Coronavirus (COVID-19) teacher and lecturer estimates - 2020 results: EQIA
This equality impact assessment (EQIA) considers the results of using teacher and lecturer estimates following the cancellation of the examination diet in Spring 2020, due to COVID-19.
Annex A: Pass rates, publicly funded school candidates by characteristic, 2016 to 2020
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| Characteristics | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Average 2016-2019 | 2020 | Difference 2020 v 2016-19 average (percentage points) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 77.4% | 77.6% | 73.4% | 75.5% | 76.0% | 87.0% | 11.0 |
| Female | 81.7% | 81.7% | 79.4% | 80.1% | 80.7% | 89.9% | 9.2 |
| Additional Support Needs2 | |||||||
| ASN | 72.9% | 73.3% | 68.6% | 70.9% | 71.3% | 84.3% | 13.0 |
| No ASN | 80.9% | 81.2% | 78.6% | 80.0% | 80.2% | 90.0% | 9.8 |
| Declared/Assessed disabled | |||||||
| Not declared/assessed | 79.7% | 79.8% | 76.6% | 78.0% | 78.5% | 88.5% | 10.0 |
| Declared/ assessed | 74.4% | 74.3% | 69.5% | 71.0% | 72.2% | 85.8% | 13.6 |
| SIMD3 | |||||||
| 0-20% (Most Deprived) | 72.7% | 72.6% | 68.9% | 69.6% | 70.9% | 84.8% | 13.9 |
| 20-40% | 75.8% | 75.7% | 71.6% | 73.7% | 74.2% | 86.1% | 11.9 |
| 40-60% | 79.0% | 79.3% | 76.1% | 77.5% | 78.0% | 88.3% | 10.3 |
| 60-80% | 81.8% | 82.0% | 79.0% | 80.6% | 80.9% | 89.8% | 8.9 |
| 80-100% (Least Deprived) | 86.1% | 86.2% | 83.6% | 84.6% | 85.1% | 91.8% | 6.7 |
| Urban Rural | |||||||
| Large Urban Areas | 79.7% | 79.9% | 77.0% | 78.0% | 78.7% | 89.0% | 10.3 |
| Other Urban Areas | 78.7% | 78.9% | 75.7% | 76.8% | 77.5% | 87.6% | 10.1 |
| Accessible Small Towns | 80.1% | 79.9% | 77.2% | 79.2% | 79.1% | 88.6% | 9.5 |
| Remote Small Towns | 78.9% | 79.2% | 73.7% | 76.4% | 77.1% | 88.3% | 11.3 |
| Accessible Rural | 81.0% | 81.0% | 77.4% | 79.2% | 79.7% | 88.9% | 9.2 |
| Remote Rural | 81.1% | 80.6% | 77.8% | 79.6% | 79.8% | 90.3% | 10.5 |
| Ethnicity4 | |||||||
| White - Scottish | 79.4% | 79.5% | 76.1% | 77.6% | 78.2% | 88.4% | 10.2 |
| White - non-Scottish | 80.9% | 80.8% | 77.6% | 78.6% | 79.4% | 88.8% | 9.4 |
| Mixed or multiple ethnic groups | 81.9% | 83.1% | 78.2% | 82.0% | 81.3% | 90.2% | 8.9 |
| Asian - Indian | 84.3% | 82.9% | 84.7% | 83.3% | 83.8% | 91.9% | 8.1 |
| Asian - Pakistani | 78.6% | 78.3% | 77.8% | 79.4% | 78.5% | 87.5% | 9.0 |
| Asian - Chinese | 90.7% | 90.1% | 87.2% | 88.9% | 89.3% | 95.2% | 6.0 |
| Asian - Other | 81.8% | 82.1% | 79.7% | 80.2% | 81.0% | 89.7% | 8.8 |
| African/ Black/ Caribbean | 79.0% | 76.2% | 75.5% | 74.9% | 76.2% | 86.7% | 10.5 |
| All other categories | 78.9% | 77.5% | 80.6% | 75.1% | 78.0% | 87.1% | 9.1 |
| Not Disclosed/Not known | 77.5% | 79.7% | 74.7% | 74.7% | 76.6% | 85.7% | 9.2 |
| English as an Additional Language5 | |||||||
| English as main language | 79.7% | 79.8% | 76.6% | 78.0% | 78.6% | 88.7% | 10.2 |
| English as an Additional Language | 76.6% | 76.5% | 74.9% | 74.5% | 75.6% | 86.8% | 11.2 |
| All candidates | 79.6% | 79.7% | 76.5% | 77.8% | 78.4% | 88.5% | 10.0 |
1. Candidates’ characteristics from the Scottish Government pupil census prior to the release of the exam results. For example the 2020 results use the characteristics from the 2019 pupil census.
2. Includes pupils who are assessed or declared disabled or have a CSP, IEP, Child Plan or ome other type of support. This is consistent with the definition used in Scottish Government statistics on education.
3. Based on SIMD 2012 for 2016 results and SIMD 2016 for 2017 to 2020. More information on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation can be found at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/SIMD.
