Schools - Leaver Count
The number of school leavers for each establishment, by year
Data
Schools - Leaver Count
Description
The number of school leavers for each establishment.
A school leaver is defined as a young person of school leaving age who left school (from S4, S5 or S6) during or at the end of the school year.
School leavers are recorded against the school at which they were present in the pupil census in September. Young people who move to another school or outwith Scotland are not included.
For some data points, a special character is provided instead of a number. These have the meaning:
* 'NA' - data not available
* '*' - the value has been hidden for disclosure reasons
* '#' - data not available because the school is a junior high school with no year S5 or S6
Metadata
| Theme | Education, Skills and Training |
|---|---|
| Organisation | Scottish Government |
| License | UK Open Government Licence (OGL) |
| Published | |
| Last updated | |
| Next update | 1 Apr 2027 |
| Update frequency | annual |
| Reference period | 2015 to 2025 |
| Contact | Insight@gov.scot |
Data quality
Completeness
A comprehensive glossary of terms associated with education can be found on the Parentzone Scotland website
Uniqueness
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Consistency
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Timeliness
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Validity
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Accuracy
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Quality management
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Additional details
Revisions
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Confidentiality policy
The presentation of school level data here ensures that individual children cannot be identified. Where data is missing from tables in this dataset, it has been omitted to preserve the confidentiality of individuals.