Publication - Statistics

Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) Levels 2016-17

Published: 12 December 2017
Directorate: Learning Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Education
ISBN: 9781788514736

This contains the results of the achievement of curriculum for excellence levels 2016-17.

Chapter 10: Achievement of CfE levels by Local Authority

As this information is new and currently 'experimental', comparisons across local authorities should not be made without full knowledge of local authorities' approach to assessment. The magnitude of the variation between authorities has reduced compared to 2015/16, and is summarised below.

At a national level, there has been a notable change in levels of reporting of achievement of Fourth Level in S3 (see section 1.6), this is also observed in the local authority level results.

The variation in the percentage of pupils achieving the expected level in reading by local authority:
- P1 (Early Level): From 70 to 91 per cent (difference of 21 percentage points)
- P4 (First Level): From 65 to 89 per cent (difference of 24 percentage points)
- P7 (Second Level): From 64 to 88 per cent (difference of 24 percentage points)
- S3 (Third Level or better): From 77 to 99 per cent (difference of 21 percentage points).
The variation in the percentage of pupils achieving the expected level in reading by local authority:
- P1 (Early Level): From 65 to 90 per cent (difference of 25 percentage points)
- P4 (First Level): From 58 to 86 per cent (difference of 28 percentage points)
- P7 (Second Level): From 49 to 85 per cent (difference of 36 percentage points)
- S3 (Third Level or better): From 76 to 98 per cent (difference of 22 percentage points).
The variation in the percentage of pupils achieving the expected level in reading by local authority:
- P1 (Early Level): From 76 to 94 per cent (difference of 18 percentage points)
- P4 (First Level): From 73 to 90 per cent (difference of 17 percentage points)
- P7 (Second Level): From 68 to 93 per cent (difference of 25 percentage points)
- S3 (Third Level or better): From 80 to 99 per cent (difference of 19 percentage points).
The percentage of pupils achieving the expected level numeracy variation by local authority:
- P1 (Early Level): From 71 to 94 per cent (difference of 24 percentage points)
- P4 (First Level): From 60 to 90 per cent (difference of 31 percentage points)
- P7 (Second Level): From 54 to 86 per cent (difference of 33 percentage points)
- S3 (Third Level or better): From 64 to 96 per cent (difference of 32 percentage points).

Table 10.1: Percentage of pupils achieving expected CfE levels in reading by stage and local authority, 2016/17

Local Authority	P1	P4	P7	S3	S3
Local Authority	Early Level	First Level	Second Level	Third Level or better	Fourth Level
Aberdeen City	75	75	72	85	48
Aberdeenshire	79	77	76	89	55
Angus	84	82	84	97	64
Argyll & Bute	84	77	75	91	45
Clackmannanshire	81	65	70	84	36
Dumfries & Galloway	80	76	73	87	46
Dundee City	78	73	73	92	54
East Ayrshire	80	67	64	86	50
East Dunbartonshire	89	85	88	99	81
East Lothian	81	76	75	90	48
East Renfrewshire	91	89	88	95	77
Edinburgh City	83	79	81	88	53
Falkirk	82	74	72	95	63
Fife	76	74	71	86	38
Glasgow City	77	76	76	87	36
Highland	70	71	69	89	48
Inverclyde	85	77	78	90	55
Midlothian	76	76	74	82	29
Moray	75	72	68	89	53
Na h-Eileanan Siar	75	72	69	96	58
North Ayrshire	81	75	76	89	50
North Lanarkshire	77	72	74	94	43
Orkney Islands	77	76	69	91	22
Perth & Kinross	91	87	86	77	35
Renfrewshire	84	80	80	94	57
Scottish Borders	81	81	80	96	69
Shetland Islands	79	85	79	94	55
South Ayrshire	85	83	80	92	58
South Lanarkshire	83	79	78	93	64
Stirling	84	80	80	93	50
West Dunbartonshire	78	76	67	91	49
West Lothian	82	81	80	93	63
Scotland^[28]	80	77	76	90	51

Table 10.2: Percentage of pupils achieving expected CfE levels in writing by stage and local authority, 2016/17

