Scottish cities

School leavers destinations, Scottish cities, 2009/10-2022/23

There is an upward trend in school leavers entering positive destinations over the last thirteen years. 93% of Glasgow school leavers entered a positive destination in 2022/23, an increase of 13 percentage points from 2009/10. In recent years Aberdeen has had a slightly lower percentage of leavers entering positive destinations than the Scottish average and other selected Scottish cities.

Notes

A 'positive' destination is one of the following: higher education, further education, employment, training, voluntary work or personal skills development.

This page was last updated in January 2025.