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

SURVEY OF DRUG EDUCATION IN SCHOOL

TABLE 3

PERCENTAGE OF SCHOOLS WHERE EACH PUPIL WILL RECEIVE DRUG EDUCATION, 1999/2000

Sector/type of school

Percentage of schools which provide drug education where:

Each pupil will receive drug education3

Each pupil will receive drug education which provides progression and continuity in their learning as they move through the school4

Local authority schools:

Primary

85

69

Secondary

98

93

Special

53

48

Total

85

71

All other schools1,2:

Primary

71

62

Secondary

90

78

Special

81

69

Total

80

69

All schools2:

Primary

84

69

Secondary

97

92

Special

58

52

Total

84

71

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. A school is defined as providing drug education to each pupil if every pupil who stays at that school "from start to finish" will receive drug education at some point.
4. To provide "progression and continuity", it would be expected that each pupil would receive drug education at several stages during their time at a particular school.

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