Attainment Scotland Fund Evaluation: School Survey Report, 2025
The Report presents the findings from a school survey in relation to the Attainment Scotland Fund undertaken in spring 2025. The survey explored the views of a range of school-based staff on approaches, perceptions of impact of the Fund on the poverty-related attainment gap, and sustainability.
Footnotes
1 Scottish Indices of Multiple Deprivation.
2 75%+ pupils in SIMD quintiles 1 and 2.
3 <25% pupils in SIMD quintiles 1 and 2.
4 72% among the second least deprived (25-49% quintiles 1 and 2), 71% among the second most deprived (50-74%) and 70% among the most deprived areas (75%+).
5 25-49% pupils in SIMD quintile 1 and 2.
6 50-74% pupils in SIMD quintile 1 and 2.
7 Scottish Indices of Multiple Deprivation.
8 Classification data was unavailable from 4 schools, 1 of which was in the survey sample.
9 Information on margins of error and significance testing is included in Appendix 2.
10 The number of special schools in the sample was too small to allow for meaningful analysis.
11 This includes: Learning support, Guidance/Pastoral support, Pupil Support Worker/Assistant, Family Support Worker/Assistant and ‘other’ roles.
12 These groupings were used to provide a broad spread across the sample while ensuring sufficient sub-group base sizes for analysis.
13 Learning support, Guidance/Pastoral support, Pupil Support Worker/Assistant, Family Support Worker/Assistant and ‘other’ roles
14 75%+ pupils in SIMD quintiles 1 and 2.
15 <25% pupils in SIMD quintiles 1 and 2.
16 25-49% and 50-74% pupils in SIMD quintiles 1 and 2.
17 25-49% pupils in SIMD quintiles 1 and 2.
18 50-74% pupils in SIMD quintiles 1 and 2.
19 Please note that some response options were shown only to the relevant school type. Percentages in this table for P1-P4/P5-P7 represent the proportion of respondents from primary schools giving this answer; and for S1-S3/S4-S6 the proportion of respondents from secondary schools giving this answer.
20 72% among the second least deprived (25-49% quintiles 1 and 2), 71% among the second most deprived (50-74%) and 70% among the most deprived areas (75%+).
21 57% agreed in areas with <25% pupils in SIMD quintiles 1 and 2 and 62% with 25-49%, v 77% with 50-74% and 75% with 75%+.
22 25-49% pupils in SIMD quintiles 1 and 2.
23 50-74% pupils in SIMD quintiles 1 and 2.
24 25-49% pupils in SIMD quintile 1 and 2.
25 50-74% pupils in SIMD quintile 1 and 2.
26 25-49% pupils in SIMD quintile 1 and 2.
27 50-74% pupils in SIMD quintile 1 and 2.
Contact
Email: Joanna.Shedden@gov.scot