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Table 11: Highest qualifications attained by leavers, by characteristic of pupil: 2005/06

Percentages

Number of leavers

No NQ Qualifications @ Level 3 or better

1-2 @ SCQF Level 3

3-4 @ SCQF Level 3

5+ @ SCQF Level 3

1-2 @ SCQF Level 4

3-4 @ SCQF Level 4

5+ @ SCQF Level 4

1-2 @ SCQF Level 5

3-4 @ SCQF Level 5

5+ @ SCQF Level 5

1-2 @ SCQF Level 6

3-4 @ SCQF Level 6

5+ @ SCQF Level 6

1-2 @ SCQF Level 7

3+ @ SCQF Level 7

Total

58,149

3.9

1.3

0.5

0.4

6.4

6.8

8.2

15.1

7.7

6.4

12.7

9.1

8.7

11.4

1.3

Ethnic Background

White - UK

53,052

3.6

1.2

0.5

0.3

6.3

6.8

8.4

15.2

7.8

6.5

12.7

9.0

8.9

11.5

1.3

White - Other

711

5.1

0.8

0.8

0.1

7.0

6.3

6.9

14.3

6.5

5.5

13.6

9.4

8.2

13.5

1.8

Mixed

315

2.9

1.3

0.3

-

3.5

3.2

5.1

10.2

7.3

6.3

14.6

13.7

13.0

16.5

2.2

Asian - Indian

159

2.5

-

-

-

5.0

3.8

6.9

10.7

9.4

3.8

13.2

15.1

8.2

13.2

8.2

Asian - Chinese

200

-

1.0

0.5

-

0.5

1.5

2.5

8.0

2.0

2.5

16.5

16.5

15.0

26.0

7.5

Asian - Pakistani

579

3.1

1.2

0.2

0.3

6.2

5.5

5.4

15.9

7.9

5.5

16.2

11.9

8.3

10.2

2.1

All Other Categories 1

504

7.5

1.4

-

0.2

6.2

5.0

5.0

14.5

6.3

3.0

18.5

9.1

8.5

12.1

2.8

Not Known / Not Disclosed

2,629

11.3

3.2

0.9

0.6

8.3

9.3

8.3

15.7

7.2

5.4

10.6

7.2

4.6

6.8

0.8

Urban / Rural Location of School

Large urban areas

20,575

5.5

1.3

0.6

0.4

6.9

7.7

8.1

15.8

7.6

5.5

12.0

8.7

8.3

10.5

1.2

Other urban areas

20,432

3.5

1.3

0.5

0.4

6.4

6.9

8.6

15.0

7.8

6.7

13.0

8.8

8.6

11.1

1.2

Accessible small towns

5,831

2.5

1.3

0.6

0.3

6.3

6.2

9.0

14.2

7.4

6.7

12.7

9.7

9.4

11.9

1.7

Small remote towns

4,492

2.3

1.3

0.4

0.2

5.2

5.9

7.6

15.0

7.7

7.6

13.8

9.0

9.6

13.0

1.5

Accessible rural areas

4,516

3.1

1.3

0.4

0.4

6.0

5.5

6.9

14.4

7.8

6.7

12.5

10.3

9.2

14.1

1.4

Remote rural areas

2,303

2.0

0.6

0.3

0.2

4.2

4.7

7.9

15.1

8.0

7.2

14.6

10.5

9.9

12.8

2.0

Free School Meal Entitlement

Unknown

528

23.1

3.0

0.4

0.2

6.3

7.6

6.6

15.9

8.3

6.6

8.3

8.1

2.8

2.1

0.6

Not registered for free school meals

50,335

2.7

0.9

0.3

0.3

5.1

6.0

7.9

14.6

7.8

6.7

13.5

9.9

9.8

12.8

1.5

Registered for free school meals

7,286

11.2

3.8

1.8

1.0

14.9

12.7

10.7

18.6

6.8

3.9

7.4

3.0

1.8

2.2

0.2

Record of Needs/Individualised Educational Programme Status

No RON/ IEP

56,055

3.5

1.0

0.4

0.3

5.8

6.6

8.2

15.2

7.9

6.6

13.0

9.3

9.0

11.8

1.4

RON/ IEP

2,094

15.7

8.3

3.2

1.9

21.9

12.9

8.3

12.8

3.6

1.7

5.3

1.4

1.2

1.7

0.3

Looked After Status 2

Not looked after

57,493

3.6

1.2

0.5

0.3

6.2

6.8

8.2

15.2

7.8

6.4

12.8

9.2

8.8

11.5

1.3

Looked after at home

351

36.8

14.2

3.7

1.1

17.4

8.5

5.4

8.3

2.0

1.1

1.1

-

-

0.3

-

Looked after away from home

305

22.0

6.9

1.3

1.0

23.3

8.9

9.8

13.1

5.2

2.3

2.6

1.6

0.7

1.3

-

Notes
1 "All Other Categories" consists of: Black - African, Asian - Other, Black - Other, Asian - Bangladeshi, Black - Caribbean and Other (See Note 3.12)
2 Data on looked after children is incomplete (see background note 4.4) and these figures may not show a representative sample of all looked after children leaving school
Percentages based on small numbers may be misleading
A dash indicates a value of zero

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