EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL A PROPOSAL DOCUMENT

Table 7:
Historic Pupil Rolls for Kilmarnock Academy
Annual S1 – S6
Pupil Roll at
Census
Census 1999 864
Census 2000 872
Census 2001 847
Census 2002 859
Census 2003 816
Census 2004 813
Census 2005 820
Census 2006 770
Census 2007 746
Census 2008 719
Census 2009 708
Census 2010 673
Census 2011 612
Census 2012 601
The table highlights a 30.4% drop in pupils attending Kilmarnock Academy
from 1999 to 2012. The paragraph below highlights the projected roll for the
school, taking all available information into account.
(e)
Projected Pupil Rolls
The Council takes a number of factors into account when projecting pupil rolls,
gathering information from Community Planning Partners such as NHS
Ayrshire and Arran, the Planning Service, Ayrshire Joint Planning Unit,
General Registers of Scotland and information held on the Education Service
Management Information System. The main factors included in pupil roll
projections include:
‣ The birth rate for the East Ayrshire area;
‣ The number of children living in a school catchment area aged 0-1, 1-2,
2-3, 3-4 and 4-5;
‣ The number of houses planned to be built in a school’s catchment
area; and
‣ The number of placing requests into and out of a school.
In 2012 the Council revised its approach to calculating school roll projections
based on best current practice in Scotland and to take account of the most
recent available information.
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