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SKILLSEducational Attainment• Educational attainment refers to the national qualifications attainment by secondaryschool pupils from their 4 th year (S4) onwards. In terms of S4 educational attainmentAuchmuty High School out-performed the Fife and Scottish average during 2009 / 10.• The Scottish Qualifications Credit Framework (SCQF) contains 12 levels ranging fromAccess at SCQF level 1, up to Doctorate at level 12. SCQF Level 3 refers to the nationalqualifications taken over two years of study (in S3 and S4) with exams at the end of S4.Table 2: Proportion of S4 Pupils Attaining SCQF Level 3 or Above during 2009/10AuchmutyGlenwoodGlenrothesGlenrothes AreaFifeScotlandTotal S4 Pupils in 2009/10 S4 year group achieving five or more awardsat SCQF Level 3 or above (%)238 93218 86172 91628 909292Source: Scottish Schools onlineSchool Leaver Destinations• The destination of S4 – S6 school leavers from publicly funded schools in the Glenrothesarea, represented by the proportions going into full-time higher or further education,training, employment, or unemployed is illustrated in the table below.Table 3: Destination of School Leavers during 2009/10Auchmuty Glenwood Glenrothes TOTAL Fife ScotlandTotal Pupils 1,241 920 864 3,025Leavers in 2009/10 256 190 169 615School Leaver Destination (%)Higher Education 29 18 30 26 33 36Further Education 43 54 41 46 37 27Training 4 6 7 5 4 5Employment 7 8 12 9 12 19Unemployment 17 13 11 14 13 12Source: Scottish Schools Online• During the 2009/10 academic year secondary schools in Glenrothes had just over 3,000pupils in years S4 – S6. Around one-fifth of pupils left school during 2009/10.11
• The Glenrothes area has a lower share of pupils entering higher education post-schoolcompared with the Fife and Scottish averages.• Glenrothes school leavers are more likely to enter further education or training than schoolleavers in other areas of Fife and Scotland.• The proportion of Glenrothes school leavers moving straight into employment issignificantly below average, whilst the risk of unemployment is slightly higher thanaverage.EARNINGS• Earnings data is not available at an area committee level. However, a study undertakenby Herriot-Watt University in 2004 estimated that the average weekly wage in Glenrothesin 2004 was £433, which was 5% lower than the Fife average of £455.• The below average income reflects the type of jobs available in the Glenrothes area,including higher than average employment in manufacturing and the public sector.Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD)The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) is the Scottish Government’s official tool foridentifying small area concentrations of multiple deprivation across Scotland. Datazones are apopulation-based geography with an average of 750 people living in each datazone.Map 2: Deprivation in the Glenrothes Area during 2009Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation, 200912
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