4. The categories used agree with the categories used in the main population census.
5. Analysis by English as an Additional Language was performed at a later date than the other analysis. As a result the 2020 figures are based on a slightly different dataset. The resulting differences are likely to be very small and should not affect interpretation of the figures.
| Characteristics | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Average 2016-2019 | 2020 | Difference 2020 v 2016-19 average (percentage points) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 73.7% | 73.3% | 72.9% | 70.8% | 72.7% | 86.4% | 13.6 |
| Female | 80.1% | 79.7% | 79.8% | 76.3% | 79.0% | 90.6% | 11.6 |
| Additional Support Needs2 | |||||||
| ASN | 71.5% | 72.1% | 71.3% | 67.9% | 70.5% | 85.5% | 15.0 |
| No ASN | 78.0% | 77.6% | 77.8% | 75.3% | 77.2% | 89.6% | 12.4 |
| Declared/Assessed disabled | |||||||
| Not declared/assessed | 77.3% | 76.9% | 76.8% | 74.0% | 76.2% | 88.8% | 12.5 |
| Declared/ assessed | 73.5% | 72.3% | 72.0% | 68.2% | 71.4% | 86.4% | 15.0 |
| SIMD3 | |||||||
| 0-20% (Most Deprived) | 69.8% | 69.2% | 69.3% | 65.4% | 68.4% | 85.7% | 17.3 |
| 20-40% | 72.9% | 72.3% | 72.1% | 68.5% | 71.5% | 86.7% | 15.2 |
| 40-60% | 76.5% | 75.5% | 75.2% | 73.5% | 75.2% | 88.6% | 13.3 |
| 60-80% | 79.0% | 78.5% | 78.8% | 75.9% | 78.1% | 89.4% | 11.3 |
| 80-100% (Least Deprived) | 82.3% | 82.8% | 82.4% | 79.9% | 81.9% | 91.0% | 9.2 |
| Urban Rural | |||||||
| Large Urban Areas | 77.3% | 77.3% | 77.6% | 74.3% | 76.6% | 88.7% | 12.1 |
| Other Urban Areas | 76.1% | 76.0% | 75.7% | 72.3% | 75.0% | 88.0% | 13.0 |
| Accessible Small Towns | 76.9% | 77.0% | 77.1% | 74.9% | 76.5% | 89.6% | 13.1 |
| Remote Small Towns | 77.5% | 75.6% | 74.6% | 71.9% | 74.9% | 89.3% | 14.4 |
| Accessible Rural | 78.6% | 77.9% | 77.8% | 75.8% | 77.6% | 88.9% | 11.2 |
| Remote Rural | 79.6% | 77.9% | 77.2% | 77.1% | 78.0% | 91.0% | 13.0 |
| Ethnicity4 | |||||||
| White - Scottish | 77.0% | 76.6% | 76.5% | 73.5% | 75.9% | 88.7% | 12.8 |
| White - non-Scottish | 79.0% | 79.0% | 79.0% | 76.5% | 78.3% | 89.8% | 11.5 |
| Mixed or multiple ethnic groups | 79.2% | 78.7% | 80.9% | 76.8% | 78.9% | 89.8% | 10.9 |
| Asian - Indian | 79.0% | 80.7% | 83.7% | 79.7% | 80.8% | 89.9% | 9.1 |
| Asian - Pakistani | 77.3% | 74.8% | 74.2% | 71.9% | 74.4% | 86.2% | 11.8 |
| Asian - Chinese | 84.5% | 85.6% | 85.2% | 86.8% | 85.5% | 92.9% | 7.4 |
| Asian - Other | 75.3% | 75.7% | 77.1% | 73.4% | 75.4% | 87.1% | 11.8 |
| African/ Black/ Caribbean | 75.7% | 75.9% | 72.1% | 70.4% | 73.3% | 85.0% | 11.7 |
| All other categories | 80.2% | 77.5% | 73.7% | 74.2% | 76.1% | 88.1% | 12.0 |
| Not Disclosed/Not known | 74.7% | 77.4% | 74.6% | 76.1% | 75.7% | 87.0% | 11.3 |
| English as an Additional Language5 | |||||||
| English as main language | 77.3% | 77.0% | 76.9% | 74.0% | 76.3% | 89.0% | 12.7 |
| English as an Additional Language | 74.6% | 73.6% | 73.8% | 72.3% | 73.5% | 87.4% | 13.9 |
| All candidates | 77.2% | 76.8% | 76.7% | 73.9% | 76.2% | 88.7% | 12.5 |
1. Candidates’ characteristics from the Scottish Government pupil census prior to the release of the exam results. For example the 2020 results use the characteristics from the 2019 pupil census.
2. Includes pupils who are assessed or declared disabled or have a CSP, IEP, Child Plan or ome other type of support. This is consistent with the definition used in Scottish Government statistics on education.3. Based on SIMD 2012 for 2016 results and SIMD 2016 for 2017 to 2020. More information on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation can be found at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/SIMD.
