Academic Results
High School pupils' performances in national examinations have been consistently amongst the very best in Scotland for many years and we are committed to maintaining these excellent academic standards
2018 Results
Fourth Year
National 5
- 831 exams were taken by the 104 pupils in Fourth Year
- Overall, 103 pupils gained five or more A-C passes
- Grade A passes were gained in 705 exams (= 84.8%)
- Grade B and C passes were gained in 111 exams (= 13.4%)
- Grades A-C Awards in total – 816 (= 98.2%)
- Grade D passes – 9 (= 1.1%)
- No Award – 6 (= 0.7%)
- 63 pupils gained 8 or 9 Grade A passes in all exams
Fifth Year
Highers
- The 105 pupils in Fifth Year took 534 Higher exams and passed 518
- Each pupil passed an average of 4.93 Highers
- A passes were gained in 400 exams (= 74.9%)
- B passes were gained in 84 exams (= 15.7%)
- C passes were gained in 34 exams (= 6.4%)
- A-C passes in total – 518 (= 97%)
- 94 pupils (= 89.5%) gained five or more Higher passes
- Grade D awards were gained in 6 exams (= 1.1%)
- “No Awards” were recorded in 10 exams (= 1.9%)
- 45 pupils gained 5 or 6 Grade A passes
Sixth Year
Advanced Highers
- Number of exams taken – 219
- Grade A passes – 121 (= 55.3%)
- Grade B passes – 57 (= 26%)
- Grade C passes – 21 (= 9.6%)
- A-C Grades – 199 (= 90.9%)
- Grade D awards – 9 (= 4.1%)
- “No Awards” – 11 (= 5%)
- 21 pupils gained 3 or 4 Grade A passes
Previous Results
Departmental Statistics 2018
| Subject | Total | % pass (A-C) | % A |
| Art and Design | 23 | 100 | 96 |
| Biology | 59 | 97 | 81 |
| Chemistry | 79 | 99 | 82 |
| Computing Science | 31 | 97 | 68 |
| Drama | 16 | 100 | 100 |
| Economics | 20 | 100 | 70 |
| English | 104 | 100 | 94 |
| French | 81 | 97 | 86 |
| Geography | 62 | 97 | 73 |
| German | 11 | 91 | 82 |
| History | 60 | 98 | 88 |
| Hospitality | 14 | 100 | 93 |
| Latin | 32 | 100 | 100 |
| Mathematics | 104 | 97 | 86 |
| Modern Studies | 25 | 100 | 88 |
| Music | 23 | 100 | 100 |
| Physics | 74 | 97 | 70 |
| Spanish | 13 | 100 | 100 |
| TOTALS | 831 | 98 | 85 |
| Subject | Total | % pass (A-C) | % A |
| Art and Design | 12 | 100 | 92 |
| Biology | 34 | 94 | 68 |
| Business Management | 3 | 100 | 100 |
| Chemistry | 44 | 100 | 73 |
| Classical Studies | 9 | 89 | 44 |
| Computing Science | 14 | 93 | 57 |
| Drama | 7 | 100 | 86 |
| Economics | 19 | 100 | 74 |
| English | 104 | 100 | 80 |
| French | 23 | 100 | 78 |
| Geography | 25 | 92 | 68 |
| German | 2 | 100 | 100 |
| Health and Food Technology | 3 | 100 | 0 |
| History | 40 | 100 | 80 |
| Latin | 10 | 100 | 100 |
| Mathematics | 92 | 96 | 76 |
| Modern Studies | 16 | 94 | 94 |
| Music: Performing | 19 | 100 | 95 |
| Physics | 44 | 95 | 57 |
| Spanish | 9 | 100 | 100 |
| TOTALS | 534 | 97 | 75 |
| Subject | Total | % pass (A-C) | % A |
| Art and Design: Design | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Art and Design: Expressive | 3 | 100 | 60 |
| Biology | 24 | 100 | 67 |
| Business Management | 5 | 100 | 40 |
| Chemistry | 28 | 96 | 64 |
| Classical Studies | 7 | 100 | 43 |
| Computing Science | 3 | 100 | 0 |
| Drama | 2 | 100 | 100 |
| Economics | 9 | 89 | 11 |
| English | 7 | 100 | 71 |
| French | 9 | 89 | 44 |
| Geography | 9 | 100 | 22 |
| German | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Health and Food Technology | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| History | 12 | 100 | 67 |
| Latin | 1 | 100 | 0 |
| Mathematics | 42 | 81 | 60 |
| Mechanics of Mathematics | 11 | 64 | 54 |
| Modern Studies | 10 | 80 | 40 |
| Music: Performing | 13 | 100 | 92 |
| Physics | 11 | 91 | 36 |
| Spanish | 9 | 78 | 56 |
| Statistics | 2 | 100 | 50 |
| TOTALS | 219 | 91 | 55 |