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ACEL Attainment 2022/23: High Level Messages
12 December 2023
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ACEL 2022/23 
ACEL achievement for Scotland and West Dunbartonshire data in 2022/23.
Stage/Level Reading Writing Listening &
Talking Literacy Numeracy 
SC LA SC LA SC LA SC LA SC LA
P1 - Early Level  81 83 78 79 87 87 76 76 85 85
P4 - First Level  78 80 72 74 87 87 70 72 77 78
P7 - Second Level  81 79 75 76 87 86 73 72 78 78
P1, P4 and P7 combined  80 80 75 76 87 86 73 73 80 80 
S3 - Third Level and
above 90 88 89 87 91 90 88 87 90 88
S3 - Fourth Level 62 61 60 58 63 70 56 55 63 58 
2022/23 Attainment compared to Scotland 2022/23 
• WDC values for primary pupils (P1, P4, P7 combined) are the same as or above the
2022/23 national figures for reading, writing and numeracy. 
• WDC primary data is positive for P1 and P4, where WDC attainment is above or the
same as national attainment. 
• WDC attainment for S3 – Third Level and above and S3 – Fourth level are below the
2022/23 national figures for nearly all components.

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WDC ACEL Attainment in 2021/22 and 2022/23.
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Talking Literacy Numeracy 
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P1 - Early Level  81 83 76 79 85 87 73 76 82 85
P4 - First Level  77 80 73 74 84 87 69 72 75 78
P7 - Second Level  80 79 75 76 85 86 72 72 77 78
P1, P4 and P7 combined  79 80 74 76 84 86 71 73 78 80 
S3 - Third Level and
above
87 88 85 87 89 90 82 87 88 88
S3 - Fourth Level 55 61 49 58 61 70 44 55 50 58 
2022/23 WDC Attainment compared to WDC Attainment in 2021/22 
• Percentage of primary pupils (P1, P4, P7 combined) achieving appropriate level
increased for reading, writing and numeracy in 2022/23 compared to 2021/22. 
• ACEL achievement has increased for P1, P4 and for P7 in writing and numeracy. 
• Percentage of secondary pupils achieving Third Level+ and above increased for
reading and writing in 2022/23 compared to 2021/22, while numeracy achievement did
not change. 
• Percentage of secondary pupils achieving Fourth Level increased for all reading,
writing and numeracy in 2022/23 compared to 2021/22. 
Attainment of the most deprived primary pupils from 2021/22 to 2022/23 
• For WDC, the percentage of 2022/23 primary pupils (P1, P4, P7 combined) achieving
the level has increased for the most deprived pupils by 1 % for literacy (68 %) and by 2
% for numeracy (76 %). 
• For Scotland, the percentage of 2022/23 primary pupils (P1, P4, P7 combined)
achieving the level has increased for the most deprived pupils by 3 % for literacy (64
%) and by 2 % for numeracy (72 %). 
• Achievement in WDC is greater than Scotland for our most deprived primary pupils in
literacy and numeracy.

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Attainment of the most deprived secondary pupils from 2021/22 to 2022/23 
• For WDC, the percentage of 2022/23 secondary pupils (Third Level+) achieving the
level has increased for the most deprived pupils by 5 % for literacy (82 %) but has
decreased by 4 % for numeracy (82 %). 
• For Scotland, the percentage of 2022/23 secondary pupils (Third Level+) achieving the
level has increased for the most deprived pupils by 4 % for literacy (81 %) and by 2 %
for numeracy (83 %). 
• 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 2022/23 compared to
2021/22 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 2021/22 2022/23
P1, P4 and P7 combined  18.8 11.5 17.6 13.9 
Change in attainment gap from 2021/22 to 2022/23 
• Attainment gap data has been published for primary pupils (P1, P4 and P7 combined)
which shows for WDC that the gap in literacy has decreased from 18.8pp to 11.5pp
and the gap in numeracy has decreased from 17.6pp to 13.9pp. 
• The decrease in attainment gap for WDC is greater than the decrease in gap nationally
as for primary pupils the gap in literacy has decreased from 21.3pp to 20.5pp, while the
gap in numeracy has decreased from 17.8pp to 17.0pp.