SIMD Detailed Analysis

Fraserburgh Academy Network Area

2013

Contents Academy Network Area ...... 1 Population ...... 3 Poverty ...... 4 Income Deprivation ...... 4 Employment Deprivation ...... 5 Childhood Poverty...... 5 Education ...... 6 Attitudes to Health ...... 8 Life Expectancy ...... 10 Levels of Crime ...... 11

Fraserburgh Academy Network Area

The Fraserburgh Academy Network Area covers the area highlighted on the map on the next page. It includes 13 schools:

School  Fraserburgh North  Fraserburgh South Park  Inverallochy School  Lochpots School  School  Rathen School  School  School  St Andrew's Primary  School  Tyrie School  Westfield School

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Population

Over the past ten years the population in the Fraserburgh Academy Network Area has remained fairly constant, increasing by only 153 people from 2001 to 2011.

There is an increasing and ageing population within the area; from 2001 – 2011 there was an increase from 3358 to 3849 in the pensionable population, this group of people now account for 21.8% of the population. This has increased from 18.5% of the total population in 2001. The levels of those of pensionable age and in the most deprived areas has remained fairly constant, while the level of those in the least deprived areas is increasing. This is a positive sign that the pensionable population are more well off than they have previously been. However an increasing aging population provides unique challenges in delivering services, additional housing and the resulting demand in community facilities.

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The population of children has been decreasing year on year over the past 10 years, in 2001 children accounted for 20.2% of the population; this has dropped to 17.7% in 2011. The population of children in the most deprived areas has decreased slightly from 20.7% in 2001 to 19.0% in 2001. The population of children in the least deprived areas is also decreasing, but at a greater rate. The falling number of children will have an impact on where priorities should sit over the coming years.

Poverty Income Deprivation

The rate of income deprivation in the Fraserburgh Academy Network Area is 11.8%, which is higher than the Banff and Average of 11.6%, and the average of 7%. This is due to the area having a relatively high proportion of the most deprived datazones within the Aberdeenshire council area. The rate of income deprivation is lower than the Scottish average of 13%.

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The rate of income deprivation in the 15% most deprived datazones in the Fraserburgh Academy Network Area is higher than the level of that in the other 85% of the population in 2011, and has been for the previous 10 years.

The percentage of people income deprived in the 15% most deprived areas is higher than the national average of 13.4% at 17.8% in 2011.

Employment Deprivation The percentage of those in employment deprivation in the Fraserburgh Academy Network area is 12.0%, this is higher than the rate of 11.5%, and the Aberdeenshire average of 6%.

Between 2002 and 2011 the rate of employment deprivation in the most deprived datazones in the Fraserburgh Academy Network area has generally been around 50% higher than that in the rest of the area

Childhood Poverty

The level of childhood poverty in the Fraserburgh Academy Network area is 16.1%, which is higher than the Banff and Buchan average of 14.6% and the Aberdeenshire average of 8.5%, but lower than the national average of 18.6%.

The rate of Children in poverty in the 15% most deprived areas in the Fraserburgh Academy Network Area higher than that of those in the remaining 85% of the population.

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Education

The average attendance rate in the Fraserburgh Academy network area in Primary Schools is 95.1%, this is lower than both the Aberdeenshire (96.2%) and Scottish (95.2%) average. There are better results within secondary schools with the Fraserburgh Academy Network area falling just below the Aberdeenshire average of 92.8%, with a 92.3% attendance rate, higher than the Scottish average of 91.1%.

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Both Primary and Secondary school pupils have a consistently higher attendance rate in the 85% least deprived areas, with the differences being greater at secondary school between the 15% most deprived pupils and the 85% least deprived pupils.

The percentage of S4 pupils who gained English and maths at SQF Level 3 or above is 89.3%, which is lower than the Aberdeenshire and Scottish average, 94.5% and 93% respectively. A similar pattern is seen with the percentage of S4 pupils with 5 awards at SCQF level 3 and above, with 88.8% within the Fraserburgh Academy Network area attaining this compared to 93.6% in Aberdeenshire and 92.3% in Scotland.

The percentage of S6 pupils with 3 awards at SCQF level 6 and above is 58.0%, which is lower than the Aberdeenshire average of 69.3% and the Scottish average of 64.6%.

