Question reference: S5W-31588
- Date lodged: 7 September 2020
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 September 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) primary and (b) secondary school attendance rate has been since August 2020.
Answer
The percentage attendance in primary schools was 95.8% on 17 August, before dropping to 84.1% on 28 August and rising to 95.0% on 10 September.
The percentage attendance in secondary schools was 95.0% on 17 August, before dropping to 83.5% on 1 September and rising to 89.3% on 10 September.
Note that figures from 7 September onwards are provisional and subject to change.
Note that these are figures on percentage attendance and percentage of pupils not in school. This is a different basis to what is normally published. Some of the pupils not in school because of a Covid-19 related reason will be undertaking education provision, and would be recorded as being in attendance in the biannual statistics publication.
Daily attendance and absence in schools in Scotland | ||
Date | Percentage attendance - PRIMARY | Percentage attendance - SECONDARY |
17-08-2020 | 95.8% | 95.0% |
18-08-2020 | 95.6% | 94.2% |
19-08-2020 | 95.3% | 93.7% |
20-08-2020 | 94.1% | 93.2% |
21-08-2020 | 91.6% | 92.0% |
24-08-2020 | 87.6% | 90.4% |
25-08-2020 | 86.5% | 88.2% |
26-08-2020 | 86.7% | 87.7% |
27-08-2020 | 86.1% | 86.4% |
28-08-2020 | 84.1% | 84.4% |
31-08-2020 | 88.1% | 84.1% |
01-09-2020 | 90.0% | 83.5% |
02-09-2020 | 91.4% | 84.5% |
03-09-2020 | 92.0% | 85.1% |
04-09-2020 | 91.0% | 84.1% |
07-09-2020 | 93.7% | 87.6% |
08-09-2020 | 94.6% | 88.1% |
09-09-2020 | 95.0% | 88.9% |
10-09-2020 | 95.0% | 89.3% |
11-09-2020 | 93.6% | 88.0% |