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Men and Women in Scotland: A Statistical Profile

Table 3.9: Staffing in Secondary Education (Public Sector) by Age Group, 1992 & 1998

Column Percentages

Age

September 1992

September 1998

Males

Females

Males

Females

Under 25

1

3

1

3

25-29

4

9

5

9

30-34

10

13

6

9

35-39

18

21

11

13

40-44

26

23

18

22

45-49

20

16

28

24

50-54

12

10

21

14

55+

10

5

10

6

Source: Scottish Executive

 

Table 3.10: Teachers (FTE) in publicly funded secondary schools, by sex and grade, September 1999

Grade

Total

Gender

Percentage female

Male

Female

Headteacher

392

347

45

12

Depute Headteacher

391

303

88

23

Assistant Headteacher

1,071

714

357

33

Principal Teacher

7,089

4,181

2,907

41

Assistant Principal Teacher

3,021

1,302

1,719

57

Senior Teacher1

1,719

686

1,033

60

Teacher (unpromoted)

10,773

3,772

7,001

65

Total

24,455

11,305

13,150

54

1 Including other promoted posts.
Source: Scottish Executive

 

Special schooling

Table 3.11: Pupils in special schools, by sector, sex and mode of attendance

Mode of attendance

All Special Schools

Publicly funded

Independent

1998

1999

1998

1999

1998

1999

Number of pupils (=100%)

Total

9,312

9,360

8,231

8,311

1,081

1,049

Male

6,195

6,274

5,346

5,440

849

834

Female

3,117

3,086

2,885

2,871

232

215

Percentage female

33.5

33.0

35.1

34.5

21.5

20.5

Day

Total

8,298

8,420

7,974

8,099

324

321

Male

5,429

5,559

5,173

5,302

256

257

Female

2,869

2,861

2,801

2,797

68

64

Residential

Total

1,014

940

257

212

757

728

Male

766

715

173

138

593

577

Female

248

225

84

74

164

151

Percentage residential

Total

10.9

10.0

3.1

2.6

70.0

69.4

Male

12.4

11.4

3.2

2.5

69.8

69.2

Female

8.0

7.3

2.9

2.6

70.7

70.2

Source: Education Statistics, Scottish Executive

 

Table 3.12: Teachers (FTE) in publicly funded special schools(1), by sex and grade, September 1999

Grade

Male

Female

Total

Headteacher

38

122

160

Depute Headteacher

6

20

26

Assistant Headteacher

22

126

148

Principal Teacher2

22

57

79

Senior Teacher3

24

237

261

Teacher (unpromoted)

200

1,094

1,294

Total

312

1,655

1,967

(1) The inclusion of 9 Special Units in the 1999 results accounts for an increase in the number of teachers (FTE) of 51 and in the number of pupils based in these units of 88. This ought to be considered when comparing the 1999 results with previous year
(2) Including Assistant Principal Teacher.
(3) Including other promoted posts.

 

Exclusions

Table 3.13: Exclusions from Local Authority Schools, by Stage and Gender, 1998/99

School Type

Level

Male

Female

Primary Schools

P1

53

11

P2

160

6

P3

275

28

P4

482

44

P5

790

51

P6

962

65

P7

1,363

109

Total1

4,085

314

Secondary Schools

S1

4,048

666

S2

6,332

1,566

S3

7,011

2,160

S4

5,453

1,319

S5

737

182

S6

88

38

Total2

23,681

5,931

Special Schools

Total

741

76

Source: Education Statistics, Scottish Executive
1 There were 3 exclusions where the gender and stage of the pupil was unknown
2 There were 12 exclusions of male pupils where the stage of the pupil was unknown

 

Further Education

Table 3.14: Further Education Candidates by Dominant Course Type and Gender, August 1999

Subject

Male

Female

Total

Agriculture & Horticulture

9,738

8,150

17,888

Art & Design

8,470

10,927

19,397

Business & Management

14,911

24,544

39,455

Computing

29,654

38,441

68,095

Construction

12,582

3,910

16,492

Engineering

19,994

3,865

23,859

Food Technology & Catering

8,838

12,559

21,397

Health

10,922

26,773

37,695

Minerals & Materials

3,548

4,464

8,012

Office & Secretarial

2,508

9,386

11,894

Personal Development

4,871

7,021

11,892

Printing

656

490

1,146

Science & Maths

7,127

9,459

16,586

Social Studies

18,343

34,940

53,283

Social Work

1,900

9,941

11,841

Special Programmes

9,971

9,463

19,434

Sport & Recreation

6,167

7,385

13,552

Transport

6,721

1,086

7,807

No programme group recorded

11,591

10,240

21,831

Total

188,512

233,044

421,556

Source: Scottish Further Education Funding Council

 

Table 3.15: Number of candidates by age of student by Gender, August 1999

Age

Male

Female

Number

%

Number

%

Under 18

45,119

24

45,220

19

18-20

28,929

15

25,546

11

21-24

16,720

9

20,192

9

25 & over

97,744

52

142,086

61

Total

188,512

100

233,044

100

Source: Scottish Further Education Funding Council

 

Higher Education

Table 3.16: Students in higher education institutions in Scotland by year, sex and mode of attendance, 1994-95 to 1999-00

Year

Full-time

Part-time

Male

Female

Male

Female

1994-95

60,410

58,052

14,427

13,985

1995-96

60,559

59,713

16,598

17,546

1996-97

61,547

67,451

19,461

23,505

1997-98

61,992

70,557

20,752

25,274

1998-99

60,966

71,660

22,729

29,498

1999-00

59,624

72,476

24,252

31,029

Source: Further & Higher Education Statistics, Scottish Executive

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