Pupils in Scotland, 2008

Table 5.5: Looked after children in publicly funded schools by age and local authority of residence, 2008 ⁽¹⁾

	Looked after children as indicated in results of school census collection ⁽²⁾		Looked after children from results of children's social work statistics survey ⁽³⁾
Local Authority of Residence	5-11yrs	12-15yrs	5-11yrs	12-15yrs
Aberdeen City	152	102	217	209
Aberdeenshire	154	127	145	129
Angus	95	73	115	81
Argyll & Bute	59	62	62	85
Clackmannanshire	93	58	54	55
Dumfries & Galloway	142	144	132	164
Dundee City	175	152	222	192
East Ayrshire	153	142	176	119
East Dunbartonshire	51	30	33	39
East Lothian	67	52	68	63
East Renfrewshire	31	46	55	36
Edinburgh City	395	319	479	385
Eilean Siar	11	17	11	19
Falkirk	140	126	151	180
Fife	293	257	298	243
Glasgow City	962	711	1,120	954
Highland	183	171	162	150
Inverclyde	76	51	82	101
Midlothian	83	57	122	98
Moray	52	54	60	61
North Ayrshire	234	203	175	162
North Lanarkshire	276	235	270	248
Orkney Islands	7	12	8	17
Perth & Kinross	70	61	76	75
Renfrewshire	234	140	265	226
Scottish Borders	76	57	51	67
Shetland Islands	18	15	9	10
South Ayrshire	97	76	95	106
South Lanarkshire	351	226	172	210
Stirling	113	85	67	87
West Dunbartonshire	54	86	146	152
West Lothian	139	138	157	134
All local authorities	5,036	4,085	5,255	4,857

(1) See background note 5.12. Pupils may not attend a school in the local authority in which they are looked after.
(2) Does not include grant aided schools
(3) As at 31st March 2007 therefore unlikely to match the pupil census figures exactly. Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
National figures on page 12

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