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EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
DELIVERING EXCELLENCE & EQUITY
IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK
& IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2023/24
WEST
DUNBARTONSHIRE
COUNCIL
Appendix 1

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Table of
Contents
Our Vision
Our Achievements:
Positive Trends
Supporting Our
Communities to
Thrive
West Dunbartonshire
Context
Supporting our Young
People to thrive as
Global Citizens
Strategy for Excellence
and Equity in Context
Working as a
Collaborative System
03
07
04
08
05
09
06
10
Expectations - The
National Improvement
Framework
Delivering the
Outcomes : Principles
& Practice
Plan for Excellence &
Equity
12
13
14
Outcomes for
Excellence & Equity
Resources for
Excellence & Equity
15
Monitoring & Capacity
Building -
The Improvement
Framework
16 Implementing Service-
Level Improvement
17
How we will measure
success19
Early Level Baseline21
22 Stretch Aims
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Our Achievements:
What our Young
Poeple Said...
24 The Quality Indicator
Evaluations

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Our Vision
ANNUAL REPORT 2022/23
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Introduction
As a service we have maintained a strong record of progress to
raise attainment and narrow the poverty-related attainment gap.
We set a high expection that all children and young people are
entitled to  succeed and thrive.
We are an empowered service committed to collaboration and
collective efficacy. 
We regularly enage in review and development challenging our
system of delivery to evolve and improve. 
This report and plan is the next phase of our strategic drive for
excellence and equity. It is centred around meeting  the needs of
our children, young people and families. It aims to deliver a  high
quality and fit for purpose educational provision in all
establishments.

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Education in West
Dunbartonshire
is delivered across:
5 Secondary Schools
34 Primary Schools
7 Specialist settings &
29 ELC settings
ANNUAL REPORT 2022/23
West Dunbartonshire Context
04
462 young people were
Looked After in West
Dunbartonshire in
session 22/23
There are 12,221 children and
young people in Education in West
Dunbartonshire:
5,541 Secondary pupils
6,423Primary pupils, 257 Special
School pupils & 1077 LA
ELC pupils
233 children and young
people are identified as
members of Armed Forced
families in West
Dunbartonshire
4.1% of children and
young people in West
Dunbartonshire schools
speak English as
an Additional Language
The West Dunbartonshire virtual
space, www.ourcloud.buzz is our
learning platform for
communication, collaboration and
digital connection across all our
educational establishments.
Attendance in West
Dunbartonshire
schools was above 88%
in session 22/23
Our smallest primary
school has 37 pupils and
the largest has 354
pupils. Our
smallest secondary
school has 698 pupils
and the largest has 1,556
pupils.
43 % of  learners have
additional support needs.
44 % of learners live in SIMD
deciles 1 or 2, while 81 % live in
deciles 1 to 5.
28 % of our pupils are
registered for free school
meals.
4 % of our pupils are
recognised as EAL

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ANNUAL REPORT 2022/23
Supporting Our Communities to Thrive
At the core of what we do as a
Council is ‘Supporting Our
Communities to Thrive.’
West Dunbartonshire Council
has adopted strategic
priorities focused on improving
the lives of the people of West
Dunbartonshire.
Closing the attainment gap
for our children and young
people experiencing poverty
and disadvantage remains a 
challenge. At the forefront of
our work is the support of the
wellbeing and mental health 
of our children, young people
and families.
Strategy for Excellence and Equity in Context:

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ANNUAL REPORT 2022/23
Supporting Our Young People to Thrive as
Global Citizens
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The children and young
people of West
Dunbartonshire are citizens of
global community who have
the opportunity to engage
with real-world issues that
align with the United Nations’
Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs).
The SDGs provide a global
framework for addressing
challenges such as poverty.
Inequality, climate change
and more. We have developed
the six West Dunbartonshire
Competencies matched to
the Global Competencies and
aligned them with the SDGs.
Our aspiration is for all
children and young people to
achieve and attain these
competencies on their
learning pathway in the Broad
General Education and Senior
Phase, contributing to both
Equity and Excellence in
education.
Strategy for Excellence and Equity in Context:

