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

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

This document is part of a collection


Chapter 10: Achievement of CfE levels by Local Authority

As this information is new and currently 'experimental', comparisons across local authorities should not be made without full knowledge of local authorities' approach to assessment. The magnitude of the variation between authorities has reduced compared to 2015/16, and is summarised below.

At a national level, there has been a notable change in levels of reporting of achievement of Fourth Level in S3 (see section 1.6), this is also observed in the local authority level results.

  • The variation in the percentage of pupils achieving the expected level in reading by local authority:
    • P1 (Early Level): From 70 to 91 per cent (difference of 21 percentage points)
    • P4 (First Level): From 65 to 89 per cent (difference of 24 percentage points)
    • P7 (Second Level): From 64 to 88 per cent (difference of 24 percentage points)
    • S3 (Third Level or better): From 77 to 99 per cent (difference of 21 percentage points).
  • The variation in the percentage of pupils achieving the expected level in reading by local authority:
    • P1 (Early Level): From 65 to 90 per cent (difference of 25 percentage points)
    • P4 (First Level): From 58 to 86 per cent (difference of 28 percentage points)
    • P7 (Second Level): From 49 to 85 per cent (difference of 36 percentage points)
    • S3 (Third Level or better): From 76 to 98 per cent (difference of 22 percentage points).
  • The variation in the percentage of pupils achieving the expected level in reading by local authority:
    • P1 (Early Level): From 76 to 94 per cent (difference of 18 percentage points)
    • P4 (First Level): From 73 to 90 per cent (difference of 17 percentage points)
    • P7 (Second Level): From 68 to 93 per cent (difference of 25 percentage points)
    • S3 (Third Level or better): From 80 to 99 per cent (difference of 19 percentage points).
  • The percentage of pupils achieving the expected level numeracy variation by local authority:
    • P1 (Early Level): From 71 to 94 per cent (difference of 24 percentage points)
    • P4 (First Level): From 60 to 90 per cent (difference of 31 percentage points)
    • P7 (Second Level): From 54 to 86 per cent (difference of 33 percentage points)
    • S3 (Third Level or better): From 64 to 96 per cent (difference of 32 percentage points).

Table 10.1: Percentage of pupils achieving expected CfE levels in reading by stage and local authority, 2016/17

Local Authority

P1

P4

P7

S3

S3

Early
Level

First
Level

Second
Level


Third Level or better

Fourth
Level

Aberdeen City

75

75

72

85

48

Aberdeenshire

79

77

76

89

55

Angus

84

82

84

97

64

Argyll & Bute

84

77

75

91

45

Clackmannanshire

81

65

70

84

36

Dumfries & Galloway

80

76

73

87

46

Dundee City

78

73

73

92

54

East Ayrshire

80

67

64

86

50

East Dunbartonshire

89

85

88

99

81

East Lothian

81

76

75

90

48

East Renfrewshire

91

89

88

95

77

Edinburgh City

83

79

81

88

53

Falkirk

82

74

72

95

63

Fife

76

74

71

86

38

Glasgow City

77

76

76

87

36

Highland

70

71

69

89

48

Inverclyde

85

77

78

90

55

Midlothian

76

76

74

82

29

Moray

75

72

68

89

53

Na h-Eileanan Siar

75

72

69

96

58

North Ayrshire

81

75

76

89

50

North Lanarkshire

77

72

74

94

43

Orkney Islands

77

76

69

91

22

Perth & Kinross

91

87

86

77

35

Renfrewshire

84

80

80

94

57

Scottish Borders

81

81

80

96

69

Shetland Islands

79

85

79

94

55

South Ayrshire

85

83

80

92

58

South Lanarkshire

83

79

78

93

64

Stirling

84

80

80

93

50

West Dunbartonshire

78

76

67

91

49

West Lothian

82

81

80

93

63

Scotland[28]

80

77

76

90

51

Table 10.2: Percentage of pupils achieving expected CfE levels in writing by stage and local authority, 2016/17