Local Authority	P1	P4	P7	S3	S3
Local Authority	Early Level	First Level	Second Level	Third Level or better	Fourth Level
Aberdeen City	73	70	66	82	46
Aberdeenshire	76	71	66	87	52
Angus	81	77	80	96	64
Argyll & Bute	80	70	67	91	40
Clackmannanshire	77	58	49	82	31
Dumfries & Galloway	77	68	66	86	46
Dundee City	73	66	62	91	52
East Ayrshire	76	62	59	85	47
East Dunbartonshire	86	83	85	98	81
East Lothian	77	70	65	87	44
East Renfrewshire	89	86	85	95	72
Edinburgh City	80	74	74	87	52
Falkirk	79	71	66	95	59
Fife	73	66	62	85	36
Glasgow City	75	70	69	85	34
Highland	68	64	59	88	46
Inverclyde	83	73	69	89	54
Midlothian	71	66	58	78	24
Moray	65	63	59	88	49
Na h-Eileanan Siar	75	65	63	95	51
North Ayrshire	78	69	69	88	49
North Lanarkshire	75	67	68	93	43
Orkney Islands	73	67	61	91	21
Perth & Kinross	90	83	82	76	30
Renfrewshire	82	73	71	93	55
Scottish Borders	76	77	74	95	65
Shetland Islands	78	73	69	93	48
South Ayrshire	82	78	74	91	57
South Lanarkshire	81	74	71	92	60
Stirling	81	73	74	92	44
West Dunbartonshire	69	70	59	91	43
West Lothian	78	79	75	91	56
Scotland^[29]	77	71	69	89	48

Table 10.3: Percentage of pupils achieving expected CfE levels in listening and talking by stage and local authority, 2016/17

Local Authority	P1	P4	P7	S3	S3
Local Authority	Early Level	First Level	Second Level	Third Level or better	Fourth Level
Aberdeen City	82	83	81	86	47
Aberdeenshire	85	83	79	90	54
Angus	88	87	89	97	66
Argyll & Bute	89	82	81	95	44
Clackmannanshire	86	76	75	87	40
Dumfries & Galloway	83	82	80	89	48
Dundee City	87	82	77	92	54
East Ayrshire	85	78	70	88	49
East Dunbartonshire	93	90	93	99	82
East Lothian	89	85	83	91	49
East Renfrewshire	94	90	91	94	77
Edinburgh City	86	84	82	88	54
Falkirk	87	81	81	96	63
Fife	81	78	75	86	36
Glasgow City	83	83	81	89	38
Highland	76	79	76	90	50
Inverclyde	87	88	84	92	56
Midlothian	85	78	74	84	31
Moray	82	73	74	89	49
Na h-Eileanan Siar	76	74	73	94	53
North Ayrshire	88	82	83	88	51
North Lanarkshire	82	79	78	95	44
Orkney Islands	80	79	68	87	26
Perth & Kinross	93	90	87	80	31
Renfrewshire	91	88	86	94	56
Scottish Borders	85	87	85	97	72
Shetland Islands	84	87	83	94	55
South Ayrshire	89	87	86	93	57
South Lanarkshire	87	85	85	93	64
Stirling	88	84	86	94	52
West Dunbartonshire	84	83	75	95	52
West Lothian	86	89	86	93	64
Scotland^[30]	85	83	81	91	51

Table 10.4: Percentage of pupils achieving expected CfE levels in numeracy by stage and local authority, 2016/17

Local Authority	P1	P4	P7	S3	S3
Local Authority	Early Level	First Level	Second Level	Third Level or better	Fourth Level
Aberdeen City	80	74	69	82	51
Aberdeenshire	84	76	68	91	64
Angus	86	80	79	95	61
Argyll & Bute	85	73	72	95	72
Clackmannanshire	79	60	54	64	26
Dumfries & Galloway	82	71	69	86	52
Dundee City	79	70	60	84	44
East Ayrshire	81	63	57	85	48
East Dunbartonshire	90	84	84	96	76
East Lothian	81	71	69	84	55
East Renfrewshire	94	90	86	95	76
Edinburgh City	87	79	76	91	59
Falkirk	84	71	65	93	62
Fife	82	74	66	87	49
Glasgow City	83	75	72	86	46
Highland	72	68	59	86	51
Inverclyde	88	74	74	82	40
Midlothian	76	73	63	89	65
Moray	71	61	58	87	61
Na h-Eileanan Siar	77	65	59	79	44
North Ayrshire	83	75	73	81	55
North Lanarkshire	82	72	68	93	61
Orkney Islands	79	71	63	94	72
Perth & Kinross	92	86	85	75	37
Renfrewshire	88	76	74	93	56
Scottish Borders	81	78	71	90	66
Shetland Islands	81	72	68	83	59
South Ayrshire	92	85	80	90	50
South Lanarkshire	86	75	74	90	56
Stirling	86	78	75	90	59
West Dunbartonshire	81	71	63	84	55
West Lothian	84	81	74	92	61
Scotland^[31]	83	75	70	88	56

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