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West Dunbartonshire Council Outcomes:
Our communities are resilient and thriving
Our environment promotes a greener
future
Our economy is strong and flourishing
Our council is inclusive and adaptable
Placing the human rights and needs of every child and young
person at the centre of education
Improvement in children and young people's health and wellbeing
Closing the attainment gap between the most and least
disadvantaged children and young people
Improvement in skills and sustained, positive school leaver
destinations for all young people
Improvement in attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy
Educational Services Delivery Plan Priorities:
Strategy for Excellence and Equity in Context
IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK & PLAN 2023/24
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WDC Community Planning Partnership Priorities:
Empowerment    Sustainability     Wellbeing

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Ensuring Equity for All:
As we are committed to ensuring our children, young people and
communities thrive we must remove poverty related barriers to
development by ensuring all children and young people have an
equitable opportunity to develop:
      
Ensure wellbeing, equality and inclusion
Raise attainment & achievement
Narrow the Poverty Related Attainment Gap
Increase creativity and employability
Outcomes for Excellence and Equity:
Successful Learners
Responsible Citizens
 Effective Contributors
Confident Individuals
IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK & PLAN 2023/24
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  Physically
Socially
Linguistically
Cognitively
We aspire for all children and young people to attain
and achieve in learning, life and work.
To achieve these outcomes we deliver a curriculum which aspires for
all children and young people to be developed as:

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ANNUAL REPORT  2022/23
Our Achievements:
Working as a Collaborative System
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Build positive relationships across the
learning community
Work closely with relevant partners
Include learner participation in the design of
the health and well being curriculum
Joint professional leaning opportunities
Be a self improving education system
Our integrated and collaborative working reflects
the ‘Connections for Equity’ recommended in the
National Equity Toolkit:
Next Steps 2023-2026:
Strengthen our approach by harnessing our collective efforts at learner,
practitioner, leader and system level.  Prioritising:
Leadership and learning principles
Steamlined Initiatives and Interventions
Clear and consistent communication
Optimised resources management and allocation
Strong empowered educational leadership has delivered high quality
standards of learning, attainment and achievement in West Dunbartonshire.
We are a collaborative and connected service, with strong teamwork achieved
across the central team, schools and Early Learning and Childcare Centres.
To deliver Excellence and Equity integrated working between education,
health, social work and community learning is central to ensuring our children
are provided with a connected approach enabling them to have equitable
opportunity, access and outcomes.

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6%
In 2022/2023, the percentage of S3 secondary pupils achieving Curriculum
for Excellence Levels in reading, writing, and numeracy either increased or
remained stable compared to 2021/2022.
Secondary Schools
6%
4%
West Dunbartonshire has increased the number of young people
moving into a positive destination in 2021/22, moving from 32nd to 20th
place among 32 local authorities, with a 5.4% increase (89.7% > 95.1%).
In 2022/2023, our Early Learning and
Childcare Centres achieved the highest
numeracy benchmark scores compared
to data since 2017
Baseline
Attainment in primary schools improved at all stages
and organisers (reading, writing and numeracy) in
session 2022/2023. (exception P7 reading)
In the 2022/2023 session, the attainment gap narrowed
between Quintile 1 (most deprived) and Quintile 4 (least
deprived) children
ANNUAL REPORT 2022/23
Our Achievements: Positive Trends
Attainment in
literacy is high
compared to
previous years (2017
to 2021).
In the 2022/2023 academic year, primary school
attainment increased by 4% in reading, 6% in
writing, and 6% in numeracy compared to 2017
In 2022/2023, the attainment gap narrowed for literacy between
Quintile 1 (most deprived) and Quintile 4 (least deprived) children
Primary Schools
10

