School Performance Data

Using School Performance Data to Choose a School

When choosing a school for your child, parents/guardians should gather as much information as they can from the local authority, school handbooks, school standards & quality reports, school improvement plans and maybe a school visit. Performance information (attainment, attendance, exclusion, leaver's destinations, staying on rates etc.) and HMIE Inspection reports are another source of useful information. HMIE Inspection reports can be accessed at HMIE Website. They may not tell you everything you need to know about a school, but can be useful when making a decision.   Please see related documentation and website links under 'Online Tools' and 'Related Links' on the right.   Information on individual schools can be accessed from the link 'Schools'.

The information below is published to provide comparative data on a range of education performance indicators.   The statistics are updated as and when data becomes available.  

5-14 Data - Primary Schools - 2006/07

• Analysis of 5-14 Attainment Levels
• Attainment by Free Meals Entitlement (FME) Decile Band
• Attainment by Multi-Member Ward

5-14 Data - Primary Schools - 2005/06 

• Analysis of 5-14 Attainment Levels
• Attainment by Free Meals Entitlement (FME) Decile Band
• Attainment by Multi-Member Ward

5-14 Data - Secondary Schools

• Attainment Levels 2006/07
• Attainment Levels 2005/06

5-14 Historical Data - Primary and Secondary

• Primary 2003-2007
• Secondary 2003-2007

Absence - Authorised and Unauthorised

• Total Authorised - All Schools 2007/08
• Total Authorised - All Schools 2006/07
• Total Unauthorised - All Schools 2007/08
• Total Unauthorised - All Schools 2006/07

Attendance

• Monthly Attendance by School - 2007/08

Attendance and Absence Statistics

• Monthly Summary - Session 2007/08
• Monthly Summary - Session 2006/07

Budgeted Running Costs

• Primary Schools - 2002/03 to 2006/07
• Secondary Schools - 2002/03 to 2006/07

Equality Monitoring

Disability and Ethnicity

• 5-14 Primary Disability Analysis 2006/07
• 5-14 Primary Ethnicity Analysis 2006/07

Main Home Language

• Primary Schools - September 2007
• Primary Schools - September 2006
• Primary Schools - September 2005
• Secondary Schools - September 2007
• Secondary Schools - September 2006
• Secondary Schools - September 2005
• Special Schools - September 2007
• Special Schools - September 2006
• Special Schools - September 2005

Exclusions

• Monitoring of Exclusions - Session 2007/08
• Monthly Summary of Exclusions - Session 2007/08
• Monitoring of Exclusions - Session 2006/07
• Monthly Summary of Exclusions - Session 2006/07

Reasons

Summary of Reasons - 1999/2000 to 2006/2007

Free Meals Entitlement (FME) Data

• Primary Schools
• Secondary Schools

Leavers Destinations

• Leavers Destinations
• Leavers Destinations by School

School Roll Data

School Roll Monitoring - Session 2007/08

• School Rolls
• School Rolls by Multi-Member Ward

School Roll Data - 2000/2007

• Primary Schools
• Secondary Schools

Staying on Rates (SOR)

• SOR in West Lothian Secondary Schools
• SOR in Scottish Local Authorities and Comparator Authorities

Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) Results

• English and Maths - 2003/2007
• Higher Grades - 2003/2007
• Standard Grades - 2003/2007
• Attainment Levels 2007 - West Lothian vs Comparator Authorities
• Attainment Levels 2007 by Ethnicity
• Attainment Levels 2007 by Disability (Assessed)
• Attainment Levels 2007 by Disability (Declared)

Target Setting

• 5-14 Primary Schools - 2006/2008
• 5-14 Secondary Schools - 2006/2008
• SQA Secondary Schools - 2006/2008