Item 08 Appendix 2
West Dunbartonshire Council · 18 March 2026
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1 A Curriculum for Excellence Levels (ACEL) Attainment 2024/25: December 2025 Appendix 2
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2 ACEL 2024/25 Table: ACEL achievement at primary for Scotland and West Dunbartonshire data in 2024/25. Red Decrease of >= 2 % Amber Change of 0 to -1 % Green Any % increase NATIONAL Stage/Level Reading Writing Listening & Talking Literacy Numeracy SC LA SC LA SC LA SC LA SC LA P1, P4 and P7 combined 81 79 77 74 88 86 75 72 80 79 P1 - Early Level 81 79 79 76 87 85 76 73 85 84 P4 - First Level 79 77 74 72 87 85 72 70 78 76 P7 - Second Level 82 81 77 76 88 87 75 73 79 78 2024/25 Attainment compared to Scotland ● WDC values for 2024/25 for primary pupils (P1, P4, P7 combined) are 1–2% below the national figures across all components, and 3% below for writing. ● WDC values for S3 – Third Level+ are the same as or above the 2024/25 national figures for reading, listening and talking and numeracy, but below by 1 % for writing. ● Fourth Level are the same as or above the 2024/25 national figures for literacy components (reading, writing and listening and talking), but below for numeracy by 5 %. WDC Stage/Level Reading Writing Listening & Talking Literacy Numeracy SC LA SC LA SC LA SC LA SC LA S3 - Third Level + 91 91 91 90 92 93 90 89 91 91 S3 - Fourth Level 68 70 66 66 69 72 63 59 68 63
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3 WDC ACEL primary attainment in 22/23, 23/24 and 24/25 Red Decrease of >= 2 % Amber Change of 0 to -1 % Green Any % increase NATIONAL Stage/Level P1 Early Level P4 First Level P7 Second Level P1, P4, P7 combined Year 22/ 23 23/ 24 24/ 25 22/ 23 23/ 24 24/ 25 22/ 23 23/ 24 24/ 25 22/ 23 23/ 24 24/ 25 Literacy 76 76 73 72 70 70 72 71 73 73 72 72 Listening & Talking 87 85 85 87 86 85 86 86 87 86 86 86 Reading 83 81 79 80 78 77 79 80 81 80 80 79 Writing 79 79 76 74 73 72 76 75 76 76 75 74 Numeracy 85 85 84 78 77 76 78 77 78 80 79 79 WDC ACEL primary attainment in 22/23, 23/24 and 24/25 NATIONAL Stage/Level S3 Third Level S3 Fourth Level Year 22/23 23/24 24/25 22/23 23/24 24/25 Literacy 87 92 89 55 61 59 Listening & Talking 90 94 93 70 71 72 Reading 88 93 91 61 67 70 Writing 87 92 90 58 64 66 Numeracy 88 85 91 58 58 63 2024/25 WDC Attainment compared to WDC Attainment in 23/24 ● Percentage of primary pupils (P1, P4, P7 combined) achieving the appropriate level remained stable or decreased slightly (1%) for all organisers in 2024/25 compared to 2023/24. Achievement has increased for P7 in all components. ● Percentage of secondary pupils achieving Third Level+ decreased for literacy by 3 %, while individual components decreased by 1 to 2 % in 2024/25 compared to 2023/24, and numeracy achievement increased by 6 % in 2024/25. ● Percentage of secondary pupils achieving Fourth Level increased for literacy components by 1 to 3 % in 2024/25 compared to 2023/24, while numeracy increased by 5 %.
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4 Attainment of the most deprived primary pupils from 23/24 to 24/25 ● For WDC, the percentage of 2024/25 Quintile 1 primary pupils (P1, P4, P7 combined) achieving the level has increased for these most deprived pupils by 1 % for literacy (69 %) and by 2 % for numeracy (77 %). ● For Scotland, the percentage of 2024/25 primary pupils (P1, P4, P7 combined) achieving the level has increased by 2 % for the most deprived pupils for literacy (66 %) but remained stable for numeracy (72 %). ● Achievement in 2024/25 for WDC is greater than Scotland for our most deprived pupils in literacy and numeracy, except for P4 listening and talking where achievement is the same as Scotland. Attainment of the most deprived secondary pupils from 2023/24 to 24/25 ● For WDC, the percentage of 2024/25 Quintile 1 secondary pupils (Third Level+) achieving the level has decreased for the most deprived pupils by 4 % for literacy (88 %) but has increased for numeracy by 7 % (89 %) ● For Scotland, the percentage of 2024/25 secondary pupils (Third Level+) achieving the level has increased for the most deprived pupils by 2 % for literacy (84 %) and by 1 % for numeracy (85 %). ● Achievement in 2024/25 for WDC is greater than Scotland for our most deprived pupils in literacy and numeracy. ACEL achievement attainment gaps for West Dunbartonshire in primary 2024/25 compared to the previous 3 years between Quintile 1 and least deprived in Quintile 5 ● In WDC, for primary pupils the gap in literacy had decreased from 18.8pp to 7.9pp from 2021/22 to 2024/25 and the gap in numeracy has steadily decreased from 17.6pp to 7.6pp from 2021/22 to 2024/25. ● The decrease in attainment gap for WDC is greater than the decrease in the gap nationally as for primary pupils the gap in literacy continued to decrease from 20.5pp in 2022/23 to 19.4pp in 2024/25, while the gap in numeracy has decreased from 17.4pp in 2023/24 to 16.6pp in 2024/25 Gap over time: Quintile 1 - Quintile 5 Literacy (% difference) Numeracy (% difference) Stage/Level 21/22 22/23 23/24 24/25* 21/22 22/23 23/24 24/25* WDC P1, P4 & P7 comb 18.8 11.5 12.9 7.9 17.6 13.9 12.3 7.6 Scotland P1, P4 & P7 comb 21.3 20.5 20.2 19.4 17.8 17.0 17.4 16.6