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Inclusion, Wellbeing
and Equity
Creativity and
Employability
Attainment, Achievement and
Narrowing the gap
Children informed about
their progress 
School is helping
them to become more
confident
Have opportunities to discuss
their achievements
Having someone in school to
speak to if they upset or
worried
Children are treated fairly and
with respect
Children's views
are listened to
Opportunities to take part in
activities beyond the
classroom
Themes that have emerged from consulting our young people are:
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ANNUAL REPORT 2022/23
Our Achievements: What our Young People Said...
Young people feel confident
expressing their opinions
more empolyabilitiy
opportunities
Next Steps: Areas identified for further consideration include:
Very positive
relationships
across the school
community
Improvements to
homework helping
children to
understand and
improve their work in
school
more on mental
health Continue to
develop pupil
voice
Further develop
nurturing
approaches

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NIF DRIVERS WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE OUTCOMES TO DELIVER THE KEY AREAS
Performance
Information
Teacher and practitioner
professionalism
Curriculum and Assessment
School, & ELC Leadership
School and ELC
improvement
Parental/ Carer Involvement
and engagement
Learners : increased engagement, progress,
achievement
Practitioners : adaptive experts who teach based on a
clear understanding of what works best for raising
learner achievement
Practitioners: delivering broad ranging, personalised
curriculum ensuring all children and young people
develop skills for learning, life and work
Leaders : enhanced visibility into school performance
and decision making based on evidence
System: integrated working to develop the talent of
our diverse young people
IMPROVEMENT  PLAN 2023 - 2026
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Expectations  - The National Improvement Framework
Outcomes for  our Learners, Practitioners, Leaders, System
The National Improvement Framework for Scottish education is designed to help
deliver the twin aims of excellence and equity aspiring for all children and young
people to develop a broad range of skills and capacities, whilst supporting them
to thrive, regardless of their social circumstances or additional needs. The drivers
are all equally important. The links and connections across these key areas are
essential to enabling continuous improvement.
We have made connections across these key areas, setting clear outcomes  for our
learners, practitioners, leaders and system.

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IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2023 - 2026
Delivering the Outcomes : Principles & Practice
Learner
Level
 
Word Aware
Play
Phonics
SEAL
Independent & Collaborative
Learning Skills
Digital Learning / Remote
Learning
Knowledge about
Sustainability
One to One Tuition
Out of Hours Provision
Holiday Programmes
Outdoor Learning
Practitioner
Level
Metacognition & Self
Regulation
Mastery
Play Based Learning
Reciprocal Teaching
Project Based Learning
SEAL
CGI
Concrete Abstract Pictorial
6 WDC’s
Trauma Informed Practice
Circles
Nurture Principles
Incredible Year
Classroom Management
Growth Mindset
Formative Assessment
Deep Learning
Forest Schools
Remote Learning
Leader
Level
Capacity Building
Scrutiny
Collaborative Action Research
Insight to Impact
Improving Our School
Improving Our Classrrooms
Improving Our Department
Coaching & Mentoring
Columba 1400
School Improvement Partnerships
Remote Learning
Deep Learning
Area of Focussed Attention
Data for Improvement
Pupil Equity Fund
System
Level
Early Intervention
Interventions for Equity
Partnership across Services
21st C Environments for Learning
Improvement Framework
Assessment Framework
Circles Framework
DigItal Inclusion

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The Scottish Attainment Challenge
West Dunbartonshire has benefitted from  Attainment Scotland
Funding since 2015.  This funding is underpinned by a set of key
principles.  By closely adhering to these principles, we have
delivered a positive record of progress and built capacity for
sustained change. 
IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2023 - 2026
Resources for Excellence & Equity
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STRATEGIC EQUITY
FUND PRINCIPLES
IMPLEMENTATION IN
WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE
Strategic Equity Funding must be used to deliver
targeted activities, approaches or resources
which are clearly additional to universal local
improvement plans; and must provide targeted
support for children and young people (and their
families if appropriate) affected by poverty to
achieve their full potential.
Early Intervention
Nurture Principles
Trauma Informed Practice
Incredible Years
Classrooom Management
Family Hub
The Hive
Local authorities must develop a clear rationale
for use of the funding, based on a robust
contextual analysis, and plans must be grounded
in evidence of what is known to be effective at
raising attainment for children and young people
impacted by poverty.
One to One Pupil Tuition
Out of Hours Learning / Holiday Provision
Broad Curriculum Offer – Learner Pathways
Wide range of staff working to support children and
families
Visible Learning  
Local plans must include ambitious and
achievable stretch aims for progress in improving
outcomes for all while closing the poverty-related
attainment gap; and should consider the totality
of Scottish Attainment Challenge funding.
WDC: Improvement Framework
West Partnership Improving Our Classroom,
Department, School Series School Improvement
Partnerships Insight to Impact Data Coaches Leaders of
Learning - Assessment, literacy, numeracy, well being
Collaboration across services is crucial in
tackling the poverty-related attainment gap.
Planning should have clear links to the local
authority tackling child poverty and children's
service plans.
WDC : Integrated Children’s Services PlanWDC: Child
Poverty Plan

