In 2024, there were ******* pupils attending schools in Scotland, of which, ******* attended primary schools, with a further ******* at secondary school, ****** at early learning and childcare centers, and ***** at special schools.

In 2024, the pupil to teacher ratio for schools in Scotland was ****, with primary schools having the highest ratio of pupils to teachers, and special schools having the lowest, at *** pupils per teacher.

Results of the annual pupil census. Includes numbers, primary class sizes, ethnicity, disability and Gaelic medium.

Source agency: Scottish Government

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Pupils in Scotland

Data shows number of pupils in publicly funded primary and secondary schools receiving Gaelic Medium Education classified by the 694 data zones within Glasgow. The years showsn are between 2005 to 2012. This information is taken from the September Scottish Pupil Census, for the relevant year, of publicly funded schools and hence does not include: Pupils attending publicly funded and grant aided Special Schools; Pupils attending private Independent Schools; Pupils educated outwith the school education system (for example at home) or Adults attending publicly funded secondary schools. More information on the methodology used is contained within the metadata among the resouces. (c) Crown copyright, 2014. Data supplied by Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics Website Licence: None

Data shows the attendance rates of pupils in publicly funded primary and secondary schools by Glasgow Data Zones and for the academic years between 2003/2004 to 2010/2011. Information is taken from attendance returns linked to the September Scottish Pupil Census, for the relevant year, for publicly funded schools. The data does not include : - pupils attending special schools; - pupils attending independent schools; - pupils educated outwith the school education system (for example at home); - adults attending publicly funded secondary schools. More information on the methodology used is included in the metadata among the resources. (c) Crown copyright, 2014. Data supplied by Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics Website Licence: None

Data shows number of pupils in publicly funded primary and secondary schools by Glasgow Data Zones between the year 2003 and 2012. This information is taken from the September Scottish Pupil Census for the relevant year, of publicly funded schools and hence does not include: Pupils attending grant aided Special Schools; Pupils attending private Independent Schools; Pupils educated outwith the school education system (for example at home) or Adults attending publicly funded secondary schools. The figures are based on the postcodes from where the pupils came from and were submitted for about 99% of pupils in publicly funded primary and secondary schools. More information on the methodology used is included in the metadata among the resouces. (c) Crown copyright, 2014. Data supplied by Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics Website Licence: None

Data presented here is an extract of data taken from the Annual School Meal Census in publicly funded schools in Scotland. The data shows the provision of school meals (including free school meals) for each school in the Glasgow local authority area. The dataset forms part of a time series and is available for the years 2003 through to 2014. Full datasets can be downloaded from The Scottish Government. The data is graduated to school level and data includes: the numbers on the school roll; counts of pupils entitled to free school meals; counts of pupils present on the day of the survey, counts of pupils taking a school meal (free or not) on the day of the survey; and counts of pupils taking a free school meal on the day of the survey. In order to protect the identity of pupils a * used in the dataset denotes the number of pupils is 4 or less (zero included) or where such a figure could be worked out. A * * used in the dataset denotes where the difference between the number of pupils on the register and pupils with FME is 4 or less. Some of the datasets also include information on breakfast clubs, the provision of fresh fruit and water and the anonymity of the free school meal application process. The School Meal Census is carried out annually. For individual dataset errata or qualifications users should consult the background data or notes of the individual datasets. Licence: None fsm2003-2014.zip - https://dataservices.open.glasgow.gov.uk/Download/Organisation/728522f0-86da-48c6-8f75-1649934eb8a4/Dataset/7a0f701f-b55f-463f-a748-d62d6adf9979/File/51a57ba3-cf7b-4738-90ff-81d48dac9820/Version/7e43a6c6-cff0-4be2-b6e4-cd2e9c2707a5

Class size data in publicly funded primary schools is collected each year as part of the annual pupil census. The data presented here is an extract of data published by the Scottish Government. The data provides a count of pupils in each class in the Glasgow local authority area only and is graduated to school and class type level. 'Class type' gives the stage of pupils in the class or, where more than one stage is present. 'Co' denotes a composite class. Data forms part of a time series and covers the years 2003 - 2013. The class size maxima (2014-03-31T12:00:00) for P1 pupils is 25 and 30 for single stage class P2 or P3 is set out in 'The Education (Lower Class Sizes) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010'. These regulations allow certain exceptions such as pupils who join a class after the end of a placing round and Additional Support Needs pupils who only join a class for part of the time. For P4-P7 class size maxima are set out in teachers terms and conditions of service. For these years there is a normal maximum of 33. Composite classes throughout primary have a class size maximum of 25 These are National Statistics background data. National Statistics are produced to high professional standards set out in the National Statistics Code of Practice. They undergo regular quality assurance reviews to ensure that they meet customer needs. They are produced free from any political interference. Analysis of class size at a national level is available through the following link. Licence: None class-size-2003-13.zip - https://dataservices.open.glasgow.gov.uk/Download/Organisation/728522f0-86da-48c6-8f75-1649934eb8a4/Dataset/aa88cabd-ede8-448f-b8ea-314c852c29fb/File/fd985540-f242-4c1a-a6e4-54fb3f8c4455/Version/d1cdf392-0304-43f3-92de-33a3af8edd19

Numbers of children educated outside of school due to health or exceptional circumstances, or due to parental choice.

