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

 

School leavers by education authority area and highest SCE qualification: 1997-98

Table 28

 

Percentages

Education
Authority Area
Number
of
Leavers
(=100%)
Highest SCE Qualification
None(1) Standard Grades Higher Grades
@ 4-7 @ 1-3 @ A-C
1 or 2 3 or 4 5+ 1 or 2 3 or 4 5+
Scotland

62,483

6.6 11.9 14.3 10.0 13.1 13.9 12.9 17.3
    Publicly funded schools
Total

59,071

6.4

12.3

14.9

10.5

13.6

14.1

12.7

15.5

Aberdeen City

2,035

7.3

10.5

17.1

11.5

14.4

13.4

12.6

13.3

Aberdeenshire

2,930

3.4

6.5

11.1

10.4

19.3

15.1

15.7

18.5

Angus

1,420

4.0

11.7

14.0

11.3

11.3

15.1

13.4

19.2

Argyll & Bute

1,018

4.9

10.5

14.1

10.8

10.4

14.3

16.9

18.0

Clackmannanshire

516

8.7

14.1

18.6

8.3

11.8

14.5

11.4

12.4

Dumfries & Galloway

1,852

4.7

10.4

12.0

10.6

16.3

13.2

12.0

20.8

Dundee City

1,695

11.9

17.6

17.4

8.8

11.0

13.6

10.3

9.3

East Ayrshire

1,510

6.3

14.0

15.1

10.3

13.5

13.8

12.4

14.7

East Dunbartonshire

1,667

3.6

6.8

13.0

8.4

12.7

15.6

15.5

24.5

East Lothian

949

5.4

15.5

15.3

9.9

11.7

13.3

12.6

16.3

East Renfrewshire

1,210

3.4

5.2

9.0

9.6

13.2

14.0

18.1

27.5

Edinburgh, City of

3,374

6.9

13.9

15.1

9.9

11.6

12.2

13.0

17.5

Eilean Siar

411

9.5

3.4

9.7

10.9

14.4

20.7

16.3

15.1

Falkirk

1,466

7.6

16.0

15.1

10.0

13.0

14.0

11.5

12.8

Fife

4,387

3.9

11.8

15.0

11.2

13.7

13.2

13.5

17.5

Glasgow City

5,516

14.8

17.3

17.4

10.8

12.1

11.4

8.2

8.0

Highland

2,484

4.6

7.9

13.9

9.9

14.1

15.7

14.6

19.2

Inverclyde

1,088

5.3

11.9

17.0

12.4

14.4

16.5

11.3

11.0

Midlothian

1,063

5.5

13.8

14.2

12.2

14.4

14.7

11.4

13.8

Moray

1,056

3.3

9.2

15.4

11.7

18.3

13.0

14.5

14.6

North Ayrshire

1,907

5.8

13.9

17.1

11.2

15.7

13.8

9.1

13.5

North Lanarkshire

4,503

6.5

15.2

16.4

10.7

12.8

15.2

12.1

11.0

Orkney Islands

107

4.7

9.3

12.1

3.7

17.8

15.9

15.0

21.5

Perth & Kinross

1,308

4.1

8.8

12.4

9.6

12.3

16.6

15.4

20.8

Renfrewshire

2,328

5.8

10.8

15.7

10.4

13.9

15.1

12.9

15.4

Scottish Borders

1,137

4.0

7.4

10.6

10.2

15.9

14.8

15.9

21.2

Shetland Islands

211

10.9

1.4

10.9

17.1

29.4

11.8

11.8

6.6

South Ayrshire

1,477

4.6

10.4

16.0

9.1

13.9

15.5

14.7

15.8

South Lanarkshire

4,186

5.3

13.7

14.5

10.8

12.7

15.7

11.9

15.2

Stirling

1,105

8.1

7.8

10.0

7.2

14.9

14.1

15.5

22.4

West Dunbartonshire

1,247

6.3

17.1

18.9

11.1

10.0

13.2

11.5

11.9

West Lothian

1,908

4.5

15.5

16.0

11.6

13.8

12.5

11.2

14.9

   

Independent schools

Total

3,412

9.8

4.4

3.5

1.7

4.4

10.5

17.0

48.7

(1) No SCE qualifications, or none found during the matching process (see annex, section 1.2). Includes leavers with only GCSE and/or A Level qualifications

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