In upper secondary education, pupils in the most deprived areas in the Fraserburgh Academy Network Area do not perform as well as those in the rest of the area. The percentage of S4 pupils with 5 awards at SCQF level 3 and above; and those with English and Maths at SCQF level 3 and above, is consistently higher in the 85% least deprived areas. The percentage of S6 pupils with 3 awards at SCQF level 6 and above in 2008/09 was actually higher in the most deprived 15% of the Fraserburgh Academy Network area, however this changed considerably in 2009/10 and 2010/11, where the level was over a third higher in the least deprived areas.

In the Fraserburgh Academy Network area 90.8% of school leavers go onto a positive destination, this is lower than the Aberdeenshire average of 91.3% and higher than the Scottish average of 88.8%.

Of the school leavers who did go on to positive destinations, the 15% most deprived areas of the Fraserburgh Academy Network Area saw a higher proportion of pupils going into further education (47.5% in 2010/11 compared with 32.1% in the

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remaining area). In the less deprived areas a much higher proportion went into higher education (35.0% in 2010/11 in the 85% least deprived areas compared to 16.6% in the most deprived). Poorer qualifications are likely to be a major factor in why a much lower proportion of school leavers in the most deprived areas went onto higher education. Other factors include poor transport links and lack of income to support full time higher education.

School leavers from the least deprived areas were more likely to go into employment, than those in the 15% most deprived. The reverse is true for training, where school leavers from the most deprived areas are more likely to go into training than there in the rest of the area.

Attitudes to Health The percentage of women smoking at maternity booking appointment in the Fraserburgh Academy network area is 25.3% this is above the Banff and Buchan average of 23.1%, as well as the Aberdeenshire and national average, 14.7% and 17.1% respectively.

The proportion of women smoking at their maternity booking appointment is notably higher in the 15% most deprived areas compared with the rest of the area. The level has been falling gradually over the three year period from 46.2% in 2007/09 to 37.2% in 2009/11 in the most deprived areas, a 21% decrease over the period. However the difference between the most and least deprived remains over two times higher in the 15% most deprived areas.

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In the Fraserburgh Academy network area the rate of Low weight live singleton birth percentage of live singleton births is 2.0%, this is above the Aberdeenshire average of 1.27% and slightly below the national average of 2.04%.

As can be seen in the graph, there is no real difference in the data between the 15% most deprived datazones and the rest of the area (1.8% in the least deprived and 2.1% in the most deprived). This should be monitored over the coming years to ensure there is not a trend away from this low variable rate.

The level of breastfeeding at the 6-8 week review of babies is 30.6% In the Fraserburgh Academy Network area this is lower than the average of 35.4% in Banff

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and Buchan, below the Aberdeenshire average of 45.3% and the national average of 36.7%.

The proportion of children, in the 15% most deprived areas, who are breastfed at 6-8 weeks was between 27% and 34% in between 2010 and 2012, this compares with a range of 18% - 33% for the rest of the area. As can be seen in the graph, the higher percentage has fluctuated over the reporting period, with the gap narrowing between the most and least deprived in 2011/12.

Life Expectancy The life expectancy of Aberdeenshire between 2006 and 2010 was higher than that of the Scottish average for both males and females. Males were expected to live until 77.9 in Aberdeenshire, and 75.3 in Scotland, whereas females in Aberdeenshire were expected to live until 81.5 in Aberdeenshire and 80.1 in Scotland.

The average life expectancy for men in the 15% most deprived areas in Aberdeenshire between 2006 and 2010 was 72.5, below the Aberdeenshire and national average. Males in the least deprived areas were expected to live above the Aberdeenshire average, living until 78.9 years.

A similar pattern is observed in females, to a lesser extent. Female life expectancy in the 15% most deprived areas was 78.9, 3 years less than the least deprived areas and the Aberdeenshire average.

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Levels of Crime The SIMD crime domain rate is based on five indicators of broad crime types: crimes of violence; domestic house breaking; vandalism; drug offence and minor assault and is referred to as ‘SIMD crime’ rather that total crime, as it does not include all recorded crimes.

There is an average of 511 crimes per 10,000 population of the Fraserburgh Academy Network area this is higher than the Aberdeenshire average of 258, and lower than the Scottish average of 749.

In the most deprived areas of the Fraserburgh Academy Network area there were 793 crimes per 10,000 population, compared to 229 in the remaining areas. Crime rates in both the most deprived and least deprived parts of the Fraserburgh Academy Network area fell between 2004 and 2007/08. This was generally seen across Scotland although it may be (at least partially) caused by the change from calendar to financial years.

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