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33: NURSERY & PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION
EDINBURGH | LOTHIAN | SCOTLAND
| EDINBURGH |
sources / notes |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
| Nursery education |
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| % of 3 & 4 yr. olds in education |
(*1) |
76% |
72% |
n/a |
82% |
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| Children attending pre-school education |
(*2) |
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| No. of children aged 3 |
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3,372 |
3,648 |
3,594 |
3,498 |
3,380 |
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| .. as % of all children aged 3 |
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72% |
82% |
87% |
85% |
98% |
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| No. of children aged 4 |
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4,397 |
4,585 |
4,392 |
4,099 |
4,060 |
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| .. as % of all children aged 4 |
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93% |
102% |
104% |
100% |
100% |
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| Childminders : no. registered |
(*3) |
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313 |
294 |
416 |
360 |
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| No. of children in care of childminders |
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1,214 |
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| .. as % of children aged 0-12 |
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2.10% |
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| School Rolls |
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| Publicly funded primary schools |
(*4) |
29,900 |
29,078 |
28,563 |
27,856 |
26,956 |
26,183 |
25,643 |
25,088 |
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| Pupil / teacher ratios - primary sch. |
(*5) |
19.5 |
18.9 |
18.3 |
17.3 |
17.9 |
17.8 |
17.6 |
16.8 |
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| Average primary school class size |
(*6) |
25.8 |
25.3 |
25.2 |
24.8 |
24.7 |
24.9 |
24.8 |
24.6 |
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| Attainment |
(*7) |
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| % of P3 roll attaining Level A or above in |
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| .. Reading |
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81.50% |
84.30% |
87.80% |
87.70% |
87.70% |
86.90% |
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| .. Writing |
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74.40% |
79.40% |
84.70% |
83.20% |
84.50% |
85.90% |
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| .. Mathematics |
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91.90% |
91.50% |
93.70% |
92.80% |
91.70% |
94.30% |
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| % of P5 roll attaining Level C or above in |
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| .. Reading |
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53.30% |
56.90% |
61.60% |
63.10% |
65.20% |
67.60% |
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| .. Writing |
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40.50% |
39.30% |
46.10% |
48.50% |
46.50% |
46.40% |
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| .. Mathematics |
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46.50% |
36.60% |
44.20% |
43.60% |
47.90% |
48.90% |
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| % of P7 roll attaining Level D or above in |
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| .. Reading |
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64.20% |
66.60% |
71.60% |
73.30% |
73.20% |
73.70% |
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| .. Writing |
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53.80% |
55.60% |
60.00% |
61.20% |
62.30% |
60.80% |
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| .. Mathematics |
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62.30% |
62.50% |
67.40% |
67.50% |
67.40% |
69.30% |
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| LOTHIAN |
sources / notes |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
| Children attending pre-school education |
(*1) |
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| No. of children aged 3 |
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6,028 |
6,791 |
6,675 |
6,435 |
6,205 |
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| .. as % of all children aged 3 |
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69% |
80% |
82% |
80% |
93% |
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| No. of children aged 4 |
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8,207 |
8,528 |
8,194 |
7,801 |
7,735 |
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| .. as % of all children aged 4 |
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93% |
99% |
97% |
97% |
97% |
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| Childminders : no. registered |
(*2) |
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892 |
824 |
915 |
790 |
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| No. of children in care of childminders |
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3,070 |
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| .. as % of children aged 0-12 |
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2.80% |
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| School rolls |
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| Publicly funded primary schools |
(*3) |
60,284 |
59,397 |
59,125 |
57,948 |
56,629 |
55,432 |
54,589 |
53,831 |
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| Publicly funded secondary schools |
(*3) |
40,044 |
41,062 |
41,540 |
41,821 |
42,325 |
42,309 |
42,250 |
41,956 |
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| Publicly funded special schools |
(*3) |
1,125 |
1,175 |
1,117 |
1,119 |
1,169 |
1,341 |
1,127 |
1,024 |
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| Private (independent) schools |
(*4) |
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11,196 |
11,423 |
11,518 |
11,537 |
11,525 |
11,554 |
11,598 |
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| Participation |
(*5) |
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| SCOTLAND |
sources / notes |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
| Nursery education |
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| % of 3 & 4 yr. olds in education |
(*1) |
65% |
74% |
80% |
82% |
91% |
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| Children attending pre-school education |
(*2) |
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| No. of children aged 3 |
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41,186 |
45,046 |
44,459 |
41,392 |
41,671 |
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| .. as % of all children aged 3 |
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73% |
83% |
85% |
81% |
96% |
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| No. of children aged 4 |
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54,068 |
55,608 |
54,355 |
50,909 |
51,371 |
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| .. as % of all children aged 4 |
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91% |
99% |
100% |
98% |
99% |
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| Childminders : no. registered |
(*3) |
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6,211 |
6,165 |
6,100 |
5,460 |
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| No. of children in care of childminders |
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22,561 |
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| .. as % of children aged 0-12 |
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3.00% |
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| School Rolls |
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| Publicly funded primary schools |
(*4) |
431,414 |
425,221 |
420,521 |
413,713 |
406,015 |
398,100 |
390,260 |
382,783 |
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| Pupil / teacher ratios - primary sch. |
(*5) |
19.1 |
19 |
18.9 |
18 |
18.2 |
17.6 |
17.1 |
16.3 |
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| Attainment |
(*6) |
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| % of P3 roll attaining Level A or above in |
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| .. Reading |
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80.60% |
84.60% |
87.20% |
87.40% |
87.50% |
85.50% |
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| .. Writing |
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70.30% |
78.60% |
82.80% |
84.60% |
85.60% |
85.40% |
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| .. Mathematics |
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92.50% |
94.20% |
94.90% |
95.10% |
95.00% |
95.90% |
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| % of P5 roll attaining Level C or above in |
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| .. Reading |
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47.90% |
54.20% |
57.20% |
61.40% |
62.60% |
62.70% |
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| .. Writing |
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31.90% |
37.00% |
40.20% |
43.50% |
44.60% |
45.20% |
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| .. Mathematics |
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39.20% |
36.80% |
40.70% |
43.10% |
44.10% |
47.40% |
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| % of P7 roll attaining Level D or above in |
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| .. Reading |
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63.90% |
66.30% |
70.30% |
72.00% |
72.50% |
74.40% |
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| .. Writing |
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47.40% |
52.60% |
56.30% |
59.20% |
60.00% |
60.60% |
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| .. Mathematics |
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63.40% |
64.40% |
67.00% |
68.50% |
68.60% |
69.70% |
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