Source agency: Scottish Government

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Children Educated Outwith School and Pupil Projections, Scotland

In 2023, there were approximately 17,634 students in Scotland that spoke Polish as their main home language, the most of any non-English language in that year. A further 7,305 students spoke Urdu as their main home language, while the Scots language was spoken by 5,595 pupils.

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Executive has sponsored surveys of school-leavers and young people since the early 1970s. These include the first incarnation of the Scottish School-Leavers Survey (SSLS) which, in the mid-1980s, was subsumed within the broader Scottish Young People's Survey (SYPS - this series is held at the UK Data Archive (UKDA) under GN 33227). Following a review in 1991 of the use made of the findings by the Scottish Executive Education and Industry Department (SEEID), the survey was redesigned and resumed the title of the Scottish School-Leavers Survey. A further review in 1996 led to the establishment of the current design, which involves sampling cohorts of young people in fourth year and then collecting data from them on four occasions, at the ages of 16-17, 18-19, 21-22 and 23-24 years. The series is conducted for the Scottish Executive by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), who were known as Social and Community Planning Research prior to 1999. The Scottish Centre for Social Research (SCSR or ScotCen) was created in 2004 by combining NatCen's existing operation in Scotland with an independent research consultancy, Scottish Health Feedback. SCSR have now taken over the running of the SSLS series. The SSLS series obtains information on the educational and employment activities of young people after they leave school; their views and experiences of school itself; and key decisions made about whether to stay on at school or not. In addition, background characteristics are gathered, such as parents' level of education and social class, family circumstances and housing tenure. One of the main aims of the survey is to try and predict demand for higher education. The survey involves a random sample of all pupils in the relevant school year group. The only exception is that pupils at special schools (but not those in mainstream schools registered as having special educational needs) are excluded from the survey. The sample consists of all pupils born on any one of certain predetermined days of the month.

Data shows examination results for S5's in males and females including pupils with additional support needs classified by the 694 data zones within Glasgow. This indicator relates to pupils attending publicly funded secondary schools, it does not include: Pupils attending publicly funded Special Schools; Pupils attending private Independent Schools; Pupils educated outwith the school education system (for example at home) or Adults attending publicly funded secondary schools. It shows figures for the Academic years; 2008/2009 to 2011/2012. More information on the background is included in the resources. (c) Crown copyright, 2014. Data supplied by Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics Website Licence: None

Information about Scottish schools are updated by the Scottish Government annually for the purposes of monitoring overall performance, equality and individual policies. This dataset provides the current geocoded location, contact address, roll numbers, teacher numbers, denomination, and proportion of pupils from minority and ethnic groups for each primary, secondary and special school in Scotland. Until 2019, these updates were reflective of the previous September. The SG School Roll 2023 is reflective of the July 2023 schools locations data (published 25th September 2023) and July 2023 school roll, FTE teachers, proportion minority background, and proportion 20% most deprived data (published 19th March 2024).

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Understanding Society (UK Household Longitudinal Study), which began in 2009, is conducted by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex, and the survey research organisations Verian Group and NatCen. It builds on and incorporates the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), which began in 1991. The Understanding Society: Linked Education Administrative Datasets (Scottish Education Data), Scotland, 2007-2018: Secure Access study contains six files extracted from Sottish Education Data held by the Scottish Government. These can be linked (within the Secure Access service) to Understanding Society participants using the cross-wave personal identifier (variable pidp). The Scottish Education Data files include information on pupil background, attainment, destination of leavers, student support, school attendance, absences and exclusions for all individuals with a valid consent to education linkage collected in Waves 1 and 4 of Understanding Society. This includes consents collected from parents of children aged 4-15 and of the young adults aged 16-43 and born in 1981 or later. The files include School Pupil Census data collected in September from pupils in state schools. Attainment data relates to senior phase attainment covering SQA qualifications. See documentation for further details. Related UK Data Archive studiesThe equivalent study to this one that covers England is available in SN 7642. This study is frequently linked through the pidp variable to one of the main Understanding Society datasets: SN 6614 (End User Licence), SN 6931 (Special Licence) or SN 6676 (Secure Access). A Special Licence dataset containing School Codes for the main Understanding Society study (SN 7182) is also available. Further details can be found on the Understanding Society series webpage. Main Topics: Topics covered in the data files include educational attainment scores, test/examination results, and school absences and exclusions, with a linking variable for matching with Understanding Society data as noted in the Abstract section above. Individual school codes are included in the data. Demographic information such as ethnic groups, languages spoken at home, deprivation indices, eligibility for free school meals and special educational needs is included in the School Pupil Census file ('pupils_restricted'). See documentation for further details.

