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

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

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Chapter 6: Achievement of CfE levels by Additional Support Needs (ASN) status

  • A lower percentage of pupils with a recorded Additional Support Need achieved the expected CfE level compared to pupils with no ASN (where ASN status known).
  • The disparity in performance increased throughout the primary stages, but was lowest overall in S3.
  • The difference in performance was lowest in listening and talking for all stages, apart from P1 where the smallest gap was in numeracy.

The percentage of pupils achieving expected levels was higher for pupils recorded as not having an Additional Support Need (ASN), compared to pupils with a known ASN, across all stages and organisers.

The difference in performance was lowest in numeracy at P1 (20 percentage points) and listening and talking for all other stages.

At P4 and P7, the greatest difference in performance was in writing, with gaps of 34 and 38 percentage points, respectively.

For S3 (Third Level or better), the highest percentage point difference was in numeracy, with 94 per cent of pupils with no ASN achieving the expected level, compared to 74 per cent of pupils with a recorded ASN.

Table 6.1: Percentage of primary pupils achieving expected CfE levels by Additional Support Needs (ASN) Status, 2016/17

Stage

ASN status

Reading

Writing

Listening & Talking

Numeracy

P1

(Early Level)

Additional support needs

60

55

63

66

No additional support needs

84

81

89

86

Unknown[18]

60

57

67

65

Total

80

77

85

83

P4

(First Level)

Additional support needs

53

46

63

53

No additional support needs

85

80

90

82

Unknown[19]

64

58

70

62

Total

77

71

83

75

P7

(Second Level)

Additional support needs

51

42

60

46

No additional support needs

86

80

90

80

Unknown[20]

60

52

65

55

Total

76

69

81

70

Table 6.2: Percentage of S3 pupils achieving Third Level or better by Additional Support Needs (ASN) Status, 2016/17

Stage

ASN status

Reading

Writing

Listening & Talking

Numeracy

S3

Additional support needs

77

75

79

74

No additional support needs

95

94

96

94

Unknown[21]

78

78

78

75

Total

90

89

91

88

Table 6.3: Percentage of S3 pupils achieving Fourth Level by Additional Support Needs (ASN) Status, 2016/17

Stage

ASN status

Reading

Writing

Listening & Talking

Numeracy

S3

Additional support needs

29

27

30

33

No additional support needs

60

57

60

65

Unknown[22]

32

30

33

35

Total

51

48

51

56

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