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MONITORING THE IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2023 - 2026
Monitoring and Capacity Building -
The Improvement Framework
Building Capacity for I mprovement Quality Assurance & Monitoring Outcomes
Strengths-based model: Maximising Progress
The  West Dunbartonshire Improvement Framework has two strands:
The two strands are designed to:
Quality Assurance
& Moderation Cycle
Performance
Review
Attainment
Reporting on
quality and
planning for
improvement
Target
setting
Performance
Assessmen &
Moderation
Impact Review 
Leadership of
improvement
for change
Impact
Review:
Interventions
for Equity
Performance
Review Learning,
teaching,
assessment,
curriculum

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IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2023 - 2026
Implementing Service-Level Improvement
The Approach : Engage, Em bed, Evaluate, Extend
Our approach to deliver excellence equity is mature applying a cyclical model of
improvement and change.  The cyclical model has 4 phases:
Standards, equity, closing the equity gap
Consisitency in practice and quality
Implementing solutions, assessing impact, and reporting on strategic priorities
Targets: Enhance performance on key performance indicators for standards and
equity.
Problems: Identify, track, and collaboratively address recurring challenges, often
related to deprivation, aspirations, and expectations.
Growth: Enhance teacher and leader expertise in teaching, learning, and assessment
through Continuous Learning and Professional Development (CLPL), school
improvement programmes, and case management.
The  Challenges:
Three Key Areas for Improvement:
1.
2.
3.
Governance
An Education Improvement Board chaired by the Chief Education Officer monitors
progress with outcomes , plans to deliver improvement and the use/  impact of
resources to deliver excellence and equity. 
At an operational level the Service Improvement Framework monitors quality and
supports improvement across our establishments.

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IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2023 - 2026
Plan for Excellence & Equity: Engage ,
Embed, Extend, Evaluate
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THE SERVICE PLAN 2023 – 2026
NIF DRIVERS
Performance
Information
Parental/ Carer
Involvement
and
engagement
Teacher and
practitioner
professionalism
School, & ELC
Leadership
School and ELC
improvement
Outcome  Action Target
Learners:
increased attendance
Extend: Attendance
Action Plan/
Improvement Strategy
2022- 2026 
Stretch Aim Target: 
Attendance
WDC Equalities Targets
Learners:
increased engagement
Embed: The Circles
Framework
Embed: Nurture
Principles and Trauma
Informed Practice
Extend: Incredible Years
Classrooom
Management to all
schools
Extend: Onery at early
level.
Stretch Aim Target: BGE/
Senior
Phase Narrow the Attain
Gap
Stretch Aim: Target:
Positive
Destination
Stretch Aim: Target:
Participation
Measure
WDC Equalities Targets
Learners:
increased progress,
achievement
Embed: WDC ASN
Strategic Plan 2023/24
Embed: The Circles
Framework
Extend: Designing the
Learning (project based
learning) offer to
secondary.
Stretch Aim Target:
Positive Destination
Stretch Aim Target:
Participation Measure
Stretch Aim Target: BGE/
Senior Phase Narrow the
Attain Gap
System:
integrated working to
develop the talent of
our
diverse young people
Evaluate: Family Hub /
The Hive
projects
Extend: numbers of
families engaging for
sustained period of time.
Stretch Aim Target:
Family Hub
Outcomes for Improvement  
Inclusion, Equality and Well Being
Outcomes for our Children and Young People 
Successful Learners, Confident Individuals , Responsible Citizens, Effective
Contributors
Equity for All  to Develop:
Physically Linguistically Cognitively Socially and Emotionally

