36.4% of primary school pupils take free school meals (16.8 per cent in Scotland)
92 exclusions per 1,000 pupils (50 in Scotland)
1.9 half days unauthorised absence per primary school pupil (1.2 in Scotland)
19% of school leavers enter full-time higher education (32 per cent in Scotland)
Glasgow City Council says the fact that free school meal take-up among primary pupils is more than double the Scottish level indicates the high level of deprivation in the city, as do high levels of school absence and the low take-up of higher education. But Glasgow says the work of its education service is bearing fruit. The figure of 92 exclusions per 1,000 pupils in 2002-03, for instance, is a reduction on the previous year's figure of 96.
Source: Scottish Executive.
