Publication - Impact assessment
Coronavirus (COVID-19) - replacement of National Qualifications exams in 2021 session: equalities impact and Fairer Scotland Duty assessment
Equality impact assessment to consider the impacts on groups with protected characteristics and/or those experiencing socio-economic disadvantage of replacing the examination diet for National 5, Highers and Advanced Highers in 2020 to 2021 with an alternative certification model.
Annex A - Attendance Evidence for EQIA
| 17/8 | 24/8 | 31/8 | 7/9 | 14/9 | 21/9 | 28/9 | 5/10 | 12/10 | 19/10 | 26/10 | 2/11 | 9/11 | 16/11 | 23/11 | 30/11 | 7/12 | 14/12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Secondary | 95% | 90.4% | 84.1% | 87.6% | 90.6% | 90.9% | 90.9% | 89.3% | 89% | 88.4% | 90.3% | 87.9% | 86.9% | 85.9% | 86.7% | 87.1% | 86.8% | 84.1% |
| S4 | 94% | 89.3% | 82.8% | 85.4% | 88.5% | 89.1% | 89% | 88.1% | 86.7% | 86% | 88.9% | 85.8% | 84.7% | 84.2% | 85.5% | 85.6% | 85.8% | 83.3% |
| S5 | 94.3% | 90/7% | 85.5% | 87.1% | 90.3% | 90.5% | 90.6% | 89.3% | 87.6% | 87.7% | 89.2% | 86.6% | 85.8% | 85% | 86.7% | 87.5% | 86.8% | 84.5% |
| S6 | 94.2% | 92% | 87.7% | 89.1% | 91.2% | 91.5% | 91.5% | 90.7% | 89.3% | 88.8% | 90.2% | 87.7% | 88.1% | 87.5% | 88.3% | 88.1% | 88.2% | 85.7% |
Main takeaways:
- This included “all reason” absences
- S4 consistently lower attendance rate than school average and S5/6
- S5 and S6 almost always lower attendance rate until mid-November (what happened? Increased mitigations in class (masks))
| 17/8 | 24/8 | 31/8 | 7/9 | 14/9 | 21/9 | 28/9 | 5/10 | 12/10 | 19/10 | 26/10 | 2/11 | 9/11 | 16/11 | 23/11 | 30/11 | 7/12 | 14/12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Secondary | 0.8% | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 3.4% | 2.9% | 3.9% | 5% | 5.6% | 5% | 4.1% | 4.4% | 5.7% |
| S4 | 0.9% | 2% | 2.5% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 2.9% | 3.6% | 4.1% | 2.9% | 4.3% | 5.7% | 5.8% | 4.9% | 4.2% | 4.1% | 5% |
| S5 | 0.8% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 2.6% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 4.7% | 6% | 6.3% | 4.9% | 3.4% | 4% | 5.1% |
| S6 | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 2.4% | 4.6% | 3.9% | 3.5% | 4.8% | 4.6% | 5.0% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 4.9% |
Main takeaways:
- S4 greater Covid-related absence rate than school average and S5/6
- S5 and S6 almost always greater Covid-related absence rate until mid-November (what happened? Increased mitigations in class (masks))
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