Attendance and Absence in Scottish Schools 2006/07

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Table 3.3 Percentage attendance and absence, by reason (1), secondary (2)

Attendance

Attending but late

Work Experience

Sick, with education provision

Sick, no education provision

Very late

Authorised holidays

Exceptional Domestic Circum

Other Authorised

Unauthorised holidays

Truancy, including unexplained absence

Ex Dom Circum unauthorised

Other unauthorised

Temporary exclusion

Aberdeen City

87.3

3.2

0.4

-

5.2

0.1

-

-

0.9

0.5

1.9

-

0.1

0.3

Aberdeenshire

91.8

1.0

0.1

-

4.5

0.1

0.1

0.6

0.3

0.3

1.1

-

0.1

0.1

Angus

89.8

1.9

0.6

-

3.7

-

-

0.4

0.5

0.4

2.2

0.1

0.1

0.2

Argyll & Bute

88.9

2.8

0.6

-

-

-

0.1

-

7.0

0.2

0.2

-

-

0.2

Clackmannanshire

88.3

2.6

0.5

-

5.0

-

-

0.3

0.1

0.6

1.7

0.4

-

0.3

Dumfries & Galloway

90.9

1.2

0.5

-

4.4

0.1

-

-

1.0

0.4

1.1

-

0.2

0.2

Dundee City

84.6

4.3

0.5

0.1

4.9

-

0.1

0.9

-

0.3

3.5

0.3

0.1

0.4

East Ayrshire

87.2

2.7

0.4

-

7.6

-

-

-

0.7

0.3

0.7

-

-

0.2

East Dunbartonshire

90.0

2.8

0.5

0.1

5.7

-

-

-

0.2

0.4

-

-

0.1

0.1

East Lothian

89.5

1.4

1.0

-

4.7

-

0.1

0.1

0.8

0.4

1.7

-

0.2

0.2

East Renfrewshire

91.6

2.7

0.4

-

-

-

-

-

5.0

0.1

-

-

-

-

Edinburgh, City of

85.9

4.4

0.6

-

4.7

0.1

0.1

-

1.0

0.3

2.4

-

0.3

0.2

Eilean Siar

90.7

0.6

0.6

-

5.9

0.1

0.2

0.5

0.5

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

Falkirk

87.2

2.2

0.5

-

5.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.6

0.5

1.3

0.1

1.9

0.2

Fife

87.8

1.6

0.4

0.1

4.7

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.8

0.4

3.1

0.1

0.3

0.2

Glasgow City

82.3

4.6

0.3

-

-

-

0.2

-

11.5

0.1

0.4

-

-

0.4

Highland

88.2

1.8

0.6

0.1

4.9

-

0.1

0.5

1.4

0.2

1.8

-

0.2

0.2

Inverclyde

87.4

3.0

0.4

-

-

-

0.1

-

8.5

0.1

0.1

-

-

0.3

Midlothian

89.8

1.4

-

-

5.0

-

-

0.2

0.3

0.6

2.1

0.1

-

0.3

Moray

88.0

2.2

0.7

-

2.8

0.1

0.2

-

3.2

0.4

1.2

-

1.1

0.1

North Ayrshire

85.9

3.5

0.4

0.1

0.1

-

0.3

0.1

6.7

0.2

1.9

-

0.5

0.4

North Lanarkshire

85.7

2.1

0.6

-

10.2

-

-

-

0.2

0.4

0.6

-

-

0.2

Orkney Islands

91.4

1.8

0.1

0.1

3.8

0.2

-

0.2

-

0.3

2.0

-

-

-

Perth & Kinross

88.6

1.8

0.4

-

4.3

0.1

-

-

0.7

0.4

2.7

0.3

0.5

0.2

Renfrewshire

87.4

2.6

0.5

-

0.1

0.1

0.1

-

8.4

0.4

0.3

-

-

0.2

Scottish Borders

90.6

1.3

0.4

0.1

4.4

0.1

0.1

0.5

0.3

0.4

0.8

-

0.9

0.1

Shetland Islands

91.9

0.8

0.6

-

5.0

-

0.3

0.1

0.5

0.3

0.4

-

-

0.1

South Ayrshire

87.4

1.9

0.5

-

4.3

0.1

-

-

0.2

0.5

4.8

-

-

0.2

South Lanarkshire

86.3

3.5

0.6

-

8.4

-

0.1

-

0.4

0.2

0.1

-

-

0.2

Stirling

88.3

1.6

0.3

-

3.9

0.2

-

-

2.5

0.5

1.4

-

1.1

0.1

West Dunbartonshire

84.9

4.6

0.4

-

0.1

-

0.2

-

8.5

0.1

0.8

-

-

0.3

West Lothian

88.4

2.3

0.6

-

4.8

0.1

-

0.4

0.1

0.4

1.6

0.2

0.9

0.3

Grant Aided

93.9

0.5

0.5

0.1

2.9

-

-

0.2

0.3

0.6

0.1

-

0.7

-

(1) Some differences between authorities are likely to be due to different recording practices. See paragraphs 1.2 to 1.6 in page 1.
(2) Excluding S6

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