Question reference: S5W-00594
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 8 June 2016
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 June 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what research it (a) has carried out and (b) plans to assess the educational attainment of young (i) BME, (ii) disabled and (iii) LGBTI people.
Answer
The Scottish Government has not carried out any specific research on the educational attainment of these children and young people and has no plans to do so. We do however have attainment data for young people taking Sottish Qualifications Authority examinations broken down by ethnicity and disability http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/06/2579/4#table6.
The teacher professional judgement information we will collect under the National Improvement Framework for Scottish Education will provide similarly detailed data covering the full stretch of school years. The information we collect will show the progress children are making towards achieving curriculum for excellence levels in numeracy and literacy. It is not appropriate to ask a child or young person to disclose their sexuality – we do not therefore collect any data on LGBTI young people.