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A Curriculum for Excellence Levels (ACEL)
Attainment 2023/24: High Level Messages
10 December 2024
Appendix 2

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ACEL 2023/24
ACEL achievement for Scotland and West Dunbartonshire data in 2023/24.
Stage/Level Reading Writing Listening &
Talking Literacy Numeracy
SC LA SC LA SC LA SC LA SC LA
P1, P4 and P7 combined 80 80 76 75 87 86 74 72 80 79
P1 - Early Level 81 81 79 79 87 85 77 76 85 85
P4 - First Level 79 78 74 73 87 86 71 70 78 77
P7 - Second Level 81 80 76 75 88 86 74 71 78 77
S3 - Third Level + 90 93 90 92 91 94 88 92 90 85
S3 - Fourth Level 63 67 61 64 64 71 58 61 65 58
Red Decrease of >= 2 % Amber Change of 0 to -1 % Green Any % increase
2023/24 Attainment compared to Scotland 2023/24
 WDC values for primary pupils (P1, P4, P7 combined) are the same as or 1 % below
the 2023/24 national figures for reading, writing, listening and talking and numeracy.
 WDC primary data is more positive for P1 and P4, where WDC attainment is the same
as or 1 % below national attainment.
 WDC attainment for S3 – Third Level and above and S3 – Fourth level are above the
2023/24 national figures for literacy components, but below for numeracy.

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WDC ACEL Primary Attainment in 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24
NATIONAL
Stage/Level
P1
Early Level
P4
First Level
P7
Second Level
P1, P4, P7
combined
Year 21/
22
22/
23
23/
24*
21/
22
22/
23
23/
24*
21/
22
22/
23
23/
24*
21/
22
22/
23
23/
24*
Literacy 73 76 76 69 72 70 72 72 71 71 73 72
Listening &
Talking 85 87 85 84 87 86 85 86 86 84 86 86
Reading 81 83 81 77 80 78 80 79 80 79 80 80
Writing 76 79 79 73 74 73 75 76 75 74 76 75
Numeracy 83 85 85 75 78 77 77 78 77 78 80 79
WDC ACEL Secondary Attainment in 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24
NATIONAL
Stage/Level
S3
Third Level
S3
Fourth Level
Year 21/22 22/23 23/24* 21/22 22/23 23/24*
Literacy 82 87 92 44 55 61
Listening & Talking 89 90 94 61 70 71
Reading 87 88 93 55 61 67
Writing 85 87 92 49 58 64
Numeracy 88 88 85 50 58 58
2023/24 WDC Attainment compared to WDC Attainment in 2021/22 and 2022/23
 Percentage of primary pupils (P1, P4, P7 combined) achieving appropriate level remained
stable for reading, writing and numeracy in 2023/24 compared to 2022/23.
 ACEL achievement has increased for P7 in reading or remained stable across P4 and P7,
however, achievement for P1 in listening and talking and reading decreased by 2 %.
 Percentage of secondary pupils achieving Third Level+ and above increased for literacy by 5
% in 2023/24 compared to 2022/23, while numeracy achievement decreased by 3 %.
 Percentage of secondary pupils achieving Fourth Level increased for literacy by 6 % in
2023/24 compared to 2022/23, but remained the same for numeracy.

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Attainment of the most deprived primary pupils from 2022/23 to 2023/24
 For WDC, the percentage of 2023/24 Quintile 1 primary pupils (P1, P4, P7 combined)
achieving the level has remained stable for the most deprived pupils, with no change
for literacy (68 %) or a slight decrease of 1 % for numeracy (75 %).
 For Scotland, the percentage of 2023/24 primary pupils (P1, P4, P7 combined)
achieving the level has remained stable for the most deprived pupils for literacy (64 %)
and numeracy (72 %).
 Achievement in WDC is greater than Scotland for our most deprived primary pupils in
literacy and numeracy, except for P4 numeracy where achievement is the same as
Scotland.
Attainment of the most deprived secondary pupils from 2022/23 to 2023/24
 For WDC, the percentage of 2023/24 Quintile 1 secondary pupils (Third Level+)
achieving the level has increased for the most deprived pupils by 10 % for literacy (92
%) and has remained stable for numeracy (82 %).
 For Scotland, the percentage of 2023/24 secondary pupils (Third Level+) achieving the
level has increased for the most deprived pupils by 1 % for literacy (82 %) and
numeracy (84 %).
 Achievement in WDC is greater than Scotland for our most deprived secondary pupils
in literacy but less than Scotland for numeracy.
ACEL achievement attainment gaps for West Dunbartonshire in primary in 2023/24
compared to 2022/23 between Quintile 1 and least deprived pupils in Quintile 5.
WDC - Gap over time
Quintile 1 - Quintile 5
Literacy
(% difference)
Numeracy
(% difference)
Stage/Level 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24* 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24*
P1, P4 and P7 combined 18.8 11.5 12.9 17.6 13.9 12.3
Change in attainment gap from 2021/22 and 2022/23 to 2023/24
 Attainment gap data has been published for primary pupils (P1, P4 and P7 combined)
which shows for WDC that the gap in literacy had decreased from 18.8pp to 11.5pp,
but increased slightly to 12.9pp in 2023/24, and the gap in numeracy has continued to
decrease from 17.6pp to 13.9pp to 12.3pp in 2023/24.
 The decrease in attainment gap for WDC is greater than the decrease in gap nationally
as for primary pupils the gap in literacy continued to decrease from 21.3pp to 20.5pp to
20.2pp in 2023/24, while the gap in numeracy decreased from 17.8pp to 17.0pp but
increased to 17.4pp in 2023/24.