High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Looked After Children Educational Outcomes
Attendance
Last updated: July 2011
The overall school attendance rate for looked after children was 87.8 per cent in 2009/10 compared with 93.2 per cent for all school children.
The attendance rate for children who were looked after at home for the entire school year was only 78.7 per cent, and 84.9 per cent for children being looked after in local authority homes. However, attendance rates for children who were being looked after in foster care provided by the local authority for the entire school year was 96.3 per cent and with foster carers purchased by the local authority was 95.9 per cent. Attendance rates for children in foster care were consistently over 90 per cent across all school stages, and generally higher than the national average attendance rate for all pupils across each stage.
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Sources: Looked after children survey (Scottish Government) and Attendance and Absence data collections (Scottish Government)
(1) includes 'with prospective adopters'
(2) includes 'in secure care accommodation' and 'crisis care'