Attendance and Absence in Scottish Schools 2006/07

Table 4.2: Average half days and percentage attendance and absence by local authority ⁽¹⁾, secondary ⁽²⁾

	Attendance	Authorised absence	Unauthorised absence	Absence due to temporary exclusions	Attendance	Authorised absence	Unauthorised absence	Absence due to temporary exclusion
	Average number of half days				Percentage of half days
Aberdeen City	345	24	9	1	90.9	6.3	2.5	0.34
Aberdeenshire	353	21	6	1	92.9	5.5	1.5	0.14
Angus	351	18	10	1	92.4	4.7	2.8	0.16
Argyll & Bute	351	27	2	1	92.3	7.1	0.4	0.19
Clackmannanshire	347	21	10	1	91.4	5.5	2.7	0.35
Dumfries & Galloway	352	21	6	1	92.6	5.5	1.7	0.21
Dundee City	340	23	16	1	89.4	5.9	4.3	0.36
East Ayrshire	343	32	4	1	90.3	8.4	1.0	0.21
East Dunbartonshire	355	22	2	1	93.4	5.9	0.5	0.13
East Lothian	349	21	9	1	91.9	5.6	2.3	0.17
East Renfrewshire	360	19	1	-	94.7	5.1	0.2	0.02
Edinburgh, City of	346	22	11	1	91.0	5.8	3.0	0.20
Eilean Siar	349	27	3	-	92.0	7.2	0.7	0.13
Falkirk	341	23	14	1	89.9	6.2	3.8	0.21
Fife	342	23	15	1	89.9	6.0	3.9	0.23
Glasgow City	332	45	2	2	87.3	11.8	0.4	0.42
Highland	345	26	8	1	90.7	6.9	2.2	0.18
Inverclyde	345	33	1	1	90.7	8.7	0.2	0.32
Midlothian	347	21	11	1	91.3	5.6	2.8	0.33
Moray	345	24	10	-	90.8	6.4	2.7	0.12
North Ayrshire	341	27	10	2	89.8	7.2	2.6	0.40
North Lanarkshire	336	39	4	1	88.4	10.4	1.1	0.23
Orkney Islands	355	16	9	-	93.4	4.2	2.3	0.02
Perth & Kinross	345	20	15	1	90.8	5.2	3.9	0.22
Renfrewshire	344	33	3	1	90.5	8.7	0.7	0.18
Scottish Borders	351	21	8	1	92.4	5.4	2.0	0.15
Shetland Islands	354	22	3	-	93.3	5.9	0.8	0.05
South Ayrshire	341	18	20	1	89.8	4.7	5.3	0.23
South Lanarkshire	344	34	1	1	90.5	9.0	0.3	0.25
Stirling	343	25	11	-	90.3	6.7	3.0	0.09
West Dunbartonshire	342	34	4	1	89.9	8.8	1.0	0.28
West Lothian	347	20	12	1	91.3	5.3	3.1	0.27
Local authorities	344	27	8	1	90.6	7.2	2.0	0.23
Grant Aided	361	13	5	-	95.0	3.5	1.4	0.04

(1) Some differences between authorities are likely to be due to different recording practices. See paragraphs 1.2 to 1.6 in page 1.
(2) Excludes S6

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