Research – school achievement higher and attainment gaps far smaller in Scotland than in rest of UK

By Professor John Robertson OBA:

From UK Poverty 2025 The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, today:

There are differences between the statistics on attainment in schools in the four UK nations which limit comparisons but the size of the gap between the most and least deprived at the ages of 11 and 16 can be usefully compared.

First, 11 year-olds, percentage of most deprived and of least deprived achieving literacy and numeracy and size of gap:

  • England – 44% for both literacy and numeracy, 66%, 22%
  • Northern Ireland – no data collected
  • Scotland – 64% for literacy, 70% for numeracy, 84% and 88%, 21% and 18%
  • Wales – No data collected

So, far more of both the least and the most deprived in Scotland achieve target literacy and numeracy levels than in England and with a smaller gap. Shamefully no recording by Northern Ireland and Wales

Second, 16 year-olds, percentage of most deprived and of least deprived achieving target qualifications and size of gap:

  • England – 25%, 52%, 27%
  • Northern Ireland – 57%, 82%
  • Scotland – 74%, 95%, 20%
  • Wales – 41%, 71% and 30%

So, far more in Scotland attaining target levels and smallest gap.

Source: https://www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2025-the-essential-guide-to-understanding-poverty-in-the-uk

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