Four in 10 schoolchildren in Scotland are deemed to have additional support needs.
Data released by the Scottish Government this week shows that the proportion of children and young people who need extra support in education (40.5%) continues to rise.
In Fife one in four primary school pupils (26.2%) and half of all secondary school pupils has an additional support need (51.1%).
We’ve analysed the data to see how many ASN pupils each Fife school has. You can find out the proportion for your school in our table below.
What is an additional support need?
Children and young people can be classed as having an additional support need for a variety of reasons.
These can range from physical or learning disabilities to having a language barrier or suffering a family breakdown.
The proportion of children with ASN varies school by school.
Fife schools with most additional support needs pupils
In Fife the schools with the highest proportion of ASN pupils are:
- St Andrew’s RC High School, Kirkcaldy – 75.4%
- Viewforth High School, Kirkcaldy – 67.3%
- Rimbleton Primary School, Glenrothes – 66.8%
- Levenmouth Academy, Buckhaven – 66.7%
- Star Primary School – 66.7%
- Glenrothes High School – 66.7%
- Lochgelly High School – 64.8%
- Kirkcaldy North Primary School – 64.1%
- Glenwood High School, Kirkcaldy – 61.9%
- Kirkcaldy High School – 60.4%
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