What percentage of schools have school boards; how many members of school boards there are; how many vacancies there are on school boards, …

The biennial survey of school boards, last conducted by the Scottish Executive in May 2000, provides details of the number and percentage of schools with school boards and the number of elections contested. The latest data available for school board elections is therefore for the election which took place between September and December 1999. Data for the most recent elections, which took place in late 2001, is not yet available. Table 1 provides details of the number and percentage of primary schools with school boards and the number and percentage of school board elections contested, broken down by local authority area, as at May 2000. Table 2 provides these details for secondary schools and Table 3 provides these details for special schools.These figures were published in a press release on 25 October 2000, entitled School Boards in Scottish Schools: May 2000.Data on the number of members of school boards and the number of vacancies on school boards is not collected centrally.Table 1Education Authority Primary Schools1, May 2000
Number of eligible schools with a school board, and where election was contested
Education Authority | Total number of eligible schools at 31 May 2000 | Eligible schools with school board at 31 May 2000 | Eligible schools with school board, consequent to a contested regular election, at 31 May 20002
Number | Percentage of eligible schools | Number | Percentage of eligible schools
Scotland | 2,276 | 1,867 | 82 | 212 | 9
Aberdeen City | 58 | 31 | 53 | 1 | 2
Aberdeenshire | 157 |