4. The categories used agree with the categories used in the main population census.
5. Analysis by English as an Additional Language was performed at a later date than the other analysis. As a result the 2020 figures are based on a slightly different dataset. The resulting differences are likely to be very small and should not affect interpretation of the figures.
| Characteristics | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Average 2016-2019 | 2020 | Difference 2020 v 2016-19 average (percentage points) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 76.6% | 74.9% | 74.6% | 75.3% | 75.3% | 90.0% | 14.7 |
| Female | 83.3% | 80.7% | 82.1% | 79.5% | 81.4% | 93.6% | 12.2 |
| Additional Support Needs2 | |||||||
| ASN | 77.4% | 77.4% | 75.5% | 75.5% | 76.3% | 90.6% | 14.4 |
| No ASN | 80.6% | 78.2% | 79.3% | 78.1% | 79.1% | 92.4% | 13.3 |
| Declared/Assessed disabled | |||||||
| Not declared/ assessed disabled | 80.2% | 78.1% | 78.8% | 77.7% | 78.7% | 92.1% | 13.4 |
| Declared or assessed disabled | 87.5% | 81.3% | 77.0% | 72.4% | 79.4% | 91.2% | 11.8 |
| SIMD3 | |||||||
| 0-20% (Most Deprived) | 76.0% | 72.8% | 73.0% | 70.4% | 73.0% | 91.2% | 18.2 |
| 20-40% | 76.7% | 75.0% | 73.6% | 73.3% | 74.6% | 89.8% | 15.1 |
| 40-60% | 78.4% | 77.3% | 77.9% | 76.8% | 77.6% | 92.0% | 14.4 |
| 60-80% | 81.2% | 78.4% | 78.9% | 79.1% | 79.4% | 92.3% | 12.9 |
| 80-100% (Least Deprived) | 82.7% | 80.9% | 82.4% | 80.5% | 81.6% | 92.9% | 11.3 |
| Urban Rural | |||||||
| Large Urban Areas | 81.7% | 80.0% | 80.3% | 80.1% | 80.5% | 92.1% | 11.6 |
| Other Urban Areas | 78.2% | 75.4% | 76.7% | 74.1% | 76.1% | 91.9% | 15.9 |
| Accessible Small Towns | 81.3% | 77.9% | 77.6% | 77.2% | 78.5% | 92.2% | 13.8 |
| Remote Small Towns | 81.0% | 75.7% | 75.9% | 78.5% | 77.6% | 91.8% | 14.2 |
| Accessible Rural | 80.5% | 79.7% | 80.6% | 79.6% | 80.1% | 91.8% | 11.7 |
| Remote Rural | 81.0% | 82.2% | 81.8% | 80.5% | 81.4% | 92.8% | 11.4 |
| Ethnicity4 | |||||||
| White - Scottish | 80.2% | 77.7% | 78.5% | 76.9% | 78.3% | 92.4% | 14.1 |
| White - non-Scottish | 81.2% | 81.3% | 80.6% | 80.6% | 80.9% | 93.2% | 12.4 |
| Mixed or multiple ethnic groups | 86.0% | 77.0% | 86.5% | 83.1% | 83.3% | 89.1% | 5.7 |
| Asian - Indian | 81.4% | 78.8% | 82.3% | 87.1% | 82.5% | 91.6% | 9.1 |
| Asian - Pakistani | 74.3% | 81.9% | 76.1% | 76.2% | 77.1% | 84.1% | 7.0 |
| Asian - Chinese | 84.1% | 83.6% | 79.2% | 81.6% | 81.9% | 93.6% | 11.7 |
| Asian - Other | 75.3% | 83.4% | 72.9% | 77.9% | 77.2% | 87.4% | 10.3 |
| African/ Black/ Caribbean | 80.3% | 70.8% | 77.0% | 74.9% | 75.6% | 86.2% | 10.6 |
| All other categories | 75.0% | 76.4% | 76.3% | 82.2% | 77.4% | 87.7% | 10.2 |
| Not Disclosed/Not known | 82.1% | 81.1% | 83.1% | 82.1% | 82.1% | 93.5% | 11.4 |
| English as an Additional Language5 | |||||||
| English as main language | 80.4% | 78.1% | 79.0% | 77.6% | 78.8% | 92.3% | 13.4 |
| English as an Additional Language | 75.3% | 78.1% | 72.2% | 78.2% | 76.0% | 88.1% | 12.1 |
| All candidates | 80.3% | 78.1% | 78.7% | 77.7% | 78.7% | 92.1% | 13.4 |
1. Candidates’ characteristics from the Scottish Government pupil census prior to the release of the exam results. For example the 2020 results use the characteristics from the 2019 pupil census.
2. Includes pupils who are assessed or declared disabled or have a CSP, IEP, Child Plan or some other type of support. This is consistent with the definition used in Scottish Government statistics on education.
3. Based on SIMD 2012 for 2016 results and SIMD 2016 for 2017 to 2020. More information on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation can be found at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/SIMD.
4. The categories used agree with the categories used in the main population census.
5. Analysis by English as an Additional Language was performed at a later date than the other analysis. As a result the 2020 figures are based on a slightly different dataset. The resulting differences are likely to be very small and should not affect interpretation of the figures.
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