Table 3 shows that attendance rates were generally lower for looked after children who had more placement moves during the school year, from 88.8 per cent attendance for children who only had one placement to 77.5 per cent for children who had six or more placements during the school year.
Table 3: Percentage attendance for looked after children, by number of placements and gender, 2010/11
| Number of placements | Looked After Children |
| Girls | Boys | Total |
| 1 | 89.2 | 88.5 | 88.8 |
| 2 | 89.2 | 89.1 | 89.1 |
| 3 | 82.6 | 85.9 | 84.3 |
| 4 | 85.6 | 84.8 | 85.2 |
| 5 | 87.1 | 83.8 | 85.1 |
| 6 or more | 74.2 | 87.0 | 77.5 |
| Scotland | 88.8 | 88.4 | 88.6 |