§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many school leavers there were in each of the past 10 years from the maintained and independent sectors; and what percentage in each category were intending to enter degree or teacher training courses.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation for the years 1982–1992, based on the Scottish school leavers survey is set out in the table.
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School leavers School session Education authority and grant-aided schools Independent schools 11982–83 89,343 1,645 1983–84 88,164 1,573 1984–85 84,146 1,673 21985–86 79,607 3,469 1986–87 76,654 3,702
School session Education authority and grant-aided schools Independent schools 1987–88 72,366 3,693 1988–89 68,942 3,753 1989–90 63,978 3,919 1990–91 58,534 3,536 1991–92 56,848 3,748 1Numbers of leavers from the independent sector are estimated for 1982–83 to 1984–85. 2In 1985, most of the then grant-aided schools in Scotland became independent. No statistics are collected of the intended destinations of school leavers in either category.
In November 1993, the audit unit of the schools inspectorate published the first of a new series of data on actual school leaver destinations in Scotland showing figures for 1992–93. A copy of the publication "Leaver Destinations for Scottish Secondary Schools 1992–93" is available in the Library.