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Statistical Information for Parents/Carers

Attendance and Absence 2010-11

	Stage	School	Fife	National
Total number of possible attendances (pupil half-days)	P1	6,191	1,452,786	18,951,308
	P2	7,626	1,459,785	19,116,971
	P3	6,182	1,418,164	18,672,816
	P4	5,120	1,348,153	18,136,151
	P5	2,778	1,404,155	18,404,407
	P6	2,704	1,377.496	18,748,517
	P7	4,488	1,396.363	19,075,039
	P1-P7 Total	35,089	9,856,902	131,105,209

Percentage authorised absences	P1	3.8	4.4	4.2
	P2	3.5	4.0	4.1
	P3	3.7	3.6	3.9
	P4	3.9	3.5	3.8
	P5	4.3	3.4	3.8
	P6	6.4	3.7	3.9
	P7	5.4	3.6	3.9
	P1-P7	4.2	3.7	4.0

Percentage unauthorised absences	P1	0.9	1.8	1.2
	P2	0.9	1.7	1.2
	P3	1.1	1.7	1.3
	P4	1.1	1.6	1.3
	P5	0.8	1.6	1.2
	P6	1.6	1.6	1.3
	P7	1.8	1.6	1.2
	P1-P7	1.1	1.7	1.2

Minimising Overall Absence

	Year	School	Fife	National
Average number of half days absence per pupil	2009-10	27.2	19.7	19.4
Average number of half days absence per pupil	2010-11	27.2	20.6	19.8

Budgeting School Running Costs For Financial Year 2011-12

5-14 Attainment Levels and Targets

Percentage of P3, P4, P6 and P7 roll attaining or exceeding 5-14 levels for their stage

Caution should be exercised in interpreting statistical data.

In publishing this information about individual schools' performance, the Education Service of Fife Council would stress the following points:

Parents should consider all the parts of the life of the school in thinking about this information. Fife schools review all areas of their work to try to achieve all that they can for their pupils.
The data relating to costs are significantly affected by school size, e.g. for a small school an increase of one in the number of teachers produces a much greater effect on the cost per pupil than the same increase in a larger school.
The 5-14 levels are very broad descriptions of the sort of work we expect pupils to do at different stages in their education. 5-14 curricular assessments are not standardised and were never intended to provide a basis for comparing schools. Because of the breadth of the levels there is widespread doubt about the comparability of such data between schools.