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 4: Achievement of CfE levels by ethnicity

Generally, a lower percentage of pupils of White – Non Scottish and Other Ethnicity backgrounds are achieving the expected CfE level compared to other pupils particularly from P4 onwards in the literacy organisers.
A higher percentage of pupils of Asian – Chinese ethnic background are achieving the expected CfE level in numeracy compared to all other ethnic backgrounds.

The highest percentage of pupils that achieved the expected CfE level in numeracy was for pupils of an Asian – Chinese background, with results of 89 per cent for all primary stages and 99 per cent for S3.

The lowest literacy performance at P1 was reported for pupils of Asian – Pakistani and of Other Ethnicity backgrounds. This changed for P4, P7 and S3 where pupils from Other Ethnicity backgrounds and White – Non Scottish pupils saw the lowest percentages achieving the expected level for their stage.

Table 4.1: Percentage of P1 pupils achieving Early Level by ethnicity, 2016/17

Ethnicity	Reading	Writing	Listening & Talking	Numeracy
White - Scottish	82	79	87	85
White - Non Scottish	79	76	82	83
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	85	82	88	88
Asian - Indian	87	86	88	86
Asian - Pakistani	71	68	74	74
Asian - Chinese	82	81	80	89
Asian - Other	76	75	78	83
African / Black / Caribbean	82	79	84	85
All other categories	71	65	71	76
Not Disclosed / Unknown^[7]	69	67	76	74
Total	80	77	85	83

Table 4.2: Percentage of P4 pupils achieving First Level by ethnicity, 2016/17

Ethnicity	Reading	Writing	Listening & Talking	Numeracy
White - Scottish	78	72	84	75
White - Non Scottish	75	69	81	75
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	85	82	86	82
Asian - Indian	85	80	87	82
Asian - Pakistani	77	72	83	74
Asian - Chinese	85	84	87	89
Asian - Other	76	72	82	77
African / Black / Caribbean	79	73	84	76
All other categories	61	54	65	63
Not Disclosed / Unknown^[8]	66	60	73	64
Total	77	71	83	75

Table 4.3: Percentage of P7 pupils achieving Second Level by ethnicity, 2016/17

Ethnicity	Reading	Writing	Listening & Talking	Numeracy
White - Scottish	77	69	82	71
White - Non Scottish	73	66	78	70
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	82	76	86	76
Asian - Indian	87	81	88	85
Asian - Pakistani	81	75	83	75
Asian - Chinese	85	80	84	89
Asian - Other	77	70	85	75
African / Black / Caribbean	82	77	85	77
All other categories	61	55	65	65
Not Disclosed / Unknown^[9]	64	55	69	59
Total	76	69	81	70

Table 4.4: Percentage of S3 pupils achieving Third Level or better by ethnicity, 2016/17

Ethnicity	Reading	Writing	Listening & Talking	Numeracy
White - Scottish	91	89	91	88
White - Non Scottish	88	86	88	88
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	92	91	92	92
Asian - Indian	91	91	94	94
Asian - Pakistani	92	91	93	90
Asian - Chinese	95	95	96	99
Asian - Other	92	90	92	94
African / Black / Caribbean	91	89	91	92
All other categories	76	75	78	85
Not Disclosed / Unknown^[10]	80	79	80	78
Total	90	89	91	88

Table 4.5: Percentage of S3 pupils achieving Fourth Level by ethnicity, 2016/17

Ethnicity	Reading	Writing	Listening & Talking	Numeracy
White - Scottish	51	49	52	56
White - Non Scottish	51	49	51	57
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	60	56	57	64
Asian - Indian	64	63	63	73
Asian - Pakistani	51	47	50	61
Asian - Chinese	70	69	69	86
Asian - Other	57	59	57	71
African / Black / Caribbean	48	45	51	57
All other categories	43	42	44	52
Not Disclosed / Unknown^[11]	35	33	36	38
Total	51	48	51	56

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