Question reference: S5W-36003
- Asked by: Tom Mason, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 11 March 2021 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 18 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of pupils meet the national satisfactory standards in (a) reading, (b) writing, (c) listening and talking and (d) numeracy, also broken down by the percentage in the (i) Aberdeen City. (ii) Aberdeenshire. (iii) best performing and (iv) worst performing council area.
Answer
The Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence Levels publication provides information on the number of publicly funded school children in Primary 1, Primary 4, Primary 7 and Secondary 3 who have achieved the expected Curriculum for Excellence level in the literacy organisers (reading, writing and listening and talking) and numeracy.
The latest data, for 2018/19, can be found here: Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) Levels 2018-19 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) with local authority level data, including for Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire, available for each stage and organiser in tables 10.1 to 10.5 (see 'Supporting files'). When making comparisons between local authorities we recommend keeping in mind the context of the authorities and their approach to assessment.