Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-20894

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 29 August 2023
Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 September 2023

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many P1 children have taken (a) one part and (b) both parts of the National Standardised Assessments for Scotland since 20 September 2018, broken down by (i) school year and (ii) local authority area.

Answer

The following table provides an overview of P1 learners who have undertaken (a) one or (b) both parts of the Scottish National Standardised Assessments since 20 September 2018, broken down by (i) school year and (ii) local authority.

The row "n/a" denotes publicly-funded schools outwith local authority control.

Table 1 - Number of P1 Children undertaking SNSA since 20 September 2018 - by year and local authority

Year	2018-19		2019-20		2020-21		2021-22		2022-23*
Local Authority	one of	both	one of	both	one of	both	one of	both	one of	both
Aberdeen City	13	1940	301	457	301	1941	19	2034	7	2033
Aberdeenshire	28	2821	27	71	27	2563	42	2709	0	2852
Angus	10	1205	**	**	**	863	16	908	**	1116
Argyll and Bute	5	752	28	49	28	585	8	597	**	646
Clackmannanshire	10	499	46	445	46	555	**	484	4	515
Dumfries and Galloway	7	1321	12	113	12	1252	11	1284	3	1350
Dundee City	5	1389	61	360	61	1216	27	1339	16	1373
East Ayrshire	38	1223	61	59	61	818	9	937	9	1065
East Dunbartonshire		1251	154	403	154	704	7	1154	14	1193
East Lothian	18	1146	23	64	23	977	37	1049	43	979
East Renfrewshire	**	1233				1174	6	1149	**	1246
Edinburgh	45	4340	240	258	240	3790	42	4026	24	3806
Eileanan Siar	**	128		13		97		127	**	95
Falkirk	14	1647				1536	12	1488	**	1576
Fife	16	1855					**	13	14	65
Glasgow City	566	3948	190	235	190	3263	330	3682	171	3856
Highland	35	2077	42	394	42	1926	44	1919	7	1996
Inverclyde	**	698	92	185	92	604	8	702	**	662
Midlothian	14	1090	91	221	91	1112	12	1170	**	1141
Moray	**	942				903	15	895	0	861
North Ayrshire	31	1279	7	37	7	1071	12	1104	**	1119
North Lanarkshire	50	3545	82	193	82	3563	60	3376	25	3525
Orkney Islands	**	220	**	102	**	216	**	190	0	188
Perth and Kinross	21	1357	**	21	**	1267	33	1344	**	1339
Renfrewshire	14	1797		77		1742	12	1775	5	1816
Scottish Borders	**	1081	17	123	17	917	13	922	30	956
Shetland Islands		229	**	29	**	102	**	186	6	151
South Ayrshire	5	1002	60	93	60	1031	5	1015	**	983
South Lanarkshire	45	3282	35	24	35	2758	123	2947	28	3107
Stirling	10	851	103	299	103	820	6	863	**	836
West Dunbartonshire	12	897	91	67	91	864	14	836	**	839
West Lothian	13	2160				2020	85	840	6	1960
n/a		66				65		64	0	66

*Please note figures for 2022-23 are subject to minor changes, pending the completion of the annual assessment closure process, which is currently ongoing.

** Please note that figures less than five have been suppressed to prevent the potential identification of individuals.

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