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Appendix 1: Estimated population of children eligible for pre-school education by local authority, January 2007

Population by age or pre-school year

2 year olds

Ante-pre-school year

Pre-school year

Deferred entry

SCOTLAND

54,468

44,587

52,368

25,912

Aberdeen City

2,012

1,605

1,943

943

Aberdeenshire

2,600

2,146

2,553

1,280

Angus

1,164

978

1,149

561

Argyll & Bute

816

694

800

420

Clackmannanshire

534

424

516

275

Dumfries & Galloway

1,417

1,160

1,372

660

Dundee City

1,549

1,206

1,397

673

East Ayrshire

1,275

1,060

1,221

598

East Dunbartonshire

980

870

1,091

547

East Lothian

1,065

876

998

518

East Renfrewshire

988

837

1,011

511

Edinburgh, City of

4,393

3,570

4,148

2,043

Eilean Siar

247

230

263

127

Falkirk

1,730

1,399

1,650

775

Fife

3,865

3,195

3,724

1,828

Glasgow City

6,387

5,026

5,803

2,820

Highland

2,229

1,847

2,172

1,079

Inverclyde

881

702

803

381

Midlothian

875

743

867

410

Moray

868

685

810

388

North Ayrshire

1,413

1,200

1,445

714

North Lanarkshire

3,901

3,211

3,764

1,884

Orkney Islands

186

145

181

93

Perth & Kinross

1,394

1,157

1,378

690

Renfrewshire

1,888

1,525

1,767

892

Scottish Borders

1,129

949

1,156

598

Shetland Islands

231

207

250

113

South Ayrshire

1,057

852

1,019

530

South Lanarkshire

3,352

2,759

3,251

1,648

Stirling

954

813

931

439

West Dunbartonshire

963

787

926

459

West Lothian

2,128

1,730

2,010

1,022

Note: It was assumed that children whose fifth birthday fell between 1 September 2006 and 28 February 2007 were eligible for deferred entry to primary education. This is a change from last year, when it was assumed that children turning five in August were also eligible.

Source: Estimated population by sex, single year of age and administrative area, 30 June 2006, GRO-Scotland.

Figures used are revised figures, released in July 2007, and adjusted to estimate the number of children eligible for pre-school education. See background notes for details.

The number of children eligible for ante-pre-school is smaller than the number eligible for pre-school as children whose third birthday fell between January and March 2007 were under 3 at the time of the census and are included in the "2 year olds" category.

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