• There are just fewer than 30,000 pupils in 73 independent schools in Scotland. That is 4.1 per cent of pupils nationwide
• Scotland has 19 mainstream boarding schools with 3,072 pupils and nearly half, 46.5 per cent, are from overseas. That is the equivalent to the Scottish economy of more than £30million in exports
• The Scottish Council of Independent Schools has 73 members; 52 are main stream, 21 offer additional support. Boarding schools account for 19 of them