Educational Outcomes for Scotland's Looked After Children 2010/11

This document is the second in a series of an annual summary of the educational outcomes of Scotland's looked after children.

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Table 7 shows that exclusion rates were generally higher for looked after children who had more placement moves during the school year, from 287 exclusions per 1,000 children for those who only had one placement to 1,116 exclusions per 1,000 children for children who had five placements during the school year.

Table 7: Cases of exclusions for looked after children and rate per 1,000 looked after children, by number of placements, 2010/11

Total exclusions for looked after children Exclusions per 1,000 pupils who were looked after
Number of placements
1 1,912 287
2 429 398
3 191 575
4 90 833
5 48 1,116
6 or more 17 680
Scotland 2,687 326

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