The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) is the Scottish Government’s official tool to identify small area concentrations of multiple deprivation (called data zones) in Scotland, from most deprived (ranked 1), to least deprived (ranked 6,976). People using SIMD often focus on the data zones below a certain rank – most commonly, the 20% most deprived data zones.
The 2017 update to SIMD16 is now available through our contextual data service (CDS). This provides data about an applicant's school or college and local area, which can be used for contextualised admissions – to help access an applicant’s prior attainment and potential to succeed, in light of their circumstances.
For more information and to register for the CDS, please contact contextualdata@ucas.ac.uk.
The 2017 update to SIMD16 is now available through our contextual data service (CDS). This provides data about an applicant's school or college and local area, which can be used for contextualised admissions – to help access an applicant’s prior attainment and potential to succeed, in light of their circumstances.
For more information and to register for the CDS, please contact contextualdata@ucas.ac.uk.