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IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2023 - 2026
Plan for Excellence & Equity: Engage, Embed,
Extend, Evaluate
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THE SERVICE PLAN 2023 – 2026
NIF DRIVERS
Performance
Information
Parental/ Carer
Involvement
and
engagement
Teacher and
practitioner
professionalism
Outcome  Action Target
Learners:
progress,
achievement
Practitioners:
adaptive experts
who teach based
on a clear
understanding of
what works best for
raising learner
achievement ( word aware)
Engage: Revised Literacy
Strategy
Engage: Revised
Numeracy Strategy
Evaluate: Well Being
Strategy
Extend: Assessment
Strategy
Embed: Early Level
Literacy Strategy
·Stretch Aim Targets
Attainment
·Provision of one to one
/ small group tuition
·Provision of out of
hours learning
·Stretch Aim Target:
Positive Destination
·Stretch Aim Target:
Participation Measure
·      Stretch Aim Target:
BGE/ Senior Phase
Narrow the Attain Gap
Practitioners:
adaptive experts
who teach based
on a clear
understanding of
what works best for
raising learner
achievement
Embed: WDC
Improvement Framework
Engage: Osiris Curriculum
Leader Programme
Extend : Improving Our
Classrooms
Extend : Insight into
Impact Improvement
Extend : WDC Data Coach
Programme
Engage: Visible Learning
Programme
·Stretch Aim Target:
Positive Destination
·Stretch Aim Target:
Participation Measure
Stretch Aim Target:
BGE/ Senior Phase
Narrow the Attain Gap
Leaders:
enhanced visibility
into school
performance and
decision making
based on evidence
·All HT’s engaged in
School Improvement
Partnerships
·1 Data Coach in all ELC’s/
schools
1 Leader of Learning in all
schools for; assessment,
literacy, numeracy, well
being.
·Improvement
Pathways leads to : all
schools / ELC graded
very good for Quality
Indicator 3.1 and  1.3.
·      All Schools
engaged in West
Partnership Improving
Our Classroom,
Department, School
Series
Outcomes for Improvement  
Inclusion, Equality and Well Being
Outcomes for our Children and Young People 
Successful Learners, Confident Individuals , Responsible Citizens, Effective
Contributors
Equity for All to Develop
Physically Linguistically Cognitively Socially and Emotionally

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2026 Target
Ensuring wellbeing,
equality and inclusion
 
Stretch Aims
Health and Well Being – Attendance
Cost of the School Day –
Family Hub
Participation Measure 
Quality Indicator Evaluations
Raising attainment and
achievement, Narrowing
the poverty gap;
Stretch Aims
ACEL Levels – Non Rounded
ValuesACEL Levels – 3rd +, 4th+  
Quality Indicator Evaluations
Increasing creativity
and employabilityal  
Stretch Aims
Health and Well Being – SCQF Level 5
SQA National SCQF Level 6 SQA Nation
Partcipation Measures
Quality Indicator Evaluations
MONITORING PERFORMANCE  2023- 2026
How we will measure success
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How we will measure
success

