Note: More recent data does not seem to be available for school leaver destinations by local authority and ethnicity. Below is the material from the 2018 edition of How Fair is North East Scotland?
The vast majority of school leavers in Grampian went on to positive destinations, including further education, higher education, training, employment and voluntary work. Ethnic minority school leavers in Grampian had slightly higher rates of positive destinations than their Scottish counterparts. The largest gap was in 2015-16, when 95.4% of ethnic minority school leavers went on to positive destinations, compared with 90.4% of Scottish school leavers.
Between 2013-14 and 2015-16, nearly all school leavers across Grampian achieved at least one qualification at SCQF Level 4 or better. At all levels, ethnic minority pupils achieved qualifications in higher proportions than their Scottish counterparts. For qualifications in level 6 or greater, Moray consistently had the lowest levels of attainment for all ethnic groups.
School Leavers’ Qualifications, 2013-14 to 2015-16
Percentage of pupils achieving at least one qualification at the SCQF level shown.
Ethnicity data was recorded as ‘white Scottish,’ ‘White non-Scottish’ and the other categories of non-‘white’ ethnicities.
| 2013-14: 4+ | 2013-14: 5+ | 2013-14: 6+ | 2014-15: 4+ | 2014-15: 5+ | 2014-15: 6+ | 2015-16: 4+ | 2015-16: 5+ | 2015-16: 6+ | |
| Aberdeen City – Scottish | 95.8 | 78.9 | 47.7 | 95.7 | 80.6 | 53.6 | 95.0 | 84.0 | 56.7 |
| Aberdeen City – Ethnic Minority | 99.8 | 91.5 | 76.0 | 97.3 | 91.2 | 78.9 | 99.3 | 95.5 | 78.8 |
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| Aberdeenshire – Scottish | 96.8 | 82.3 | 53.2 | 97.7 | 87.3 | 57.2 | 97.4 | 87.8 | 61.8 |
| Aberdeenshire – Ethnic Minority | 99.1 | 96.1 | 62.7 | 99.3 | 81.6 | 64.0 | 99.6 | 97.2 | 72.5 |
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| Moray – Scottish | 98.3 | 88.4 | 55.0 | 96.3 | 85.5 | 55.5 | 97.1 | 86.1 | 57.5 |
| Moray – Ethnic Minority | 99.4 | 95.6 | 63.2 | 98.4 | 89.9 | 65.5 | 98.6 | 92.7 | 60.7 |
Generally speaking, ‘White non-Scottish’ was both the largest ethnic minority group and the lowest-performing group among ethnic minorities, but this group typically performed better than their ‘White Scottish’ counterparts. In some other ethnic minority groups, 100% of pupils left school with at least 4, 5, or 6 qualifications. However, these tended to be small numbers of pupils (less than 20).
Data Source: 2016, Scottish Government, Attainment and Leavers’ Destination Data. Link.