The Scottish Government

Top Ten Facts

• More than 700,000 pupils go to school in Scotland
• There are 2,755 state schools
• There are 54,484 teachers
• The average pupil:teacher ratio in primary is 16.3
• The average primary class has 23.6 pupils
• The average spend per secondary pupil last year was £5,771
• 93 per cent of primary schools inspected from 2002 - 2005 were found to have good or very good teaching
• 27,516 pupils sat Higher English last year and 65.3 per cent passed
• 3,554 probationary teachers entered schools in August 2006
• More than 56 million school meals were served in 2005 - 2006