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News Release 26 July 2000: Drug Education in Schools 1999/2000

SURVEY OF DRUG EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS

TABLE 2

PERCENTAGE OF SCHOOLS WHICH PROVIDE DRUG EDUCATION WHICH IS IN LINE WITH CURRENT NATIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITY ADVICE, 1999/2000

Sector/type of school

Percentage of schools which provide drug education in line with:

Current national advice3

Current advice from local authority4

Both national and local authority advice

Local authority schools:

Primary

91

89

86

Secondary

95

94

90

Special

67

67

65

Total

90

88

85

All other schools1,2:

Primary

65

..

..

Secondary

80

..

..

Special

78

..

..

Total

74

..

..

All schools2:

Primary

90

..

..

Secondary

93

..

..

Special

69

..

..

Total

89

..

..

1. Covers independent schools and a small number of grant-aided and opted-out schools.
2. Schools which have both primary and secondary departments are counted under both categories.
3. Current national advice on drug education is set out in the following:
a. How Good is our School? (The Scottish Office, 1996) - performance indicator 1.2 (quality of course or programme).
b. A Route to Health Promotion - self evaluation using performance indicators (Scottish Executive, 1999).
c. HELP UP-DATE on drug and nutrition education (SCCC Curriculum File No 9).
d. 5-14 national guidelines on health education.
4. "Current advice from local authority" refers to the most recent advice issued by either a school's current council,
or the regional council in which the school was based prior to 1st April 1996.
.. Not applicable. Only local authority schools were asked a question on whether they provided drug education, which was in line with advice from their council.

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