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Improving Scottish education - A report by HMIE on inspection and review 2002-2005

Statistical Data - Pre-school sector

Children's progress in development and learning

Note: NC = Nursery Class, NS = Nursery School

Emotional, Personal and Social Development

Expressed as a number

Expressed as percentages2

NC

NS

Indep.

Private

Voluntary

NC

NS

Indep.

Private

Voluntary

Mean %

Very good

354

149

21

126

67

48%

63%

58%

34%

31%

45%

Good

368

84

14

222

139

50%

36%

39%

59%

64%

52%

Fair

14

3

1

26

12

2%

1%

3%

7%

6%

4%

Unsatisfactory

0

0

0

0

0

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

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Communication and Language

Expressed as a number

Expressed as percentages

NC

NS

Indep.

Private

Voluntary

NC

NS

Indep.

Private

Voluntary

Mean %

Very good

250

115

16

68

41

34%

49%

44%

18%

19%

31%

Good

425

106

18

225

130

58%

45%

50%

60%

60%

57%

Fair

61

15

1

81

46

8%

6%

3%

22%

21%

13%

Unsatisfactory

0

0

1

0

1

0%

0%

3%

0%

0%

0%

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 Knowledge and Understanding of the World

Expressed as a number

Expressed as percentages

NC

NS

Indep.

Private

Voluntary

NC

NS

Indep.

Private

Voluntary

Mean %

Very good

220

107

20

72

38

30%

45%

56%

19%

17%

29%

Good

456

112

12

225

128

62%

47%

33%

60%

59%

58%

Fair

59

17

4

75

52

8%

7%

11%

20%

24%

13%

Unsatisfactory

1

0

0

2

0

0%

0%

0%

1%

0%

0%

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Expressive and Aesthetic Development

Expressed as a number

Expressed as percentages

NC

NS

Indep.

Private

Voluntary

NC

NS

Indep.

Private

Voluntary

Mean %

Very good

206

104

17

58

40

28%

44%

47%

16%

18%

27%

Good

455

118

14

218

130

62%

50%

39%

58%

60%

58%

Fair

74

14

5

96

48

10%

6%

14%

26%

22%

15%

Unsatisfactory

0

0

0

2

0

0%

0%

0%

1%

0%

0%

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Physical Development and Movement

Expressed as a number

Expressed as percentages

NC

NS

Indep.

Private

Voluntary

NC

NS

Indep.

Private

Voluntary

Mean %

Very good

221

113

17

90

39

30%

48%

47%

24%

18%

30%

Good

439

110

15

222

145

60%

47%

42%

59%

67%

58%

Fair

77

13

4

60

34

10%

6%

11%

16%

16%

12%

Unsatisfactory

0

0

0

2

0

0%

0%

0%

1%

0%

0%

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2. Due to rounding percentages may not always total to 100%.

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