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9 School leaver destinations 23.  he School Leavers’ Destinations Return, published in December 2013, shows that the percentage T of school leavers entering positive destinations increased in each of Ayrshire’s three local authority areas compared to the previous year. North and South Ayrshire experienced increases of over four percentage points. Table 3 Positive destinations of school leavers, 2012-13 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Change on 2011-12 East Ayrshire 88.4% 89.9% 90.8% 0.9 percentage points North Ayrshire 90.7% 89.7% 93.8% 4.1 percentage points South Ayrshire 89.7% 88.5% 92.8% 4.3 percentage points Scotland 88.9% 89.9% 91.4% 2.5 percentage points 24.  relation to positive destinations of school leavers, North Ayrshire is 2.4 percentage points (pp) In higher than the Scottish average, South Ayrshire is 1.4pp higher and East Ayrshire is 0.6pp lower than the average for Scotland. In relation to all 32 local authorities, North and South Ayrshire improved their ranking (ninth and twelfth respectively) although East Ayrshire moved from 17th position to 23rd. 25.  When the figures for the three areas are aggregated, they demonstrate that seven out of every ten school leavers in Ayrshire (2,771) entered Further Education (51%) or Higher Education (49%) (FE is defined as studying non-advanced qualifications at college; HE as studying HNC or above at college or university). 26.  the 1,362 leavers who entered HE, 30% studied their qualifications at college which means that Of nearly two thirds (65.5%) of Ayrshire school leavers chose to study FE or HE qualifications at a college upon leaving school. Of the 407 leavers who undertook an HE qualification at a college, 62.4% chose Ayrshire College. 27.  the 1,409 leavers who undertook an FE qualification, 86.5% opted for Ayrshire College. Where Of school leavers selected a college other than Ayrshire, it was typically one of the Glasgow colleges. 28.  School leaver destination data is captured at a local authority level and there are some significant differences across the three Ayrshire councils. For school leavers entering HE, East Ayrshire is 5.0pp below the national average of 36.5% and sixth lowest in Scotland; North Ayrshire is 0.8pp below the national average; and South Ayrshire is 0.5pp higher than the national average. For leavers entering FE, Ayrshire overall has a higher percentage than the national average of 27.8% (East Ayrshire by 9.8pp; North Ayrshire by 8.2pp; and South Ayrshire by 5.6pp). 29.  There was, however, a less positive picture for leavers entering employment or training with East Ayrshire 3.6pp below the national average, North Ayrshire 4.3pp below the national average and South Ayrshire 5.3pp below the national average. www.ayrshire.ac.uk