Statistics Publication Notice: Health and Care Series: Educational Outcomes for Scotland's Looked After Children, 2009/10

Table 2 shows that the attendance rate for children who were looked after at home for the entire school year was only 78.7 per cent, and 84.9 per cent for children being looked after in local authority homes. However, attendance rates for children who were being looked after in foster care provided by the local authority for the entire school year was 96.3 per cent and with foster carers purchased by the local authority was 95.9 per cent. Attendance rates for children in foster care were consistently over 90 per cent across all school stages, and generally higher than the national average attendance rate for all pupils across each stage.

Table 2: Percentage attendance for looked after children for children who spent the entire 2009/10 academic year in a single placement, by accommodation type and gender, 2009/10

Notes:
(1) includes 'with prospective adopters'
(2) includes 'in secure care accommodation' and 'crisis care'