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School Attainment and Qualifications of School Leavers in Scotland: 1997-98

Staying-on rates in publicly funded schools: 1997-98

Table 27

 

Percentages

Education Authority

Stage(1)

 

S5 All

S5 Voluntary(2)

S6

Scotland

76.5

67.0

41.6

Aberdeen City

74.3

65.3

36.0

Aberdeenshire

77.3

68.0

41.0

Angus

74.2

65.6

47.6

Argyll & Bute

83.0

75.3

49.4

Clackmannanshire

75.4

66.4

46.4

Dumfries & Galloway

73.6

66.6

41.7

Dundee City

72.0

60.5

34.7

East Ayrshire

76.7

66.4

39.4

East Dunbartonshire

82.5

75.3

51.0

East Lothian

74.4

62.9

44.2

East Renfrewshire

87.5

81.7

53.4

Edinburgh, City of

77.4

68.2

45.5

Eilean Siar

78.5

75.3

51.9

Falkirk

74.9

67.3

39.2

Fife

76.4

68.2

42.1

Glasgow City

70.0

56.2

30.5

Highland

78.4

73.0

45.5

Inverclyde

78.1

68.8

43.7

Midlothian

77.4

62.6

42.1

Moray

77.7

70.0

38.6

North Ayrshire

78.3

66.6

36.4

North Lanarkshire

77.2

67.1

39.2

Orkney Islands

70.5

64.9

51.4

Perth & Kinross

79.1

72.8

50.2

Renfrewshire

75.2

66.8

41.4

Scottish Borders

76.4

69.7

49.7

Shetland Islands

71.5

62.0

42.9

South Ayrshire

79.2

71.3

51.8

South Lanarkshire

78.3

67.5

41.3

Stirling

83.8

75.7

50.3

West Dunbartonshire

76.7

65.4

39.9

West Lothian

75.7

62.1

40.0

(1) S5 stage staying-on rates are based on S3 pupils 2 years earlier, and S6 rates on S3 pupils 3 years earlier.
(2) The voluntary staying-on rates exclude pupils who leave school in S5 on reaching the school leaving age at the end of the first term

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