Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence Levels update
The Highland Council’s Education Committee met yesterday (Wednesday 26 February 2025) and noted the Council’s continuing commitment to improving attainment and achievement at all stages through a range of strategic initiatives.
Education Committee Chair, Cllr John Finlayson said: “2023/24 data shows that Highland is one of the most improved authorities in Scotland across all primary measures and the rate and trajectory of improvement is positive, identifying that the strategic approach being taken is having a sustained impact. The improvement over the last 2 years is particularly impressive and I would like to thank all staff and young people that have worked so hard to make this happen.
“Whilst we recognise that attainment has improved, there is still work to be done. We remain ambitious to continue and where possible, accelerate, this rate of improvement to ensure that all of our young people are supported to achieve their full potential. To support this aim, we will be engaging with stakeholders in the development of our 5 year vision for education in Highland to underpin our raising attainment action plan.
“Our schools continue to face challenges in relation to supporting the health & wellbeing of learners, including factors relating to the cost-of-living and post-pandemic issues impacting pupils’ school attendance. The Local Authority is currently seeking views from secondary stage pupils and the parents/carers of children who struggle attending secondary school on a regular basis. I encourage those impacted by low school attendance to fill out the short survey. The feedback collated will help us to better understand the challenges facing families and will inform the approaches taken to help our young learners to attend, achieve and succeed at school.”
The survey is anonymous and will run from Monday 24 February until Friday 14 March 2025.
The secondary surveys for both parents and pupils are available here:
Parent survey on attendance: https://forms.office.com/e/vYZvATHXtC
Pupil survey on attendance : https://forms.office.com/e/QgeMqY21UT