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Education

33: NURSERY & PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION
34: SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION
35: SCHOOL LEAVER DESTINATIONS
36: FURTHER / HIGHER EDUCATION & LIFELONG LEARNING
37: ACADEMIC RESEARCH

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33: NURSERY & PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION

EDINBURGH | LOTHIAN | SCOTLAND

EDINBURGH sources
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Nursery education
% of 3 & 4 yr. olds in education (*1) 76% 72% n/a 82%
Children attending pre-school education (*2)
No. of children aged 3 3,372 3,648 3,594 3,498 3,380
.. as % of all children aged 3 72% 82% 87% 85% 98%
No. of children aged 4 4,397 4,585 4,392 4,099 4,060
.. as % of all children aged 4 93% 102% 104% 100% 100%
Childminders : no. registered (*3) 313 294 416 360
No. of children in care of childminders 1,214
.. as % of children aged 0-12 2.10%
School Rolls
Publicly funded primary schools (*4) 29,900 29,078 28,563 27,856 26,956 26,183 25,643 25,088
Pupil / teacher ratios - primary sch. (*5) 19.5 18.9 18.3 17.3 17.9 17.8 17.6 16.8
Average primary school class size (*6) 25.8 25.3 25.2 24.8 24.7 24.9 24.8 24.6
Attainment (*7)
% of P3 roll attaining Level A or above in
.. Reading 81.50% 84.30% 87.80% 87.70% 87.70% 86.90%
.. Writing 74.40% 79.40% 84.70% 83.20% 84.50% 85.90%
.. Mathematics 91.90% 91.50% 93.70% 92.80% 91.70% 94.30%
% of P5 roll attaining Level C or above in
.. Reading 53.30% 56.90% 61.60% 63.10% 65.20% 67.60%
.. Writing 40.50% 39.30% 46.10% 48.50% 46.50% 46.40%
.. Mathematics 46.50% 36.60% 44.20% 43.60% 47.90% 48.90%
% of P7 roll attaining Level D or above in
.. Reading 64.20% 66.60% 71.60% 73.30% 73.20% 73.70%
.. Writing 53.80% 55.60% 60.00% 61.20% 62.30% 60.80%
.. Mathematics 62.30% 62.50% 67.40% 67.50% 67.40% 69.30%

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LOTHIAN sources
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Children attending pre-school education (*1)
No. of children aged 3 6,028 6,791 6,675 6,435 6,205
.. as % of all children aged 3 69% 80% 82% 80% 93%
No. of children aged 4 8,207 8,528 8,194 7,801 7,735
.. as % of all children aged 4 93% 99% 97% 97% 97%
Childminders : no. registered (*2) 892 824 915 790
No. of children in care of childminders 3,070
.. as % of children aged 0-12 2.80%
School rolls
Publicly funded primary schools (*3) 60,284 59,397 59,125 57,948 56,629 55,432 54,589 53,831
Publicly funded secondary schools (*3) 40,044 41,062 41,540 41,821 42,325 42,309 42,250 41,956
Publicly funded special schools (*3) 1,125 1,175 1,117 1,119 1,169 1,341 1,127 1,024
Private (independent) schools (*4) 11,196 11,423 11,518 11,537 11,525 11,554 11,598
Participation (*5)

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SCOTLAND sources
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Nursery education
% of 3 & 4 yr. olds in education (*1) 65% 74% 80% 82% 91%
Children attending pre-school education (*2)
No. of children aged 3 41,186 45,046 44,459 41,392 41,671
.. as % of all children aged 3 73% 83% 85% 81% 96%
No. of children aged 4 54,068 55,608 54,355 50,909 51,371
.. as % of all children aged 4 91% 99% 100% 98% 99%
Childminders : no. registered (*3) 6,211 6,165 6,100 5,460
No. of children in care of childminders 22,561
.. as % of children aged 0-12 3.00%
School Rolls
Publicly funded primary schools (*4) 431,414 425,221 420,521 413,713 406,015 398,100 390,260 382,783
Pupil / teacher ratios - primary sch. (*5) 19.1 19 18.9 18 18.2 17.6 17.1 16.3
Attainment (*6)
% of P3 roll attaining Level A or above in
.. Reading 80.60% 84.60% 87.20% 87.40% 87.50% 85.50%
.. Writing 70.30% 78.60% 82.80% 84.60% 85.60% 85.40%
.. Mathematics 92.50% 94.20% 94.90% 95.10% 95.00% 95.90%
% of P5 roll attaining Level C or above in
.. Reading 47.90% 54.20% 57.20% 61.40% 62.60% 62.70%
.. Writing 31.90% 37.00% 40.20% 43.50% 44.60% 45.20%
.. Mathematics 39.20% 36.80% 40.70% 43.10% 44.10% 47.40%
% of P7 roll attaining Level D or above in
.. Reading 63.90% 66.30% 70.30% 72.00% 72.50% 74.40%
.. Writing 47.40% 52.60% 56.30% 59.20% 60.00% 60.60%
.. Mathematics 63.40% 64.40% 67.00% 68.50% 68.60% 69.70%

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