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
2020 Results
Fourth Year
National 5
- 800 exams were taken by the 100 pupils in Fourth Year
- Overall, 100 pupils gained five or more A-C passes
- Grade A passes were gained in 648 exams (81%)
- Grade B and C passes were gained in 141 exams (17.6%)
- Grades A-C Awards in total – 789 (98.6%)
- Grade D Awards – 9 (1%)
- No Award – 3 (0.4%)
- 54 pupils gained 8 or 9 Grade A passes in all exams
Fifth Year
Highers
- The 103 pupils in S5 took 517 Higher exams and passed 501
- Each pupil passed an average of 4.86 Highers
- A passes were gained in 403 exams (77.9%)
- B passes were gained in 61 exams (11.8%)
- C passes were gained in 39 exams (7.5%)
- A-C passes in total – 503 (98.5%)
- Grade D Awards – 11 (2.1%)
- No Awards – 3 (0.6%)
- 91 pupils (88.3%) gained five or more Higher passes
- 62 pupils gained 5 or 6 Grade A passes
Sixth Year
Advanced Highers
- Number of exams taken – 232
- Grade A passes – 160 (69%)
- Grade B passes – 41 (17.6%)
- Grade C passes – 24 (10.3%)
- A-C Grades – 225 (86.0%)
- Grade D awards – 6 (5.6%)
- No Awards – 1 (1.3%)
- 33 pupils gained 3 or 4 Grade A passes
Previous Results
Departmental Statistics 2020
Subject | Total | % pass (A-C) | % A |
Art and Design | 22 | 100 | 100 |
Biology | 53 | 98 | 76 |
Chemistry | 73 | 97 | 81 |
Computing Science | 44 | 93 | 70 |
Drama | 15 | 100 | 80 |
Economics | 25 | 100 | 80 |
English | 100 | 100 | 80 |
French | 64 | 100 | 91 |
Geography | 45 | 100 | 67 |
German | 3 | 100 | 100 |
History | 54 | 100 | 89 |
Hospitality | 20 | 100 | 90 |
Latin | 39 | 100 | 92 |
Mathematics | 100 | 97 | 80 |
Modern Studies | 35 | 100 | 63 |
Music | 20 | 100 | 95 |
Physics | 65 | 95 | 62 |
Spanish | 23 | 100 | 91 |
TOTALS | 648 | 99 | 81 |
Subject | Total | % pass (A-C) | % A |
Art and Design | 9 | 100 | 67 |
Biology | 35 | 100 | 83 |
Business Management | 21 | 100 | 62 |
Chemistry | 46 | 100 | 87 |
Classical Studies | 4 | 100 | 100 |
Computing Science | 15 | 93 | 80 |
Drama | 12 | 100 | 83 |
Economics | 24 | 88 | 58 |
English | 103 | 100 | 84 |
French | 16 | 100 | 100 |
Geography | 34 | 97 | 65 |
German | 1 | 100 | 100 |
Health and Food Technology | 2 | 100 | 100 |
History | 25 | 100 | 64 |
Latin | 8 | 100 | 100 |
Mathematics | 89 | 92 | 73 |
Modern Studies | 13 | 100 | 62 |
Music: Performing | 15 | 100 | 100 |
Physics | 34 | 94 | 74 |
Spanish | 11 | 100 | 100 |
TOTALS | 517 | 97 | 78 |
Subject | Total | % pass (A-C) | % A |
Art and Design: Design | 3 | 100 | 78 |
Art and Design: Expressive | 6 | 100 | 100 |
Biology | 24 | 100 | 83 |
Business Management | 9 | 100 | 89 |
Chemistry | 23 | 100 | 74 |
Classical Studies | 5 | 100 | 60 |
Computing Science | 4 | 100 | 50 |
Drama | 6 | 100 | 83 |
Economics | 12 | 100 | 42 |
English | 6 | 100 | 100 |
French | 3 | 100 | 100 |
Geography | 9 | 100 | 33 |
German | 1 | 100 | 100 |
Health and Food Technology | 4 | 100 | 100 |
History | 19 | 95 | 47 |
Latin | 5 | 100 | 40 |
Mathematics | 44 | 93 | 68 |
Mechanics | 9 | 89 | 56 |
Modern Studies | 10 | 90 | 60 |
Music: Performing | 4 | 100 | 100 |
Physics | 10 | 100 | 90 |
Spanish | 4 | 100 | 50 |
Statistics | 12 | 92 | 75 |
TOTALS | 232 | 93 | 69 |