Total number of 4th year pupils who 'legally' leave School before completing formal Education

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Louise Woodland

Dear Dundee City Council,

This is a Freedom of Information request regarding the total number of 4th year pupils who 'legally' leave School before completing formal Education.

For each year from academic year 2014-2015 to 2018-2019, I would like to know the total number of fourth year pupils who were due to complete National 3, 4 or 5 qualifications but who legally left school before finishing fourth year. I am only interested in those who were in the process of undertaking these qualifications and did not complete them, not those who would not have been presented for any of these even if they had completed fourth year.

To clarify, by “legally” I mean those children who were 16 years of age by the end of February in fourth year (in accordance with the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, section 33, sub-section 2a) who were entitled to leave due to having had their entry to primary school legally deferred (they started school at age five not four -in accordance with section 32, sub-section 3 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980).

I am trying to establish how many children who would have been presented for National 3,4 or 5 qualifications if they had continued S4, left before completing these.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs L Woodland

DCC FOISA System, Dundee City Council

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request.

I acknowledge receipt and your request which has now been registered under
the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Please quote Reference 20190603005 in any correspondence.

Best Regards.

Freedom of Information Liaison
Dundee City Council
21 City Square
Dundee DD1 3BY
Email: [1][Dundee City Council request email]

[2]www.dundeecity.gov.uk/foisa

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Dundee City Council

Dear Ms Woodland
In order to process your request can you please provide clarification on
the following points as we do not believe we can provide exactly what you
are requesting.
We can supply the number of S4 pupils who left our schools before 31st May
of the relevant academic year. We cannot distinguish between those who did
so 'legally' and those who did otherwise, as was requested.
For academic years 2014/15 to 2017/18 we would not have a record of the
pupil destination so they could have left one of our schools but moved to
a different LA in Scotland.
Lastly, we will not have records of what these pupils were studying before
they left so we cannot tell who would or would not have been presented for
anything. We could only tell you if these leavers had any qualifications.
In short, we do not have the information to establish how many children
would have been presented for National 3, 4 or 5 qualifications if they
had continued S4.
If any of the data we can provide will help with your request please let
us know.
regards
Freedom of Information Liaison
Dundee City Council
21 City Square
Dundee DD1 3BY
E: [1][Dundee City Council request email]
[2]www.dundeecity.gov.uk/foisa
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Louise Woodland

Dear Dundee City Council,

Please could you provide how many children have left before completing S4 in each of the last 5 years please.

Yours faithfully,

L Woodland

Dundee City Council

Dear Ms Woodland,
I have added this to the request.
Stephen Miller
Freedom of Information Liaison
Dundee City Council
21 City Square
Dundee DD1 3BY
E: [1][Dundee City Council request email]
[2]www.dundeecity.gov.uk/foisa

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Date: 11/06/2019 03:40PM
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Total number
of 4th year pupils who 'legally' leave School before completing formal
Education

Dear Dundee City Council,

Please could you provide how many children have left before completing S4
in each of the last 5 years please.

Yours faithfully,

L Woodland

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DCC FOISA System, Dundee City Council

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Dear Sir/Madam,

Thankyou for your information request reference: 20190603005
Please find response Document(s) attached to this email.

Relevant contact details are provided in the response document(s).
Best Regards.

Freedom of Information Liaison
Dundee City Council
21 City Square
Dundee DD1 3BY
Email: [1][Dundee City Council request email]

[2]www.dundeecity.gov.uk/foisa

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