Raising Attainment

Evidence and Challenges

Jim Cameron, Head of Schools with Education Support

West Lothian Council

Baseline Evidence

Tracking attainment of same cohort P5 to P7

Evidence• More value added at early stages

• Clear evidence that focus on literacy and mental arithmetic having impact

• Less evidence in mathematics particularly at later stages

• Evidence of closing the gap - danger of ‘levelling’?

Key Actions• Raising Attainment Strategy

• Continue to improve evidence base

• Validate School Self Evaluations

• New Quality Improvement Model

• Enhance scrutiny – new governance arrangements

• Learning Communities – School Hubs

• Collaborative work streams

Quality Improvement, Curriculum,

Assessment and Reporting, Early Years

• Curriculum Frameworks for Literacy and

Numeracy

• Time Limited Investment – Literacy and

Numeracy Development Teams

• Significant training programme on arithmetic

teaching skills

Raising Attainment Strategy

Challenges• Teacher skills and confidence in

mathematics at later stages in primary

• Maintain pace and challenge through to end of the broad general education

• Current resource focus on inputs e.g. teacher numbers

• Resource shift to early interventions and nurture approaches