Scottish Exchange of Data: achievement of Curriculum for Excellence levels

Survey Background

English Medium Education - Primary and Secondary

Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence will be recorded and collected at individual pupil level, for all pupils in the stages of P1, P4, P7, and S3, who are based on the roll of the school, and for all pupils based in standalone school/units.

Each of the following will be collected:

• Numeracy
• Literacy - Reading (English)
• Literacy - Writing (English)
• Literacy - Listening and Talking (English)

Gaelic Medium Education - Primary

The data collected will differ depending on the stage of the child. Numeracy for Primary 1 pupils being taught in Gaelic Medium will not be collected. Therefore only the following will be collected:

• Literacy - Reading (Gàidhlig)
• Literacy - Writing (Gàidhlig)
• Literacy - Listening and Talking (Gàidhlig)

For Primary 4 pupils being taught in Gaelic Medium the following data will be collected:

• Literacy - Reading (Gàidhlig)
• Literacy - Writing (Gàidhlig)
• Literacy - Listening and Talking (Gàidhlig)
• Numeracy

For Primary 7 pupils being taught in Gaelic Medium, both English and Gaelic data regarding literacy and numeracy will be collected:

• Literacy - Reading (Gàidhlig)
• Literacy - Writing (Gàidhlig)
• Literacy - Listening and Talking (Gàidhlig)
• Numeracy
• Literacy - Reading (English)
• Literacy - Writing (English)
• Literacy - Listening and Talking (English)

Gaelic Medium Education - Secondary (S3)

The data collected for secondary pupils being taught in Gaelic Medium is the same as that for pupils in Primary 7 being taught Gaelic Medium:

• Literacy - Reading (Gàidhlig)
• Literacy - Writing (Gàidhlig)
• Literacy - Listening and Talking (Gàidhlig)
• Numeracy
• Literacy - Reading (English)
• Literacy - Writing (English)
• Literacy - Listening and Talking (English)

Guidance notes can be found in Section 5 of the Data Specification and Guidance notes (see link below).

All Local Authority primary, secondary and special schools, together with all grant-aided schools are included. 

Data reported will be the most recent CfE level achieved (including up to 4th level)

Key Information

Nature of Exchange	Local Authority to Scottish Government
Level	Individual Children
Coverage	Census Date is Monday 10 June 2024
Submission to Scottish Government	By 30 August 2024
Method of data submission	ProcXed

Survey Documentation

Click on the links below to download the Collection Guidance and the XML template for uploading data to ProcXed.

To download the template please right click, select "Save link as...", and save the file as a XML Document (*.xml). Open Excel and open the file via File> Open> select your template file. Data can be entered on this file.

If you have any queries please contact ScotXed@gov.scot

Data to be submitted via ProcXed. A user guide for ProcXed and a link to the login page can be found here.

Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence levels 2023-24 data specification and guidance notes

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Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence levels 2023-24 XML template

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