Local Authority

P1

P4

P7

S3

S3

Early
Level

First
Level

Second
Level

Third Level or better

Fourth
Level

Aberdeen City

73

70

66

82

46

Aberdeenshire

76

71

66

87

52

Angus

81

77

80

96

64

Argyll & Bute

80

70

67

91

40

Clackmannanshire

77

58

49

82

31

Dumfries & Galloway

77

68

66

86

46

Dundee City

73

66

62

91

52

East Ayrshire

76

62

59

85

47

East Dunbartonshire

86

83

85

98

81

East Lothian

77

70

65

87

44

East Renfrewshire

89

86

85

95

72

Edinburgh City

80

74

74

87

52

Falkirk

79

71

66

95

59

Fife

73

66

62

85

36

Glasgow City

75

70

69

85

34

Highland

68

64

59

88

46

Inverclyde

83

73

69

89

54

Midlothian

71

66

58

78

24

Moray

65

63

59

88

49

Na h-Eileanan Siar

75

65

63

95

51

North Ayrshire

78

69

69

88

49

North Lanarkshire

75

67

68

93

43

Orkney Islands

73

67

61

91

21

Perth & Kinross

90

83

82

76

30

Renfrewshire

82

73

71

93

55

Scottish Borders

76

77

74

95

65

Shetland Islands

78

73

69

93

48

South Ayrshire

82

78

74

91

57

South Lanarkshire

81

74

71

92

60

Stirling

81

73

74

92

44

West Dunbartonshire

69

70

59

91

43

West Lothian

78

79

75

91

56

Scotland[29]

77

71

69

89

48

Table 10.3: Percentage of pupils achieving expected CfE levels in listening and talking by stage and local authority, 2016/17

Local Authority

P1

P4

P7

S3

S3

Early
Level

First
Level

Second
Level

Third Level or better

Fourth
Level

Aberdeen City

82

83

81

86

47

Aberdeenshire

85

83

79

90

54

Angus

88

87

89

97

66

Argyll & Bute

89

82

81

95

44

Clackmannanshire

86

76

75

87

40

Dumfries & Galloway

83

82

80

89

48

Dundee City

87

82

77

92

54

East Ayrshire

85

78

70

88

49

East Dunbartonshire

93

90

93

99

82

East Lothian

89

85

83

91

49

East Renfrewshire

94

90

91

94

77

Edinburgh City

86

84

82

88

54

Falkirk

87

81

81

96

63

Fife

81

78

75

86

36

Glasgow City

83

83

81

89

38

Highland

76

79

76

90

50

Inverclyde

87

88

84

92

56

Midlothian

85

78

74

84

31

Moray

82

73

74

89

49

Na h-Eileanan Siar

76

74

73

94

53

North Ayrshire

88

82

83

88

51

North Lanarkshire

82

79

78

95

44

Orkney Islands

80

79

68

87

26

Perth & Kinross

93

90

87

80

31

Renfrewshire

91

88

86

94

56

Scottish Borders

85

87

85

97

72

Shetland Islands

84

87

83

94

55

South Ayrshire

89

87

86

93

57

South Lanarkshire

87

85

85

93

64

Stirling

88

84

86

94

52

West Dunbartonshire

84

83

75

95

52

West Lothian

86

89

86

93

64

Scotland[30]

85

83

81

91

51

Table 10.4: Percentage of pupils achieving expected CfE levels in numeracy by stage and local authority, 2016/17

Local Authority

P1

P4

P7

S3

S3

Early
Level

First
Level

Second
Level

Third Level or better

Fourth
Level

Aberdeen City

80

74

69

82

51

Aberdeenshire

84

76

68

91

64

Angus

86

80

79

95

61

Argyll & Bute

85

73

72

95

72

Clackmannanshire

79

60

54

64

26

Dumfries & Galloway

82

71

69

86

52

Dundee City

79

70

60

84

44

East Ayrshire

81

63

57

85

48

East Dunbartonshire

90

84

84

96

76

East Lothian

81

71

69

84

55

East Renfrewshire

94

90

86

95

76

Edinburgh City

87

79

76

91

59

Falkirk

84

71

65

93

62

Fife

82

74

66

87

49

Glasgow City

83

75

72

86

46

Highland

72

68

59

86

51

Inverclyde

88

74

74

82

40

Midlothian

76

73

63

89

65

Moray

71

61

58

87

61

Na h-Eileanan Siar

77

65

59

79

44

North Ayrshire

83

75

73

81

55

North Lanarkshire

82

72

68

93

61

Orkney Islands

79

71

63

94

72

Perth & Kinross

92

86

85

75

37

Renfrewshire

88

76

74

93

56

Scottish Borders

81

78

71

90

66

Shetland Islands

81

72

68

83

59

South Ayrshire

92

85

80

90

50

South Lanarkshire

86

75

74

90

56

Stirling

86

78

75

90

59

West Dunbartonshire

81

71

63

84

55

West Lothian

84

81

74

92

61

Scotland[31]

83

75

70

88

56

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