Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) Levels 2016-17
This contains the results of the achievement of curriculum for excellence levels 2016-17.
Chapter 7: Achievement of CfE levels by English as an Additional Language (EAL) status
- The percentage of pupils achieving the expected CfE level was lower for pupils with English as an Additional Language, compared to non-EAL pupils (where EAL status known).
- The differences in performance were smaller for numeracy than for the literacy organisers across all stages.
- The differences in performance were generally smaller at S3 than in the primary stages.
The percentage of pupils achieving expected levels was higher for pupils recorded as not having English as an Additional Language (EAL), compared to EAL pupils, across all stages and organisers.
The gap in performance was lowest in numeracy across all stages; highest in P1 at seven percentage points and lowest in S3 (Third Level or better) at two percentage points.
In P1, the greatest difference in performance between pupils who have EAL and those who have not, was in listening and talking; 71 per cent compared to 87 per cent. This was the biggest difference in expected levels across all the stages. In P4, the differences were similar over all the literacy organisers at 10 to 11 percentage points.
A similar pattern was observed for both P7 and S3 pupils with the percentage point difference ranging from 11 to 13 (P7) and nine to ten percentage points (S3) across the literacy organisers.
Table 7.1: Percentage of primary pupils achieving expected CfE levels by English as an Additional Language (EAL) Status, 2016/17
| Stage |
EAL status |
Reading |
Writing |
Listening & Talking |
Numeracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 (Early Level)
|
English as an additional language |
70 |
67 |
71 |
78 |
| English as main language/fluent |
82 |
78 |
87 |
85 |
|
| Unknown[23] |
60 |
57 |
67 |
65 |
|
| Total |
80 |
77 |
85 |
83 |
|
| P4 (First Level)
|
English as an additional language |
68 |
63 |
74 |
71 |
| English as main language/fluent |
78 |
72 |
84 |
76 |
|
| Unknown[24] |
64 |
58 |
70 |
62 |
|
| Total |
77 |
71 |
83 |
75 |
|
| P7 (Second Level)
|
English as an additional language |
65 |
59 |
69 |
67 |
| English as main language/fluent |
77 |
70 |
82 |
71 |
|
| Unknown[25] |
60 |
52 |
65 |
55 |
|
| Total |
76 |
69 |
81 |
70 |
Table 7.2: Percentage of S3 pupils achieving Third Level by English as an Additional Language (EAL) Status, 2016/17
| Stage |
EAL status |
Reading |
Writing |
Listening & Talking |
Numeracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
S3
|
English as an additional language |
82 |
80 |
83 |
87 |
| English as main language/fluent |
91 |
89 |
91 |
89 |
|
| Unknown[26] |
78 |
78 |
78 |
75 |
|
| Total |
90 |
89 |
91 |
88 |
Table 7.3: Percentage of S3 pupils achieving Fourth Level by English as an Additional Language (EAL) Status, 2016/17
| Stage |
EAL status |
Reading |
Writing |
Listening & Talking |
Numeracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
S3
|
English as an additional language |
39 |
37 |
39 |
54 |
| English as main language/fluent |
52 |
49 |
52 |
56 |
|
| Unknown[27] |
32 |
30 |
33 |
35 |
|
| Total |
51 |
48 |
51 |
56 |
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