1. Raising Attainment Evidence and Challenges Jim Cameron, Head of Schools with Education Support West Lothian Council

2. Baseline Evidence

3. Tracking attainment of same cohort P5 to P7

7. 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’?

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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