Results & trends

What the figures mean

We only show measures the Scottish Government publishes at school level, exactly as published. We never calculate subject pass rates or rankings that the sources do not provide.

Primary (P1–P7)

P1 achieving expected CfE level – literacy
Percentage of pupils in P1 whom teachers judged to have achieved the expected Curriculum for Excellence level for their stage in literacy (reading, writing, listening and talking), as published in the Achievement of CfE Levels statistics.
Keep in mind: Teacher professional judgement, not a test score. Small cohorts are suppressed by the publisher. Compare like-for-like stages and years only.
Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence levels
P1 achieving expected CfE level – numeracy
Percentage of pupils in P1 whom teachers judged to have achieved the expected Curriculum for Excellence level for their stage in numeracy, as published in the Achievement of CfE Levels statistics.
Keep in mind: Teacher professional judgement, not a test score. Small cohorts are suppressed by the publisher. Compare like-for-like stages and years only.
Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence levels
P4 achieving expected CfE level – literacy
Percentage of pupils in P4 whom teachers judged to have achieved the expected Curriculum for Excellence level for their stage in literacy (reading, writing, listening and talking), as published in the Achievement of CfE Levels statistics.
Keep in mind: Teacher professional judgement, not a test score. Small cohorts are suppressed by the publisher. Compare like-for-like stages and years only.
Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence levels
P4 achieving expected CfE level – numeracy
Percentage of pupils in P4 whom teachers judged to have achieved the expected Curriculum for Excellence level for their stage in numeracy, as published in the Achievement of CfE Levels statistics.
Keep in mind: Teacher professional judgement, not a test score. Small cohorts are suppressed by the publisher. Compare like-for-like stages and years only.
Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence levels
P7 achieving expected CfE level – literacy
Percentage of pupils in P7 whom teachers judged to have achieved the expected Curriculum for Excellence level for their stage in literacy (reading, writing, listening and talking), as published in the Achievement of CfE Levels statistics.
Keep in mind: Teacher professional judgement, not a test score. Small cohorts are suppressed by the publisher. Compare like-for-like stages and years only.
Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence levels
P7 achieving expected CfE level – numeracy
Percentage of pupils in P7 whom teachers judged to have achieved the expected Curriculum for Excellence level for their stage in numeracy, as published in the Achievement of CfE Levels statistics.
Keep in mind: Teacher professional judgement, not a test score. Small cohorts are suppressed by the publisher. Compare like-for-like stages and years only.
Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence levels

Secondary (S1–S6)

Leavers with 1 or more award at SCQF level 4 or better (e.g. National 4)
Percentage of the school's leavers who left with 1 or more award at SCQF level 4 or better. SCQF level 4 includes National 4s and other qualifications at that level.
Keep in mind: Counts awards at that SCQF level or above across all SCQF credit-rated courses, not only SQA exams, and is not a subject pass rate. Schools serve different communities: compare with the school's virtual comparator, as the Scottish Government advises.
Schools – Breadth and Depth of Qualifications
Leavers with 1 or more award at SCQF level 5 or better (e.g. National 5)
Percentage of the school's leavers who left with 1 or more award at SCQF level 5 or better. SCQF level 5 includes National 5s and other qualifications at that level.
Keep in mind: Counts awards at that SCQF level or above across all SCQF credit-rated courses, not only SQA exams, and is not a subject pass rate. Schools serve different communities: compare with the school's virtual comparator, as the Scottish Government advises.
Schools – Breadth and Depth of Qualifications
Leavers with 5 or more awards at SCQF level 5 or better (e.g. National 5s)
Percentage of the school's leavers who left with 5 or more awards at SCQF level 5 or better. SCQF level 5 includes National 5s and other qualifications at that level.
Keep in mind: Counts awards at that SCQF level or above across all SCQF credit-rated courses, not only SQA exams, and is not a subject pass rate. Schools serve different communities: compare with the school's virtual comparator, as the Scottish Government advises.

Virtual comparator

Each secondary figure is shown next to the school's virtual comparator: a group of pupils from across Scotland with similar characteristics to the school's own leavers. The Scottish Government recommends this as a fairer comparison than ranking schools against each other, because schools serve very different communities.

When a figure is missing

Suppressed – the publisher withheld it, usually because the group of pupils is small enough that individuals could be identified.
Not available – the source has no figure for this school and year.
Not applicable – the measure does not apply (for example, primary measures for a secondary school).

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Primary (P1–P7)

P1 achieving expected CfE level – literacy

Percentage of pupils in P1 whom teachers judged to have achieved the expected Curriculum for Excellence level for their stage in literacy (reading, writing, listening and talking), as published in the Achievement of CfE Levels statistics.