17,199

4,604

-

2

2,336

7,661

10,930

878

Fife

33,908

17,072

231

-

808

924

31,451

18,028

Glasgow City

74,262

476

-

-

74,465

273

-

-

Highland

14,744

7,530

9,887

219

6,152

1,606

4,206

20,416

Inverclyde

8,674

3,413

2

-

8,545

2,555

989

-

Midlothian

10,694

1,481

54

-

10,948

1,194

87

-

Moray

6,834

3,720

2,690

-

-

46

3,186

10,012

North Ayrshire

15,717

3,489

1,698

-

-

-

3,331

17,573

North Lanarkshire

42,310

8,419

46

-

28,427

12,945

9,403

-

Orkney Islands

920

605

1,557

6

-

-

324

2,764

Perth & Kinross

7,313

7,581

3,339

-

-

23

2,769

15,441

Renfrewshire

21,092

4,019

148

-

22,043

2,605

611

-

Scottish Borders

6,879

4,331

4,481

26

-

1

3,052

12,664

Shetland Islands

757

756

2,103

34

-

8

361

3,281

South Ayrshire

10,526

2,845

2,064

-

-

-

544

14,891

South Lanarkshire

36,550

7,436

822

-

16,972

15,429

8,527

3,880

Stirling

4,526

5,466

2,280

46

-

18

7,519

4,781

West Dunbartonshire

12,763

1,041

8

-

6,959

1,337

5,516

-

West Lothian

19,877

6,192

7

-

15,829

4,811

5,436

-

(1) Note that pupil numbers in both the primary and secondary sections of the table include all pupils, not just those in the respective sector.
Source: Pupils in Scotland 2004
See background note 10

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