How many placing requests have there been for primary and secondary schools since May 1997 and what proportion of the total number of place…

The Scottish Executive annually collects the total number of placing requests that have been received by education authorities between 1 August and 31 July of the following year. Figures for 1 August 1998 to 31 July 1999 are currently being collected and will not be available for several months. As information on the date of receipt is not collected, the number of placing requests received between May and July 1997 is not centrally available. For the period 1 August 1997 to 31 July 1998 the number of placing requests received in Scotland is as follows:Primary | Secondary
Under Statutory Entry Age | Other Primary |
415 | 19,846 | 11,248
Provisional.Data on the number of places are not collected centrally. The following table shows the number of placing requests received by education authorities between 1 August 1997 and 31 July 1998 as a percentage of the relevant stage roll in September 1998 (i.e. the academic session to which the majority of these placing requests will relate). Primary | Secondary
Total requests as a % of the total primary school roll | P1 requests
as a % of
P1 roll | P2-P7 requests as a % of
P2-P7 roll | Total requests as a % of the total secondary school roll | S1 requests
as a % of
S1 roll | S2-S6 requests as a % of
S2-S6 roll
4.6 | 20.7 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 12.6 | 1.4
Provisional.Percentages are based on the September 1998 stage rolls.A News Release (dated 8 June 1999) and a Statistical bulletin (Edn/B6/1999/1, dated June 1999) with further results of the placing requests survey 1997-98 can be found on the Scottish Exec