Written Question · S3W-07175 · Session 3
How many children were relocated from (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools as a result of school closures in each local autho…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children were relocated from (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools as a result of school closures in each local authority area in each of the last 10 years.
The answer
The ScottishGovernment does not collect information on the number of pupils relocated as aresult of school closures.
Information onthe school rolls from 1996 to 2006 of all primary, secondary and specialschools in each local authority area is available on the Scottish Government websiteat:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/HistoricalRolls2006.
Information isderived from the annual school census in September of each year. Both localauthority and independent schools are included. In general, a school rolldropping to zero would signify that the school has closed in the year inquestion, and the roll in the preceding year would indicate the approximatenumber of pupils who may have been relocated.
Information onprimary, secondary and special schools which have opened and closed since1996-97 is also available on the Scottish Government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/openingsnarrative07.
The informationhas been derived from information collected annually by the Scottish Governmenton the opening and closing of schools. Both local authority and independent schoolsare included.
Schools which mayhave closed can be identified from this data set and then compared with theschool roll information contained in the historical school rolls in the dataset referred to above.
It should benoted that the schools listed in both data sets are those identified asseparate institutions for administrative purposes. Schools which may appear tohave closed (or opened) may have done so only in administrative terms, forexample, where a school has merged with another school under a new name whileeducation provision continues on the same campus. This may particularly be thecase with units for pupils with additional support needs which may haveseparated from or joined with mainstream schools in administrative terms withoutany change in provision.
Information onthe school rolls from 1996 to 2006 of all primary, secondary and specialschools in each local authority area is available on the Scottish Government websiteat:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/HistoricalRolls2006.
Information isderived from the annual school census in September of each year. Both localauthority and independent schools are included. In general, a school rolldropping to zero would signify that the school has closed in the year inquestion, and the roll in the preceding year would indicate the approximatenumber of pupils who may have been relocated.
Information onprimary, secondary and special schools which have opened and closed since1996-97 is also available on the Scottish Government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/openingsnarrative07.
The informationhas been derived from information collected annually by the Scottish Governmenton the opening and closing of schools. Both local authority and independent schoolsare included.
Schools which mayhave closed can be identified from this data set and then compared with theschool roll information contained in the historical school rolls in the dataset referred to above.
It should benoted that the schools listed in both data sets are those identified asseparate institutions for administrative purposes. Schools which may appear tohave closed (or opened) may have done so only in administrative terms, forexample, where a school has merged with another school under a new name whileeducation provision continues on the same campus. This may particularly be thecase with units for pupils with additional support needs which may haveseparated from or joined with mainstream schools in administrative terms withoutany change in provision.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-07175 by reference.