Initial destinations of senior phase school leavers: 2018 edition
This presents updated data on initial destinations of school leavers from local authority and grant-aided schools in Scotland.
4. Local Authority breakdowns
4.1. Six year trend for positive destinations by local authority
Table 4: Six year trend for percentage of senior phase school leavers in any positive initial destination by local authority (2011/12 – 2016/17)
| Local Authority |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City |
88.6 |
91.1 |
91.2 |
90.2 |
90.3 |
90.8 |
| Aberdeenshire |
94.1 |
94.4 |
94.0 |
95.9 |
94.7 |
95.5 |
| Angus |
94.2 |
93.9 |
92.7 |
94.2 |
95.1 |
94.7 |
| Argyll & Bute |
90.4 |
93.1 |
91.5 |
93.2 |
92.9 |
94.7 |
| Clackmannanshire |
87.9 |
88.6 |
93.3 |
92.6 |
90.2 |
86.9 |
| Dumfries & Galloway |
87.9 |
91.8 |
90.9 |
93.1 |
94.6 |
94.6 |
| Dundee City |
89.6 |
91.1 |
90.9 |
93.0 |
91.5 |
94.2 |
| East Ayrshire |
89.4 |
91.6 |
93.3 |
94.2 |
91.8 |
94.3 |
| East Dunbartonshire |
95.0 |
96.0 |
97.0 |
96.8 |
97.5 |
98.3 |
| East Lothian |
88.4 |
90.0 |
92.4 |
91.8 |
93.5 |
94.0 |
| East Renfrewshire |
95.2 |
95.7 |
96.1 |
96.1 |
96.6 |
96.1 |
| Edinburgh, City of |
88.8 |
91.7 |
91.3 |
92.5 |
93.8 |
92.5 |
| Falkirk |
90.4 |
91.6 |
92.7 |
90.1 |
95.0 |
92.1 |
| Fife |
89.6 |
89.8 |
92.5 |
92.4 |
92.7 |
92.7 |
| Glasgow City |
87.9 |
89.4 |
89.8 |
90.3 |
89.9 |
91.9 |
| Highland |
91.2 |
93.4 |
93.7 |
93.8 |
95.0 |
95.5 |
| Inverclyde |
94.5 |
95.2 |
94.0 |
94.6 |
94.3 |
93.0 |
| Midlothian |
85.8 |
89.2 |
94.2 |
93.4 |
95.1 |
94.7 |
| Moray |
91.8 |
94.1 |
93.9 |
94.4 |
92.7 |
93.5 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar |
95.4 |
96.8 |
96.6 |
95.9 |
97.6 |
97.8 |
| North Ayrshire |
90.3 |
94.6 |
94.3 |
95.9 |
94.8 |
93.4 |
| North Lanarkshire |
87.6 |
90.4 |
91.5 |
93.1 |
92.3 |
91.8 |
| Orkney Islands |
94.1 |
94.2 |
93.8 |
94.6 |
91.1 |
96.1 |
| Perth & Kinross |
93.2 |
92.4 |
93.8 |
92.1 |
95.0 |
94.5 |
| Renfrewshire |
88.1 |
90.3 |
92.7 |
90.9 |
92.2 |
92.8 |
| Scottish Borders |
91.3 |
92.3 |
94.4 |
95.2 |
94.3 |
95.8 |
| Shetland Islands |
90.3 |
95.4 |
93.2 |
95.6 |
93.4 |
92.6 |
| South Ayrshire |
88.8 |
92.8 |
92.4 |
94.5 |
94.3 |
94.2 |
| South Lanarkshire |
89.8 |
89.1 |
92.3 |
93.1 |
94.1 |
95.8 |
| Stirling |
88.6 |
90.0 |
92.1 |
90.7 |
93.2 |
93.8 |
| West Dunbartonshire |
92.8 |
91.1 |
89.6 |
89.9 |
92.2 |
93.1 |
| West Lothian |
89.8 |
92.6 |
92.8 |
93.4 |
92.7 |
93.9 |
| Grant-Aided |
95.0 |
* |
* |
* |
95.3 |
100.0 |
| National |
90.1 |
91.7 |
92.5 |
93.0 |
93.3 |
93.7 |
* Value could provide information on a cohort of less than five or has been suppressed to prevent calculation of data for a small cohort.
4.2. Senior phase leaver destinations by local authority (2016/17)
Table 5: Initial destinations of senior phase school leavers by local authority
| Percentage of leavers in destination (2016/17) |
Total number of leavers |
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Education |
Further Education |
Employed |
Training |
Activity Agreement |
Voluntary Work |
Unemployed Seeking |
Unemployed Not Seeking |
Not known |
||
| Aberdeen City |
43 |
29 |
15 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
1,637 |
| Aberdeenshire |
41 |
31 |
21 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2,679 |
| Angus |
40 |
35 |
17 |
2 |
* |
* |
3 |
2 |
* |
1,149 |
| Argyll & Bute |
41 |
18 |
32 |
3 |
* |
* |
3 |
2 |
* |
861 |
| Clackmannanshire |
28 |
23 |
32 |
2 |
* |
* |
11 |
3 |
0 |
495 |
| Dumfries & Galloway |
38 |
30 |
23 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1,499 |
| Dundee City |
35 |
32 |
21 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
* |
1,231 |
| East Ayrshire |
37 |
39 |
16 |
2 |
* |
* |
5 |
1 |
0 |
1,309 |
| East Dunbartonshire |
64 |
13 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
* |
* |
1,240 |
| East Lothian |
40 |
24 |
26 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1,018 |
| East Renfrewshire |
65 |
14 |
15 |
2 |
* |
* |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1,343 |
| Edinburgh, City of |
42 |
26 |
21 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
* |
3,236 |
| Falkirk |
35 |
20 |
31 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1,586 |
| Fife |
35 |
34 |
19 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
3,757 |
| Glasgow City |
36 |
31 |
18 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4,481 |
| Highland |
36 |
24 |
31 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2,411 |
| Inverclyde |
44 |
27 |
18 |
3 |
* |
* |
5 |
2 |
0 |
784 |
| Midlothian |
31 |
28 |
30 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
* |
918 |
| Moray |
37 |
27 |
27 |
1 |
* |
* |
3 |
3 |
1 |
928 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar |
43 |
16 |
36 |
2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
0 |
268 |
| North Ayrshire |
38 |
32 |
20 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
* |
1,453 |
| North Lanarkshire |
43 |
25 |
21 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
3,701 |
| Orkney Islands |
41 |
16 |
37 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
204 |
| Perth & Kinross |
37 |
27 |
26 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
* |
1,429 |
| Renfrewshire |
45 |
23 |
21 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
1,793 |
| Scottish Borders |
40 |
28 |
23 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1,102 |
| Shetland Islands |
34 |
20 |
36 |
* |
2 |
* |
3 |
3 |
* |
271 |
| South Ayrshire |
44 |
29 |
18 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
* |
1,104 |
| South Lanarkshire |
45 |
23 |
21 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
3,367 |
| Stirling |
44 |
16 |
28 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
* |
1,037 |
| West Dunbartonshire |
41 |
28 |
19 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
889 |
| West Lothian |
39 |
27 |
25 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
* |
1,994 |
| Grant-Aided |
82 |
10 |
7 |
* |
0 |
* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
84 |
| National |
41 |
27 |
22 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
51,258 |
* Value could provide information on a cohort of less than five or has been suppressed to prevent calculation of data for a small cohort. Values are rounded to the nearest whole value and therefore may not sum to 100.
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