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MONITORING PERFORMANCE 2023- 2026
Early Level Baseline
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Change in Attainment in literacy in early years stablishments
2017 2018 2019 2021 2022
75
50
25
0
Change in Attainment in numeracy in early years stablishments
2017 2018 2019 2021 2022
30
20
10
0
Changes in Attainment for Literacy
in Early Years Environments
Changes in Attainment for Numeracy
in Early Years Environments
Stretch Aims: Plus Stretch Aims - Early Years Baseline Attainment
EARLY YEARS LITERACY (%)
Overall
levels   SIMD Q1  SIMD Q4 SIMD Q5 Gap (Q1 v
Q5)
2020-21 45 40 38 43 3
2021-22 62 52 71 82 30
2022-23 59 56 64 70 14
2023-24 59-63 56-60 - 72-76 16-20
2024-25 64-68 59-63 - 78-82 19-23
2025-26
Stretch Aim 69 66 73 84 20
EARLY YEARS NUMERACY (%)
Overall
levels   SIMD Q1  SIMD Q4 SIMD Q5 Gap (Q1 v
Q5)
2020-21 20 22 15 14 -8
2021-22 30 26 48 44 18
2022-23 32 27 41 37 10
2023-24 31-35 27-31 - 37-41 10-14
2024-25 32-36 29-33 - 41-45 12-16
2025-26
Stretch Aim 36 33 49 46 13

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(A) ACEL LEVELS – NON ROUNDED VALUES
ACEL LITERACY P1, P4 AND P7 COMBINED (%)
Overall
levels   SIMD Q1    SIMD Q5  Gap (Q1 v
Q5)
Published
20-21 62 57 74 18
Published
21-22 71 67 85 19
WDC Analysis
22-23 73 68 80 12
2023-24 71-75 66-70 79-83 13-17
2024-25 72-76 68-72 81-85 13-17
2025-26
Stretch Aim 76 72 85 13
MONITORING PERFORMANCE 2023- 2026
Stretch Aims: Core Stretch Aims (A)
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(A) ACEL LEVELS – NON ROUNDED VALUES
ACEL NUMERACY P1, P4 AND P7 COMBINED (%)
Overall
levels   SIMD Q1    SIMD Q5  Gap (Q1 v
Q5)
Published
20-21 72 65 82 17
Published
21-22 78 74 91 18
WDC Analysis
22-23 80 76 90 14
2023-24 75-79 71-75 83-87 12-16
2024-25 77-81 75-80 86-90 11-15
2025-26
Stretch Aim 81 80 91 11
(B) SCQF LEVEL 5 – SQA NATIONALS
1 OR MORE AT SCQF LEVEL 5 (%)
Overall
levels   SIMD Q1    SIMD Q5  Gap (Q1 v
Q5)
Published
20-21 85.9 78.0 97.1 19.1
Published
21-22 84.1 77.8 98.1 20.3
2022-23 86.2 78.9 97.9 19.0
2023-24 86.4 79,2 98.1 18.9
2024-25 86.6 79.4 98.3 18.9
2025-26
Stretch Aim 86.8 79.7 98.5 18.8
(C) SCQF LEVEL 6 – SQA NATIONALS
1 OR MORE AT SCQF LEVEL 6 (%)
Overall
levels   SIMD Q1    SIMD Q5  Gap (Q1 v
Q5)
Published
20-21 62.2 48.9 85.3 36.4
Published
21-22 59.4 50.0 71.2 21.2
2022-23 62.7 50.9 87.2 36.3
2023-24 62.8 51.1 87.3 36.2
2024-25 62.9 51.3 87.4 36.1
2025-26
Stretch Aim 63.0 51.4 87.4 36.0
Stretch Aims: Core Stretch Aims (B &C)

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(D) PARTICIPATION MEASURE
PARTICIPATION MEASURE (%)
Overall
levels   SIMD Q1    SIMD Q5  Gap (Q1 v
Q5)
Published
20-21 90.8 86.9 95.5 8.6
Published
21-22 90.1 86.1 95.7 9.6
2022-23 90.6 86.4 95.7 9.3
2023-24 91.1 87.0 95.7 8.7
2024-25 91.6 87.3 95.8 8.5
2025-26
Stretch Aim 92.0 87.5 95.8 8.3
MONITORING PERFORMANCE 2023- 2026
Stretch Aims: Core Stretch Aims (D&E)
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(E) HEALTH AND WELLBEING - ATTENDANCE
ATTENDANCE (%)
Overall
levels   SIMD Q1    SIMD Q5  Gap (Q1 v
Q5)
Published
20-21 94.3 92.9 96.9 4.0
Published
21-22 91.3 89.6 94.4 4.8
2022-23 91.3 89.8 94.4 4.6
2023-24 88-92 86-90 91-95 3-7
2024-25 90-94 88-92 91-95 3-7
2025-26
Stretch Aim 94 92 95 3
Stretch Aims: Cost of the School Day - Family Hub
REFERRALS AND FAMILIES ENGAGED IN FAMILY HUB
#Referred #Engaged %Engaged
Current Level (20/21) 234 183 78
Current level (21-22) 163 128 79
2023 Target - - 80
2024 Target - - 81
2025 Target - - 82
2026 Target - - 83