This dataset tracks annual distribution of students across grade levels in Scotland High School

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Executive has sponsored surveys of school-leavers and young people since the early 1970s. These include the first incarnation of the Scottish School-Leavers Survey (SSLS) which, in the mid-1980s, was subsumed within the broader Scottish Young People's Survey (SYPS - this series is held at the UK Data Archive (UKDA) under GN 33227). Following a review in 1991 of the use made of the findings by the Scottish Executive Education and Industry Department (SEEID), the survey was redesigned and resumed the title of the Scottish School-Leavers Survey. A further review in 1996 led to the establishment of the current design, which involves sampling cohorts of young people in fourth year and then collecting data from them on four occasions, at the ages of 16-17, 18-19, 21-22 and 23-24 years. The series is conducted for the Scottish Executive by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), who were known as Social and Community Planning Research prior to 1999. The Scottish Centre for Social Research (SCSR or ScotCen) was created in 2004 by combining NatCen's existing operation in Scotland with an independent research consultancy, Scottish Health Feedback. SCSR have now taken over the running of the SSLS series. The SSLS series obtains information on the educational and employment activities of young people after they leave school; their views and experiences of school itself; and key decisions made about whether to stay on at school or not. In addition, background characteristics are gathered, such as parents' level of education and social class, family circumstances and housing tenure. One of the main aims of the survey is to try and predict demand for higher education. The survey involves a random sample of all pupils in the relevant school year group. The only exception is that pupils at special schools (but not those in mainstream schools registered as having special educational needs) are excluded from the survey. The sample consists of all pupils born on any one of certain predetermined days of the month. The survey of 22-23 year olds (Cohort 1 Sweep 3) was the second follow-up survey (i.e. third interview) of a sample of young people who had entered Scottish school year S4, or were eligible to enter S4, in 1991. The sample for the first survey of this cohort, when members were aged 16-17, was based on the 10% samples of school-leavers in 1992, 1993 and 1994. Each of the three 10% samples were first contacted in the spring after leaving secondary school (1993, 1994 and 1995 respectively). For the 1995 follow-up survey (the second survey of this sample), an age cohort was constructed which included the sampled S4 leavers in 1992, and the sampled S5 leavers in 1993. The members of this cohort were 18-19 years old and were sent a follow-up questionnaire in the spring of 1995. The sample for the 1999 follow-up survey included all those who had responded to the 1995 follow-up survey and the 1995 leavers survey. Please see documentation for further details. Users should note that, of the surveys referred to above, the 1993 study is held at the UK Data Archive under SN 3296 and the 1994 study under SN 4428, though respondents were not at that stage referred to by cohort number. Neither of the 1995 studies (follow-up or leavers) are currently held at the UKDA.

As of 2023, there were 5,461 students in Scotland primarily being taught using the Gaelic language, of which 3,896 were Primary School students, and 1,565 at High School.

Data on higher education enrolments in Scotland and characteristics of students

Source agency: Scottish Government

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Participation in Higher Education at Scottish Institutions

Statistics on Students in Higher Education ( HE) at Scottish Institutions.

Source agency: Scottish Government

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Students in Higher Education at Scottish Institutions

Hands Up Scotland Survey 2023: Overview An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland – May 2024The annual Hands Up Scotland Survey, now in its fifteenth year, is published by Sustrans. The survey is funded by Transport Scotland and is designed to provide reliable and up to date information on mode of travel to school in Scotland.The question posed to all school pupils and nursery children is, ‘How do you normally travel to school?’ with a choice of travel modes.The travel modes are categorised as follows:Active travel: walking, cycling and scootering or skatingPublic sustainable travel: busMulti-mode travel: park and stride (driven part of the way by car and walk the rest)Private motorised travel: driven (car) and taxi.Over three-quarters (78.9%) of all state schools in Scotland (excluding nurseries) took part in the 2023 survey. Responses were received from over 443,000 school pupils and over 39,000 nursery children. A full report detailing the national level findings and greater technical detail on the data collection is also available.Document LinkKey findingsActive travel to school has declined since 2022, but remains higher than the pre-pandemic levels of 2019.The key findings from the 2023 survey are:In 2023, the percentage of school pupils travelling actively to school, either by walking, cycling, scootering or skating, is at 49.3%. This represents a continued decrease since a 51.2% high in 2020, but is still higher than the pre-pandemic levels of 2019 (47.8%)Cycling is at its highest level of the past ten survey years at 4.7%, 0.8 percentage points (pp) higher than the previous yearWalking rates decreased for the third year in a row, decreasing by 1.3pp, but is still by far the most common way school pupils get to schoolThe percentage of pupils scootering or skating to school increased to 3.3%, its highest level of the past ten survey yearsBus use has increased for the third year in a row, increasing by 0.6pp to 16.4%. This is comparable to pre-pandemic levels and is the highest level since 2017The proportion of pupils being driven to school saw a 0.6pp drop since 2022, to 22.5%. This is the lowest level since 2016.