Section 2: Economy and Skills

Table 2.13: Destination of School Leavers - Total Number of Leavers
 2014/152015/162016/172017/182018/19
East Ayrshire 1,328 1,278 1,309 1,134 1,196
Scotland 53,836 52,249 51,258 49,724 49,717
Table 2.13: Destination of School Leavers - Entering full-time higher education
 2014/152015/162016/172017/182018/19
East Ayrshire (%) 36.4 35.7 37.1 36.3 35.6
Scotland (%) 38.3 40.0 40.7 41.2 40.4
Table 2.13: Destination of School Leavers - Entering full-time further education
 2014/152015/162016/172016/172017/18
East Ayrshire (%) 36.6 37.6 39.2 35.6 37.6
Scotland (%) 27.8 27.0 26.8 26.5 27.3
Table 2.13: Destination of School Leavers - Entering training
 2014/152015/162016/172017/182018/19
East Ayrshire (%) 3.2 2.3 1.7 1.9 3.8
Scotland (%) 3.8 3.0 2.4 2.1 3.5
Table 2.13: Destination of School Leavers - Entering employment
 2014/152015/162016/172017/182018/19
East Ayrshire (%) 16.0 15.1 15.7 19.1 17.3
Scotland (%) 21.7 22.0 22.0 22.7 22.9
Table 2.13: Destination of School Leavers - Activity agreements
 2014/152015/162016/172017/182018/19
East Ayrshire (%) 1.6 1.1 0.3 0.3 -
Scotland (%) 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.2 -
Table 2.13: Destination of School Leavers - Voluntary Work
 2014/152015/162016/172017/182018/19
East Ayrshire (%) 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2
Scotland (%) 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6
Table 2.13: Destination of School Leavers - Other destination (known)
 2014/152015/162016/172017/182018/19
East Ayrshire (%) 6.1 8.2 5.7 6.4 5.5
Scotland (%) 6.5 6.0 6.0 5.2 5.0
Source: Insight (Scottish Government), 2020