SQA Attainment and School Leaver Qualifications in Scotland: 2006/07

Table 6: Average tariff score of S4 pupils, by characteristic of pupil: 2006/07

	2002/03 Average	2003/04 Average	2004/05 Average	2005/06 Average	2006/07 Average	Number of Pupils	Lower Quartile ¹	Middle Value	Upper Quartile ²
	Tariff Score					2006/07 details
All pupils	168	170	170	172	171	61,685	116	172	230
Gender
Male	159	162	161	164	164	31,388	109	164	222
Female	177	178	178	180	179	30,297	124	182	238
Ethnic Background
White - UK	170	171	171	173	171	57,629	117	172	230
White - Other	166	169	168	174	179	567	119	186	248
Mixed	196	202	192	187	190	357	142	194	244
Asian - Indian	191	214	182	191	195	168	142	191	248
Asian - Pakistani	163	170	171	174	172	704	120	170	226
Asian - Bangladeshi	154	179	162	176	183	31	127	184	230
Asian - Chinese	211	225	209	214	224	180	169	236	284
Asian - Other	182	178	169	178	173	147	102	176	244
Black - Caribbean	136	165	129	124	85	10	11	103	152
Black - African	158	182	163	169	166	111	122	158	216
Black - Other	125	159	158	145	152	25	90	163	204
All Other Categories ³	155	156	156	149	146	218	75	140	222
Not known/ disclosed	141	132	135	140	146	1,538	87	150	204
National Identity
Scottish	##	177	174	175	173	45,615	120	175	232
English	##	184	179	170	172	1,485	114	176	242
Northern Irish	##	178	156	162	181	52	126	175	244
Welsh	##	209	178	168	171	65	104	186	238
British	##	174	174	178	176	9,101	119	178	238
Irish	##	##	##	171	187	14	136	201	222
Other	##	147	153	165	162	908	98	161	229
Not known/ disclosed	##	138	136	142	137	4,445	76	139	194
Gaelic
Gaelic medium education	##	##	##	201	197	85	148	212	244
Not Gaelic medium education	##	##	##	172	171	61,600	116	172	230
Asylum Status
Asylum Seeker	##	123	131	142	149	93	88	148	208
Refugee	##	109	118	139	123	49	67	133	172
None	##	170	170	172	171	61,543	116	172	230
Urban/Rural Location of School
Large urban areas	160	163	161	166	165	21,256	108	164	225
Other urban areas	167	168	168	170	167	21,178	113	170	226
Accessible small towns	180	184	181	182	181	7,940	128	182	240
Small remote towns	180	178	181	180	184	3,426	130	185	244
Accessible rural areas	171	175	178	178	179	5,968	126	182	238
Remote rural areas	188	189	189	189	193	1,917	146	194	247
Deprivation ( SIMD 2006 rankings) ⁴
Most deprived 15%	121	120	120	125	124	10,050	72	124	174
Other 85%	178	180	180	181	181	51,243	127	182	238
Free School Meal Entitlement
Not registered for free school meals	178	180	180	182	181	53,298	128	182	238
Registered for free school meals	110	111	110	112	111	8,387	55	109	160
Age ⁵
Over 15	133	133	137	141	143	3,476	76	144	207
15	169	171	171	173	173	57,947	118	174	232
Under 15	195	206	214	214	210	262	161	216	264
Pupils with a Disability ⁶	##	##	##	93	104	711	35	98	153
Additional Support Needs ( ASN) ⁷
No additional support needs	170	173	173	176	175	58,967	122	176	233
Additional support needs	78	78	81	81	83	2,718	30	78	123
Looked After Status ⁸
Not looked after	169	171	171	173	173	60,842	118	174	232
Looked after at home	65	41	42	48	45	469	0	16	81
Looked after away from home	50	70	68	70	78	374	22	70	115
Looked After and ASN Status
Not looked after without ASN	171	174	174	177	176	58,336	123	177	234
Not looked after with ASN	81	81	84	85	87	2,506	35	82	126
Looked after without ASN	64	63	58	66	65	631	3	46	109
Looked after with ASN	30	32	39	35	44	212	0	30	74

Notes
1 A quarter of the pupils attained a score at or below this level
2 A quarter of the pupils attained a score at or above this level
3 Includes: Occupational Traveller, Gypsy/Traveller, Other Traveller and 'Other' Categories
4 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation ( SIMD) rankings of pupil's home address Categories do not add up to 61,685 due to missing addresses
5 Age is calculated in relation to March 1 of the relevant year.
6 Data on pupils with a disability is incomplete (see background note 4.3) and these figures may not show a representative sample of all pupils with a disability. Includes declared or assessed disabled.
7 The way additional support needs information is collected is being changed (see background note 4.5 Pupils may have more than one reason for support.
8 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
## Data not available for these years
Averages calculated from small numbers should be treated with caution and are likely to fluctuate year on year

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