Schools, as at School Census in September(1)

1986-87

1991-92

1995-96

1996-97

Publicly Funded Schools

Nursery

Schools/departments (number)

569

680

796

852

Pupils

38.6

45.2

49.0

50.1

Teachers (FTE)

0.8

0.9

1.0

1.0

Primary

Schools/departments (number)

2,418

2,365

2,333

2,313

Pupils

433.9

441.3

440.6

441.7

Teachers (FTE)

21.2

22.7

22.6

22.5

Pupil/Teacher ratio

20.4

19.5

19.5

19.6

Secondary

Schools/departments (number)

441

420

406

403

Pupils

344.9

297.0

316.9

316.6

Teachers (FTE)

26.0

23.9

24.6

24.3

Pupil/Teacher ratio

13.2

12.4

12.9

13.0

Staying-on rate

% S5 voluntary(2)

18.1

60.1

>7.1

66.7

% S6

21.9

34.3

41.9

42.2

Special

Schools/departments (number)

356

339

171

158

Pupils

9.8

8.6

8.0

8.1

Teachers (FTE)

1.8

1.9

1.7

1.7

Independent Schools

Schools (number)

119

124

115

114

Pupils aged 11 and under(3)

12.3

13.6

13.1

12.6

Pupils aged 12 and over(3)

20.0

20.0

19.2

18.2

Teachers (FTE)

2.9

2.8

3.2

3.1

School Leavers

All schools total

80.4

60.6

63.0

66.0

S4 or before

28.8

14.2

14.3

14.5

S5

Winter term

12.6

9.3

7.6

8.5

Summer term

18.5

12.4

13.6

13.7

S6

20.4

24.6

2?.5

29.3

SCE Qualifications(1)

SCE Examinations

Candidates

S4

74.1

58.2

64.6

63.4

S5 H Grade

33.3

30.3

33.0

33.4

S6 H Grade

16.6

20.8

22.5

24.0

FE and External (all grades)

20.1

12.5

5.6

4.9

Presentations and

S/O Grade

Presentations

434.3

445.0

503.7

496.8

Awards (School

Awards @ 1-3/A-C

282.6

252.0

303.3

308.9

Candidates only)

Awards @ 4-7/D-E

108.1

160.9

166.4

161.9

H Grade

Presentations

149.1

143.3

156.7

159.8

Passes

100.3

98.7

109.0

112.2

CSYS

Presentations

10.9

11.6

12.3

13.0

Highest SCE Qualifications held (% of leavers)

None

19.3

9.9

7.2

6.5

S/O Grades

Awards @ 4-7/D-E only

12.7

17.4

13.4

12.8

1 or 2 Awards @ 1-3/A-C

16.9

15.6

14.9

14.6

3 or 4 Awards @ 1-3/A-C

9.7

8.3

9.9

9.9

5 or more Awards @ 1-3/A-C

8.0

6.8

11.2

12.1

H Grades

1 or 2 @ A-C

12.0

13.9

13.7

13.7

3 or 4 @ A-C

10.5

12.7

12.3

12.8

5 or more @ A-C

11.0

15.4

17.3

17.5

Students in Further Education (FE)(1)(4) excl. non-vocational courses

Total(6)

Total

217.4

256.3

292.5

348.9

Full-time

24.7

25.7

31.0

33.9

Part-time

192.7

230.6

261.5

315.1

Further Education Colleges(5)(7)(8)

Total

200.1

230.0

225.5

287.9

(incl. LA centres)

Full-time

24.3

25.2

30.9

33.8

Part-time

175.7

204.8

194.5

254.1

Higher Education Institutions(6)

Total

17.3

26.2

67.1

61.1

Full-time

0.4

0.4

0.1

0.1

Part-time

16.9

25.8

67.0

61.0

Participants in Community Education (CE)(1)

Total

Total

..

..

492.0

509.9

(1) All figures in thousands (‘000) except where stated otherwise.

(2) Voluntary staying-on rates exclude pupils leaving on reaching school leaving age at the end of the first term of S5.

(3) Age at 31 December.

(4) Figures for FE students in FE colleges in 1986-87 and 1991-92 have been revised to be consistent with data for 1995-96 and 1996-97.

(5) Comprises 43 SOEID-funded FE colleges and Local Authority (LA) colleges.

(6) Excludes FE students in the 8 traditional universities prior to 1994-95

(7) Excludes LA evening centres, from 1996-97 data for students in LA evening centres are collected under Community Education Statistics.

(8) Excludes students in other centres, for whom detailed information was not available. There were around 10,000 students in other centres in 1996-97.

(9) Information on teacher training students at Stirling University is included in this section for 1995-96 and 1996-97.

(10) All financial figures for 1996-97 are provisional.

Rounding of figures:

Where figures have been rounded, there may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and the totals as shown.

The following symbol is used in the Fact Card: .. = not available