Key Data and Intelligence Resources

Education and skills opportunities provide an important foundation for good mental wellbeing as well as influencing future quality of life, through opportunities for future employment and access to the other building blocks of health. Information on local people’s levels of education is included in the Lothian Public Health Survey report above, with some additional sources of information listed below.

Census 2022 Report: Lothian education, labour and travel to work
NHS Lothian’s Public Health Intelligence Team has produced summaries for each local authority area of 2022 census data – this one focusing on qualifications, employment and method and distance of travel to work.

Dashboard of primary school pupils’ demographics, attendance and attainment
This dashboard presents data for individual primary schools on attendance, attainment, class sizes and pupil numbers by grade, sex, area-level deprivation, free-school meal entitlement, ethnicity and urban-rurality.

Dashboard of secondary school pupils’ demographics, attendance and attainment
This dashboard presents data for individual secondary schools on attendance, attainment, class sizes and pupil numbers by grade, sex, area-level deprivation, free-school meal entitlement, ethnicity and urban-rurality.

Dashboard of special school pupils’ demographics, attendance and attainment
This dashboard presents for additional support needs schools on attendance, attainment, class sizes and pupil numbers by grade, sex, area-level deprivation, free-school meals entitlement, ethnicity and urban-rurality.

Scotland’s school health and wellbeing census including Edinburgh data tables
A school-based survey of young people’s health and wellbeing was conducted in 2021 in Scotland, with 16 of 32 local authorities taking part (including Edinburgh, but no other Lothian council areas). This site provides data in aggregate form from this survey, including information such as self-reported health outcomes, health-behaviour engagement and social determinants of health such as the presence of trusted adults and relationships with parents and school staff.