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Statistics Publication Notice: Education Series: Exclusions from Schools 2007/08

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Table 28: Absence due to temporary exclusion (1)

Number of half days absence

Percentage of half days

Primary

Secondary

Special

Primary

Secondary

Special

Aberdeen City

2,103

8,578

476

0.05

0.24

0.47

Aberdeenshire

1,102

6,339

-

0.02

0.11

-

Angus

970

3,748

##

0.03

0.14

##

Argyll & Bute

134

3,371

30

0.01

0.16

0.21

Clackmannanshire

290

4,818

-

0.02

0.44

-

Dumfries & Galloway

826

7,309

-

0.02

0.21

-

Dundee City

1,797

7,916

10

0.05

0.27

0.02

East Ayrshire

842

3,292

182

0.02

0.12

0.26

East Dunbartonshire

221

3,632

98

0.01

0.13

0.16

East Lothian

520

3,196

##

0.02

0.17

##

East Renfrewshire

157

459

-

-

0.02

-

Edinburgh, City of

1,981

10,932

3,009

0.02

0.17

1.24

Eilean Siar

122

651

##

0.02

0.09

##

Falkirk

587

4,138

92

0.01

0.13

0.15

Fife

2,373

14,943

-

0.02

0.19

-

Glasgow City

5,145

34,910

1,797

0.04

0.34

0.28

Highland

1,058

6,857

-

0.02

0.13

-

Inverclyde

699

5,353

120

0.03

0.29

0.22

Midlothian

1,330

4,248

45

0.06

0.23

0.14

Moray

435

2,789

##

0.02

0.13

##

North Ayrshire

904

10,807

11

0.02

0.34

0.02

North Lanarkshire

2,068

13,450

1,228

0.02

0.17

0.42

Orkney Islands

40

122

##

0.01

0.02

##

Perth & Kinross

1,189

4,513

-

0.03

0.16

-

Renfrewshire

716

5,981

113

0.01

0.15

0.09

Scottish Borders

654

3,811

##

0.02

0.15

##

Shetland Islands

28

127

##

-

0.02

##

South Ayrshire

299

3,992

-

0.01

0.16

-

South Lanarkshire

1,223

15,984

833

0.01

0.22

0.49

Stirling

239

1,770

-

0.01

0.10

-

West Dunbartonshire

430

3,185

86

0.02

0.15

0.19

West Lothian

1,151

8,669

387

0.02

0.24

0.61

(1) Source: Attendance and Absence survey for 2007/08. Data is not entirely consistent with data from the exclusions survey, with 0.4% half days absence related to temporary exclusion reported in 'Attendance and absence' not accounted for in the Exclusions data. Data above relates to 'absence from school due to temporary exclusion' irrespective of whether alternative education is provided.

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