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

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


Chapter 2: Achievement of CfE levels by SIMD

NOTE: The statistics in this chapter have been superseded. Revised figures, and further information on the revisions, can be found in the Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) Levels 2018/19 publication which can be found here:
https://www.gov.scot/publications/achievement-curriculum-excellence-cfe-levels-2018-19/

  • Pupils from the least deprived areas performed better than pupils from the most deprived areas at all stages, in all four organisers of reading, writing, listening and talking and numeracy.
  • Within Primary schools, the largest gap was at P7 in writing (22 percentage points); with the smallest gap at P1 in listening and talking (12 percentage points).
  • At S3, the largest gap was in numeracy performance at 15 percentage points.

Across all stages, the percentage of pupils achieving the expected CfE level increased as the level of deprivation decreased.

Chart 2.1 shows that the smallest performance gaps were reported for S3, where the gap between least and most deprived pupils achieving Third Level or better was 11 percentage points for reading and listening and talking; 12 for writing and 15 for numeracy. The largest performance gap was reported for P7 pupils, with the largest in writing at 22 percentage points.

Chart 2.1: Percentage of pupils achieving expected CfE levels, by SIMD[1], 2016/17

Chart 2.1: Percentage of pupils achieving expected CfE levels, by SIMD[1], 2016/17

Table 2.1: Percentage of P1 pupils achieving Early Level by SIMD, 2016/17

SIMD

Reading

Writing

Listening & Talking

Numeracy

SIMD Quintile 1 - Most Deprived

73

70

81

78

SIMD Quintile 2

77

74

83

81

SIMD Quintile 3

81

78

86

84

SIMD Quintile 4

86

82

89

87

SIMD Quintile 5 - Least Deprived

90

88

93

92

Unknown[2]

61

58

68

65

Total

80

77

85

83

Table 2.2: Percentage of P4 pupils achieving First Level by SIMD, 2016/17

SIMD

Reading

Writing

Listening & Talking

Numeracy

SIMD Quintile 1 - Most Deprived

68

62

77

67

SIMD Quintile 2

73

66

80

71

SIMD Quintile 3

77

72

83

75

SIMD Quintile 4

83

78

88

80

SIMD Quintile 5 - Least Deprived

87

83

91

85

Unknown[3]

65

58

70

62

Total

77

71

83

75

Table 2.3: Percentage of P7 pupils achieving Second Level by SIMD, 2016/17

SIMD

Reading

Writing

Listening & Talking

Numeracy

SIMD Quintile 1 - Most Deprived

67

59

73

62

SIMD Quintile 2

71

63

77

65

SIMD Quintile 3

76

69

83

71

SIMD Quintile 4

81

74

86

75

SIMD Quintile 5 - Least Deprived

87

81

90

82

Unknown[4]

61

52

66

56

Total

76

69

81

70

Table 2.4: Percentage of S3 pupils achieving Third Level or better by SIMD, 2016/17

SIMD

Reading

Writing

Listening & Talking

Numeracy

SIMD Quintile 1 - Most Deprived

85

83

86

81

SIMD Quintile 2

88

86

89

85

SIMD Quintile 3

90

89

91

90

SIMD Quintile 4

93

92

94

92

SIMD Quintile 5 - Least Deprived

96

95

96

95

Unknown[5]

79

79

79

76

Total

90

89

91

88

Table 2.5: Percentage of S3 pupils achieving Fourth Level by SIMD, 2016/17

SIMD

Reading

Writing

Listening & Talking

Numeracy

SIMD Quintile 1 - Most Deprived

37

34

37

39

SIMD Quintile 2

43

40

43

47

SIMD Quintile 3

52

49

53

59

SIMD Quintile 4

59

56

59

65

SIMD Quintile 5 - Least Deprived

69

66

69

74

Unknown[6]

34

31

34

36

Total

51

48

51

56

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