Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many schools were in good or satisfactory condition, from 2016-17 to date, (a) in total and (b) broken down by local authority.
The total number of publicly funded schools reported as in good or satisfactory condition in the School estates annual survey from 2016 to 2022 is shown in the table below. Figures from the 2023 survey are not yet available.
The number of schools by condition rating for each local authority is reported separately for Primary, Secondary and Special schools in Tables 4.2 to 4.4 in the annual school estate statistics supplementary data tables https://www.gov.scot/publications/school-estate-statistics-2022/documents/ .
Table 1: Schools in good or satisfactory condition by local authority and year
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
All authorities | 2,119 | 2,165 | 2,166 | 2,200 | 2,238 | 2,239 | 2,239 |
Aberdeen City | 61 | 63 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 60 | 60 |
Aberdeenshire | 168 | 169 | 169 | 168 | 169 | 169 | 168 |
Angus | 56 | 58 | 59 | 58 | 59 | 59 | 59 |
Argyll and Bute | 91 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 92 | 90 | 88 |
City of Edinburgh | 109 | 110 | 99 | 98 | 110 | 115 | 116 |
Clackmannanshire | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 22 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 104 | 102 | 101 | 104 | 108 | 106 | 108 |
Dundee City | 32 | 33 | 35 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 36 |
East Ayrshire | 56 | 57 | 55 | 53 | 54 | 53 | 52 |
East Dunbartonshire | 43 | 44 | 44 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 |
East Lothian | 39 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 35 |
East Renfrewshire | 25 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
Falkirk | 58 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 57 | 57 | 59 |
Fife | 134 | 137 | 143 | 145 | 152 | 152 | 153 |
Glasgow City | 149 | 167 | 172 | 188 | 191 | 191 | 191 |
Highland | 122 | 126 | 118 | 122 | 122 | 125 | 131 |
Inverclyde | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 28 |
Midlothian | 31 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 32 |
Moray | 11 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 30 | 29 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 27 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
North Ayrshire | 63 | 63 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 58 |
North Lanarkshire | 123 | 131 | 131 | 124 | 129 | 122 | 124 |
Orkney Islands | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 |
Perth and Kinross | 71 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 |
Renfrewshire | 59 | 62 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 56 | 57 |
Scottish Borders | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 49 | 50 | 50 |
Shetland Islands | 34 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
South Ayrshire | 29 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 39 | 42 | 42 |
South Lanarkshire | 148 | 148 | 149 | 148 | 149 | 149 | 147 |
Stirling | 48 | 49 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 46 |
West Dunbartonshire | 28 | 34 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 39 |
West Lothian | 80 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 82 |