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Table 5.4: Pupils who are assessed or declared as having a disability in publicly funded schools, 2007 (3)

Assessed as having a disability (1)

Declared as having a disability but not assessed

Type of adaptation assessed as required

Rate assessed and/or declared as having a disability per 1,000 pupils

Physical

Curriculum

Communication

Aberdeen City

342

16

84

296

138

15.9

Aberdeenshire

1,053

233

175

927

295

36.8

Angus

42

34

21

22

20

4.8

Argyll & Bute

39

31

15

22

15

5.8

Clackmannanshire

54

20

20

39

28

10.7

Dumfries & Galloway

201

251

74

179

117

22.2

Dundee City

297

50

45

154

84

19.4

East Ayrshire

22

43

13

12

6

3.8

East Dunbartonshire

205

62

54

161

88

16.2

East Lothian

168

11

31

149

48

12.7

East Renfrewshire

30

43

15

11

4

4.5

Edinburgh City

735

109

214

614

417

19.1

Eilean Siar

42

1

8

37

20

7.8

Falkirk

179

74

40

152

84

12.2

Fife

829

429

194

661

251

25.8

Glasgow City

158

236

48

96

48

6.0

Highland

650

72

178

539

274

22.4

Inverclyde

151

28

24

135

54

15.3

Midlothian

198

55

53

164

68

21.3

Moray

298

40

78

206

121

25.4

North Ayrshire

161

44

65

135

65

10.6

North Lanarkshire

349

126

129

315

189

9.7

Orkney Islands

32

2

9

14

1

11.5

Perth & Kinross

449

11

75

379

78

25.5

Renfrewshire

361

46

39

326

69

16.7

Scottish Borders

272

99

63

248

71

24.1

Shetland Islands

185

-

18

150

94

53.8

South Ayrshire

76

109

38

49

30

12.4

South Lanarkshire

500

150

107

418

142

14.9

Stirling

155

86

61

134

92

19.0

West Dunbartonshire

31

21

11

10

6

4.0

West Lothian

112

18

50

55

43

5.1

All local authorities

8,376

2,550

2,049

6,809

3,060

15.8

(1) Irrespective of whether a pupil is declared as having a disability
(2) Does not include grant aided schools
(3) There are wide variations in the extent to which pupils with disabilities have been identified in different local authorities and the information should not be considered complete
National figures on page 17.

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