Statistics Publication Notice: Exclusions from Schools 2008/09

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Table 25: Absence due to temporary exclusion (1)

Number of half days absence

Percentage of half days

Primary

Secondary

Special

Primary

Secondary

Special

Aberdeen City

1,451

6,298

676

0.03

0.18

0.67

Aberdeenshire

1,281

4,878

52

0.02

0.09

0.06

Angus

767

3,299

##

0.02

0.13

##

Argyll & Bute

318

2,399

-

0.01

0.12

-

Clackmannanshire

308

4,814

-

0.02

0.45

-

Dumfries & Galloway

821

6,113

-

0.02

0.18

-

Dundee City

1,239

7,778

8

0.03

0.28

0.02

East Ayrshire

708

3,342

64

0.02

0.12

0.09

East Dunbartonshire

201

3,013

210

0.01

0.11

0.33

East Lothian

539

2,722

##

0.02

0.14

##

East Renfrewshire

95

588

-

0.00

0.02

-

Edinburgh, City of

1,750

8,001

1,784

0.02

0.13

0.74

Eilean Siar

234

708

##

0.03

0.11

##

Falkirk

604

3,710

89

0.01

0.12

0.14

Fife

1,680

12,736

-

0.02

0.16

-

Glasgow City

4,316

23,990

1,347

0.03

0.24

0.21

Highland

1,764

6,120

-

0.03

0.11

-

Inverclyde

440

4,049

204

0.02

0.23

0.37

Midlothian

743

3,814

23

0.04

0.21

0.07

Moray

380

1,810

##

0.01

0.09

##

North Ayrshire

666

7,032

3

0.02

0.22

-

North Lanarkshire

1,704

13,520

2,087

0.02

0.17

0.72

Orkney Islands

2

284

##

0.00

0.06

##

Perth & Kinross

814

3,149

2

0.02

0.11

0.01

Renfrewshire

849

4,580

100

0.02

0.12

0.08

Scottish Borders

411

2,822

##

0.01

0.11

##

Shetland Islands

5

156

##

0.00

0.03

##

South Ayrshire

251

2,563

-

0.01

0.10

-

South Lanarkshire

1,079

12,005

435

0.01

0.17

0.28

Stirling

391

1,194

-

0.02

0.05

-

West Dunbartonshire

269

2,782

75

0.01

0.13

0.15

West Lothian

795

7,652

620

0.02

0.21

0.93

(1) Source: Attendance and Absence survey for 2008/09. Data above relates to 'absence from school due to temporary exclusion' irrespective of whether alternative education is provide.

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