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

Table 5 shows that exclusion rates were highest for children who were looked after in local authority homes for the entire school year, at 866 exclusions per 1,000 children, and children looked after in voluntary homes, at 697 exclusion per 1,000 children. However, exclusion rates were lowest for children who were looked after in other residential settings (which includes residential schools, secure care accommodation and crisis care), at 152 exclusions per 1,000 children.

Table 5: Cases of exclusions for looked after children for children who spent the entire 2009/10 academic year in a single placement, by accommodation type, 2009/10

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