MORAY SMARTER The Gazetteer for Scotland, 1995-2007 Used with permission from The Gazetteer for Scotland at http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/ STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT 2009/10 1 Contents Acknowledgements......................................................................................... 5 1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 6 2 Methodology .............................................................................................. 8 3 Budget savings ......................................................................................... 9 4 A Profile of Moray ................................................................................... 10 4.1 Population ........................................................................................................... 10 4.2 Prosperity ............................................................................................................ 11 4.3 Health ................................................................................................................... 12 4.4 Education ............................................................................................................ 13 4.4.1 Young People ................................................................................................. 13 4.4.2 Adult Education .............................................................................................. 14 4.5 Housing ............................................................................................................... 14 4.6 Recorded crime in Moray ................................................................................... 15 5 Pregnancy and Birth ............................................................................... 16 5.1 Smoking in Pregnancy ....................................................................................... 16 5.1.1 Perinatal Smoking .......................................................................................... 17 5.2 Low Birth Weight ................................................................................................ 18 5.3 Pre-Term Births ................................................................................................... 18 5.3.1 Neonatal Deaths ............................................................................................ 19 5.4 Teenage Pregnancies ......................................................................................... 19 5.5 Breast Feeding .................................................................................................... 21 5.6 Life Expectancy at Birth ..................................................................................... 22 5.7 Summary ............................................................................................................. 22 6 Pre-School Years .................................................................................... 23 6.1 Childcare Providers ............................................................................................ 24 6.1.1 Services and Facilities.................................................................................... 25 6.1.2 Management .................................................................................................. 26 6.1.3 Pre-school Education ..................................................................................... 26 6.2 Childcare Capacity and Uptake ......................................................................... 27 6.2.1 Capacity ......................................................................................................... 27 6.2.2 Population ...................................................................................................... 28 6.2.3 Occupancy and Uptake .................................................................................. 28 6.3 Pre-School Additional Support Needs Provision ............................................. 28 6.3.1 Specialist Provision ........................................................................................ 30 6.4 Pre-School Health Promotion ............................................................................ 31 7 School Years ........................................................................................... 33 7.1 Curriculum for Excellence ................................................................................. 35 7.1.1 Attainment and Achievement ......................................................................... 36 7.1.2 Wider Achievement ........................................................................................ 39 7.2 School and Pupil Numbers ................................................................................ 43 7.2.1 School Occupancy ......................................................................................... 44 7.2.2 Attendance and Absence ............................................................................... 44 7.2.3 Exclusions ...................................................................................................... 45 7.2.4 Class Sizes .................................................................................................... 46 7.2.5 Education Outwith School .............................................................................. 47 7.3 Additional Support Needs .................................................................................. 48 7.3.1 Prevalence ..................................................................................................... 49 7.3.2 Support Providers .......................................................................................... 50 7.3.3 Support Planning ............................................................................................ 53 2 7.3.4 Plan Type ....................................................................................................... 54 7.3.5 Reason for and Nature of Support Provided .................................................. 55 7.4 Health and Activity ............................................................................................. 55 7.4.1 Health Promoting Schools .............................................................................. 55 7.4.2 Oral Health ..................................................................................................... 56 7.4.3 Healthy Weight ............................................................................................... 59 7.5 Cultural and Creative learning, the Environment and Financial Education ... 69 7.5.1 Cultural Co-ordinator in Scottish Schools ....................................................... 69 7.5.2 Instrumental Instruction Service & Moray Music Centre ................................. 71 7.5.3 Eco Schools ................................................................................................... 72 7.5.4 Financial Education ........................................................................................ 73 7.6 Parent and Pupil Participation ........................................................................... 74 7.6.1 Parental Involvement ..................................................................................... 74 7.6.2 Pupil Involvement ........................................................................................... 77 8 Post-School Years .................................................................................. 79 8.1 Skills for Scotland: A Lifelong Skills Strategy ................................................. 80 8.2 Moray Lifelong Learning Forum ........................................................................ 82 8.2.1 Moray Lifelong Learning Strategy 2010 ......................................................... 82 8.3 Qualifications of the Working Age Population ................................................. 83 8.4 School Leaver Destinations ............................................................................... 84 8.4.1 Gender Breakdown ........................................................................................ 85 8.4.2 Out-Migration of Young People ...................................................................... 86 8.5 Participation in Further and Higher Education ................................................ 87 8.5.1 Headcount ...................................................................................................... 87 8.5.2 Full-Time Equivalent ...................................................................................... 87 8.5.3 Gender Participation ...................................................................................... 88 8.5.4 Location of HE and FE Institutions ................................................................. 88 8.6 Adult Literacy and Numeracy ............................................................................ 89 8.6.1 Moray Adult Literacies Partnership ................................................................ 90 8.6.2 ESOL – English for Speakers of Other Languages ........................................ 92 8.7 Skills Development Scotland ............................................................................. 92 8.7.1 National Training Programmes in Moray ........................................................ 93 8.7.2 More Choices, More Chances ........................................................................ 94 9 Other Issues ...........................................................................................