Attendance and Absence in Scottish Schools 2006/07

Table 4.1: Average half days and percentage attendance and absence by local authority ⁽¹⁾, primary

	Attendance	Authorised absence	Unauthorised absence	Absence due to temporary exclusions	Attendance	Authorised absence	Unauthorised absence	Absence due to temporary exclusion
	Average number of half days				Percentage of half days
Aberdeen City	362	14	4	-	95.2	3.7	1.1	0.04
Aberdeenshire	365	12	3	-	96.1	3.2	0.7	0.02
Angus	364	12	4	-	95.9	3.1	0.9	0.03
Argyll & Bute	364	13	2	-	95.8	3.5	0.6	0.01
Clackmannanshire	363	13	4	-	95.4	3.4	1.1	0.02
Dumfries & Galloway	366	11	3	-	96.4	2.9	0.7	0.02
Dundee City	359	15	6	-	94.4	4.0	1.6	0.06
East Ayrshire	362	16	2	-	95.1	4.2	0.6	0.02
East Dunbartonshire	367	11	2	-	96.5	3.0	0.5	0.01
East Lothian	364	12	4	-	95.8	3.1	1.1	0.02
East Renfrewshire	367	11	2	-	96.5	3.0	0.5	0.01
Edinburgh, City of	362	14	4	-	95.2	3.6	1.1	0.02
Eilean Siar	364	14	2	-	95.7	3.8	0.5	0.03
Falkirk	363	13	4	-	95.6	3.4	1.0	0.01
Fife	361	13	5	-	95.0	3.5	1.4	0.03
Glasgow City	355	22	3	-	93.4	5.7	0.8	0.04
Highland	363	15	2	-	95.5	4.0	0.5	0.02
Inverclyde	362	16	2	-	95.4	4.2	0.5	0.03
Midlothian	363	12	5	-	95.4	3.1	1.4	0.06
Moray	363	14	2	-	95.6	3.8	0.6	0.02
North Ayrshire	361	16	3	-	95.0	4.1	0.9	0.02
North Lanarkshire	360	15	5	-	94.8	3.9	1.3	0.02
Orkney Islands	364	13	3	-	95.9	3.4	0.7	0.01
Perth & Kinross	364	12	5	-	95.7	3.1	1.2	0.04
Renfrewshire	364	15	2	-	95.7	3.8	0.5	0.02
Scottish Borders	366	11	4	-	96.2	2.8	0.9	0.02
Shetland Islands	363	15	2	-	95.6	4.0	0.5	0.01
South Ayrshire	363	12	5	-	95.5	3.1	1.4	0.01
South Lanarkshire	363	15	2	-	95.6	3.9	0.5	0.01
Stirling	363	14	3	-	95.5	3.7	0.8	0.02
West Dunbartonshire	361	16	2	-	95.1	4.3	0.6	0.03
West Lothian	363	13	4	-	95.4	3.4	1.1	0.04
Local authorities	362	14	3	-	95.3	3.8	0.9	0.03
Grant Aided	370	7	3	-	97.4	1.8	0.8	-

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

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