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ISBN 978 0 7559 6903 6 (Web only publication)
ISSN 1479-7569 (online)
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Contents

Attendance and Absence in Scottish Schools 2006/07

Reasons for absence
Table 1.1 Percentage attendance and absence by reason
Table 1.2 Percentage attendance by stage and gender
Table 1.3 Percentage days absent due to sickness, by deprivation
Chart 1.4 Percentage days absent due to sickness, by stage
Chart 1.5 Percentage of pupils responsible for truancy.
Chart 1.6 Percentage of days absent due to truancy, by stage and gender
Chart 1.7 Percentage of days absent due to truancy, by stage and deprivation
Chart 1.8 Percentage of days lost due to holidays, by stage
Chart 1.9 Percentage of pupils taking holidays, by length of holidays
Chart 1.10 Times late, as a percentage of attendances, by stage and gender

Summary statistics
Table 2.1 Number of half days attendance and absence, by sector
Table 2.2 Percentage of days attendance and absence, by sector
Chart 2.3 Percentage absence by stage and gender
Chart 2.4 Percentage of pupils by their attendance rate
Chart 2.5 Percentage of pupils by number of days unauthorised absence
Chart 2.6 Percentage attendance and absence, by urban/rural classification of school
Chart 2.7a Relationship between proportion of pupils registered for free school meals in a school and its absence rate, primary
Chart 2.7b Relationship between proportion of pupils registered for free school meals in a school and its absence rate, secondary
Chart 2.8 Attendance rate by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation and free school meals registration
Table 2.9 Percentage of days attendance and absence, by deprivation and gender
Table 2.10 Percentage attendance and absence of pupils looked after by local authorities
Table 2.11 Percentage attendance and absence of pupils in mainstream schools with additional support needs
Chart 2.12 Attendance rates for pupils with free school meals, additional support needs, and looked after by LA
Table 2.13a Attendance and absence of pupils with additional support needs, primary and secondary schools
Table 2.13b Attendance and absence of pupils with additional support needs, special schools
Table 2.14 Percentage attendance and absence by ethnic background
Table 2.15 Percentage attendance and absence of pupils assessed or declared as having a disability
Table 2.16 Percentage attendance and absence of pupils with English as an additional language

Local authority data
Table 3.1 Percentage attendance and absence, by reason, primary, secondary and special
Table 3.2 Percentage attendance and absence, by reason, primary
Table 3.3 Percentage attendance and absence, by reason, secondary
Table 3.4 Percentage attendance and absence, by reason, special

Local authority summaries
Table 4.1 Average half days and percentage attendance and absence by local authority, primary
Table 4.2 Average half days and percentage attendance and absence by local authority, secondary
Table 4.3 Average half days and percentage attendance and absence by local authority, special
Map 4.4 Attendance rate by local authority 2006/07, primary
Map 4.5 Attendance rate by local authority 2006/07, secondary

Annexes
Annex A Definitions of attendance and absence
Annex B Combined categories for additional support needs

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