Priority One: What Is It?

  
"To raise standards of educational attainment for all in schools, especially in the core skills of literacy and numeracy, and to achieve better results in national measures of achievement, including examination results."

'Priority One' is made up of the two following 'outcomes':

  1. Increased levels of numeracy and literacy.
  2. Improved examination results (or other measures of achievement).

1: Increased levels of numeracy and literacy.

This is made up of the following 'performance measures':

  • 1.1.A - % of the combined P3, P4, P6 and P7 rolls attaining or exceeding the appropriate 5-14 level for their age in reading, writing and mathematics.

  • 1.1.B - % of S2 attaining or exceeding Level E in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of S2.

  • 1.1.C - % of original S4 cohort who, by the end of S6, have attained SCQF level 3 or better in both English and Maths.

2: Improved examination results (or other measures of achievement).

This is made up of the following 'performance measures' and 'quality indicators':

  • 1.2.A - % of the original S4 cohort who, by the end of S6, have attained 5 or more awards at SCQF level 3 or better.

  • 1.2.B - % of the original S4 cohort who, by the end of S6, have attained 5 or more awards at SCQF level 4 or better.

  • 1.2.C - % of the original S4 cohort who, by the end of S6, have attained 5 or more awards at SCQF level 5 or better.

  • 1.2.D - % of the original S4 cohort who, by the end of S6, have attained 1+ or more awards at SCQF level 6.

  • 1.2.E - % of the original S4 cohort who, by the end of S6, have attained 3+ or more awards at SCQF level 6.

  • 1.2.F - % of the original S4 cohort who, by the end of S6, have attained 5+ awards at SCQF level 6.

  • 1.2.G - Quality indicator 2.1 from How good is our school? - Overall quality of attainment.

  • 1.2.H - Quality indicator 5.2 from How good is our school? - Expectations and promoting achievement.