Schools across South Lanarkshire are performing above the national average

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Schools in South Lanarkshire are above the national average in literacy and numeracy.At the Education Resources Committee today (February 14), the latest Curriculum for Excellence statistics were revealed to councillors.The Scottish Government published Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) Levels for 2021/2022 on December 13, and the data takes in information from literacy and numeracy at the stages of P1, P4, P7 and S3 across all South Lanarkshire Council schools.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android The council reported Curriculum for Excellence data for 14,258 young people across 142 schools in 2021/2022, and this was the first year in which a full data set was collected for the four stages since the Covid pandemic began.In South Lanarkshire primary schools, both literacy and numeracy levels were above the national average.There was a 71.3 per cent achievement of primary literacy which is above the national average of 70.5 per cent.

Literacy levels have improved by 1.1 per cent points between 2020/2021 and 2021/2022.In the recent report, there was a 79.1 per cent achievement of primary numeracy levels which is above the national average of 77.9 per cent.

Primary numeracy levels in South Lanarkshire Council have improved by 1.2 per cent between 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 and are now higher