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

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


Chapter 5: Achievement of CfE levels by Urban Rural Classification

NOTE: The statistics in this chapter have been superseded.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/

  • The percentage of P1 and P4 pupils that achieved the expected level for their stage was highest for pupils living in accessible rural areas. Performance was highest for P7 pupils from large urban and accessible rural areas.
  • Performance tended to be lower for pupils from remote small towns (and remote rural areas in the case of some P4 pupils).

The percentage of P1 pupils achieving the expected level for their stage was highest for pupils from accessible rural areas and lowest for pupils from remote small towns, for all four organisers.

The percentage of P4 pupils achieving the level was highest for pupils from accessible rural areas; performance was lowest for pupils from remote small towns and remote rural areas.

Performance at P7 tended to be highest for pupils from large urban areas and accessible rural areas; whereas a lower percentage of pupils from remote small towns achieved the level in each organiser.

The percentage of S3 pupils achieving Third Level or better was generally high across most categories for all organisers (88 – 92 per cent), apart from pupils from remote small towns where there was slightly lower performance (e.g. 82 per cent for numeracy).

Table 5.1: Percentage of P1 pupils achieving Early Level by Urban Rural Classification[12], 2016/17

Urban Rural Classification

Reading

Writing

Listening & Talking

Numeracy

Large urban areas

81

78

87

85

Other urban areas

80

77

85

84

Accessible small towns

82

78

86

84

Remote small towns

75

73

81

79

Accessible rural areas

85

82

89

87

Remote rural areas

78

75

82

79

Unknown[13]

61

58

68

65

Total

80

77

85

83

Table 5.2: Percentage of P4 pupils achieving First Level by Urban Rural Classification, 2016/17

Urban Rural Classification

Reading

Writing

Listening & Talking

Numeracy

Large urban areas

79

73

85

77

Other urban areas

76

70

82

74

Accessible small towns

77

71

83

76

Remote small towns

75

68

82

70

Accessible rural areas

80

74

86

77

Remote rural areas

75

68

81

71

Unknown[14]

65

58

70

62

Total

77

71

83

75

Table 5.3: Percentage of P7 pupils achieving Second Level by Urban Rural Classification, 2016/17

Reading

Writing

Listening & Talking

Numeracy

Large urban areas

78

71

83

74

Other urban areas

75

68

81

69

Accessible small towns

77

69

83

71

Remote small towns

69

59

75

62

Accessible rural areas

78

71

84

73

Remote rural areas

73

64

78

66

Unknown[15]

61

52

66

56

Total

76

69

81

70

Table 5.4: Percentage of S3 pupils achieving Third Level or better by Urban Rural Classification, 2016/17

Urban Rural Classification

Reading

Writing

Listening & Talking

Numeracy

Large urban areas

90

88

91

88

Other urban areas

91

89

91

89

Accessible small towns

91

90

92

88

Remote small towns

86

85

88

82

Accessible rural areas

91

90

92

91

Remote rural areas

91

90

92

88

Unknown[16]

79

79

79

76

Total

90

89

91

88

Table 5.5: Percentage of S3 pupils achieving Fourth Level by Urban Rural Classification, 2016/17

Urban Rural Classification

Reading

Writing

Listening & Talking

Numeracy

Large urban areas

51

49

52

55

Other urban areas

51

48

51

56

Accessible small towns

53

51

55

56

Remote small towns

43

40

44

51

Accessible rural areas

54

51

53

61

Remote rural areas

52

50

54

57

Unknown[17]

34

31

34

36

Total

51

48

51

56

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