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ACEL LEVELS – SECONDARY LITERACY – 3RD
LEVEL+
Overall
levels   SIMD Q1  SIMD Q4 SIMD Q5 Gap (Q1 V
Q5)
Published
18-19 83 79 93 81 2
Published
2021-22 82 77 92 92 15
WDC
Analysis
2022-23
87 82 92 100 18
2023-24 90-94 89-93 - 93-97 14-18
2024-25 86-90 84-88 - 96-100 12-16
2025-26
Stretch Aim 88 83 - 94 11
MONITORING PERFORMANCE 2023- 2026
Stretch Aims: ACEL levels – Secondary – 3rd Level+
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ACEL LEVELS – SECONDARY NUMERACY – 3RD
LEVEL+
Overall
levels   SIMD Q1  SIMD Q4 SIMD Q5 Gap (Q1 V
Q5)
Published
18-19 90 85 98 87 2
Published
2021-22 88 86 91 97 11
WDC
Analysis
2022-23
88 83 97 100 17
2023-24 85-89 84-88 - 93-97 9-13
2024-25 88-92 86-90 - 96-100 10-14
2025-26
Stretch Aim 90 88 - 97 9
ACEL LEVELS – SECONDARY LITERACY – 4TH 
LEVEL+
Overall
levels   SIMD Q1  SIMD Q4 SIMD Q5 Gap (Q1 V
Q5)
Published
18-19 40 33 47 42 9
Published
2021-22 44 38 52 54 16
WDC
Analysis
2022-23
55 50 54 78 28
2023-24 57-61 51-55 - 83-87 32-36
2024-25 53-57 46-50 - 71-75 25-29
2025-26
Stretch Aim 52 49 - 70 21
ACEL LEVELS – SECONDARY NUMERACY – 4TH
LEVEL+
Overall
levels   SIMD Q1  SIMD Q4 SIMD Q5 Gap (Q1 V
Q5)
Published
18-19 61 49 78 77 28
Published
2021-22 50 45 59 49 4
WDC
Analysis
2022-23
58 46 77 80 34
2023-24 56-60 50-54 - 80-84 30-34
2024-25 64-68 57-61 - 82-86 25-29
2025-26
Stretch Aim 62 59 - 81 22
Stretch Aims: ACEL levels – Secondary – 4th Level+

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2022/23 EVALUATIVE GRADES/ NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
Quality Indicator Excellent
6
Very Good
5
Good
4
Satisfactory
3
Weak
2
Unsatisfactory
1
1.3
Leadership of
Change
1 15 19 4 - -
2.3
Learning, Teaching &
Assessment
0 7 27 5 - -
3.1
Ensuring wellbeing,
equality & Inclusion
0 22 16 1 - -
3.2
Raising Attainment
& Achievement
0 6 28 5 - -
Target for
improvement
TARGET FOR IMPROVEMENT ALL
ESTABLISHMENTS
MONITORING PERFORMANCE 2022/2023
How will we measure success?
The Quality Indicator Evaluations
24
To achieve increase in numbers reporting as very good / good  schools are
supported and challenged to improve with the authority implementing 3 tiered
approach of support and challenge. 
The 3 Pathways of Support and Challenge

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West Dunbartonshire Council
ANNUAL REPORT 2022/23
IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK
& IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2023/24

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