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
2014 Results
Fourth Year
National 5
- 786 exams were taken by the 98 pupils in Fourth Year
- Overall, 97 pupils gained five or more A-C passes
- Grade A passes were gained in 564 exams (= 72%)
- Grade B and C passes were gained in 184 exams (= 23%)
- Grades A-C Awards in total – 749 (= 95%)
- Grade D passes – 19 (= 3%)
- No Award – 19 (= 2%)
- 35 pupils gained 8, 9 or 10 Grade A passes in all exams
Fifth Year
Highers
- The 102 pupils in Fifth Year took 513 Higher exams and passed 493
- Each pupil passed an average of 4.8 Highers
- A passes were gained in 341 exams (= 66%)
- B passes were gained in 117 exams (= 23%)
- C passes were gained in 35 exams (= 7%)
- A-C passes in total – 493 (= 96%)
- 91 pupils (= 89%) gained five Higher passes
- Grade D awards were gained in 9 exams (= 2%)
- “No Awards” were recorded in 11 exams (= 2%)
- 33 pupils gained 5 or 6 Grade A passes
Sixth Year
Advanced Highers
- Number of exams taken – 177
- Grade A passes – 103 (= 58%)
- Grade B passes – 46 (= 26%)
- Grade C passes – 15 (= 8%)
- A-C Grades – 164 (= 93%)
- Grade D awards – 4 (= 2%)
- “No Awards” – 9 (= 5%)
Departmental Statistics 2014
Subject | Total | % pass (A-C) | % A |
Art and Design | 32 | 100 | 88 |
Biology | 56 | 92 | 64 |
Chemistry | 83 | 85 | 49 |
Computing Science | 33 | 100 | 70 |
Drama | 21 | 100 | 81 |
Economics | 34 | 83 | 35 |
English | 98 | 100 | 85 |
French | 82 | 96 | 83 |
Geography | 48 | 98 | 67 |
German | 12 | 92 | 83 |
History | 51 | 98 | 82 |
Hospitality | 3 | 100 | 67 |
Latin | 19 | 100 | 100 |
Mathematics | 99 | 92 | 65 |
Modern Studies | 16 | 94 | 81 |
Music | 17 | 100 | 100 |
Physics | 71 | 97 | 63 |
Spanish | 13 | 100 | 100 |
TOTALS | 788 | 96 | 76 |
Subject | Total | % pass (A-C) | % A |
Art and Design | 20 | 100 | 70 |
Biology | 16 | 100 | 75 |
Business Management | 16 | 81 | 63 |
Chemistry | 39 | 95 | 67 |
Classical Studies | 12 | 92 | 33 |
Drama | 11 | 100 | 55 |
Economics | 21 | 91 | 57 |
English | 102 | 98 | 61 |
French | 15 | 100 | 100 |
Geography | 19 | 95 | 84 |
German | 2 | 100 | 100 |
Health and Food Technology | 6 | 83 | 67 |
History | 43 | 100 | 79 |
Human Biology | 19 | 95 | 53 |
Information Systems | 9 | 100 | 33 |
Latin | 8 | 88 | 88 |
Mathematics | 74 | 95 | 60 |
Modern Studies | 19 | 100 | 79 |
Music: Performing | 15 | 100 | 93 |
Music: Performing with Technology | 5 | 100 | 80 |
Physics | 39 | 95 | 62 |
Spanish | 3 | 100 | 100 |
TOTALS | 513 | 96 | 71 |
Subject | Total | % pass (A-C) | % A |
Art and Design: Design | 2 | 100 | 0 |
Art and Design: Expressive | 4 | 100 | 50 |
Biology | 21 | 91 | 57 |
Chemistry (Revised) | 27 | 93 | 63 |
Classical Studies | 11 | 100 | 82 |
Drama | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Economics | 3 | 100 | 33 |
English | 5 | 100 | 80 |
French | 7 | 100 | 57 |
Geography | 6 | 100 | 33 |
German | 3 | 100 | 33 |
History | 19 | 90 | 63 |
Information Systems | 5 | 100 | 40 |
Latin | 1 | 100 | 100 |
Mathematics | 19 | 95 | 53 |
Modern Studies | 5 | 100 | 60 |
Music: Performing | 9 | 100 | 100 |
Music: Performing with Technology | 1 | 100 | 100 |
Physics | 15 | 80 | 40 |
Spanish | 3 | 100 | 67 |
Statistics | 6 | 83 | 50 |
TOTALS | 174 | 92 | 55 |