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
2015 Results
Fourth Year
National 5
- 804 exams were taken by the 100 pupils in Fourth Year
- Overall, 99 pupils gained five or more A-C passes
- Grade A passes were gained in 637 exams (= 79%)
- Grade B and C passes were gained in 140 exams (= 17%)
- Grades A-C Awards in total – 777 (= 97%)
- Grade D passes – 13 (= 2%)
- No Award – 14 (= 2%)
- 44 pupils gained 8, 9 or 10 Grade A passes in all exams
Fifth Year
Highers
- The 97 pupils in Fifth Year took 486 Higher exams and passed 458
- Each pupil passed an average of 4.7 Highers
- A passes were gained in 297 exams (= 61%)
- B passes were gained in 118 exams (= 24%)
- C passes were gained in 43 exams (= 9%)
- A-C passes in total – 458 (= 94%)
- 77 pupils (= 79%) gained five or more Higher passes
- Grade D awards were gained in 14 exams (= 3%)
- “No Awards” were recorded in 14 exams (= 3%)
- 29 pupils gained 5 or 6 Grade A passes
Sixth Year
Advanced Highers
- Number of exams taken – 176
- Grade A passes – 95 (= 54%)
- Grade B passes – 34 (= 19%)
- Grade C passes – 26 (= 15%)
- A-C Grades – 155 (= 88%)
- Grade D awards – 7 (= 4%)
- “No Awards” – 14 (= 8%)
Departmental Statistics 2015
| Subject | Total | % pass (A-C) | % A |
| Art and Design | 30 | 100 | 90 |
| Biology | 57 | 97 | 70 |
| Chemistry | 81 | 91 | 63 |
| Computing Science | 32 | 100 | 75 |
| Drama | 10 | 100 | 100 |
| Economics | 28 | 89 | 43 |
| English | 100 | 99 | 95 |
| French | 75 | 99 | 85 |
| Geography | 33 | 94 | 61 |
| German | 8 | 100 | 63 |
| History | 62 | 100 | 89 |
| Hospitality | 11 | 100 | 91 |
| Latin | 37 | 100 | 97 |
| Mathematics | 100 | 93 | 75 |
| Modern Studies | 16 | 100 | 94 |
| Music | 29 | 100 | 100 |
| Physics | 75 | 95 | 68 |
| Spanish | 20 | 100 | 90 |
| TOTALS | 804 | 97 | 79 |
| Subject | Total | % pass (A-C) | % A |
| Art and Design | 15 | 100 | 53 |
| Biology | 16 | 94 | 81 |
| Business Management | 9 | 78 | 12 |
| Chemistry | 38 | 97 | 55 |
| Classical Studies | 13 | 77 | 23 |
| Computing Science | 11 | 91 | 9 |
| Drama | 10 | 100 | 80 |
| Economics | 15 | 93 | 47 |
| English | 97 | 100 | 71 |
| French | 30 | 97 | 80 |
| Geography | 25 | 96 | 60 |
| German | 3 | 100 | 100 |
| Health and Food Technology | 2 | 100 | 50 |
| History | 33 | 91 | 58 |
| Human Biology (old Higher) | 6 | 83 | 17 |
| Latin | 8 | 100 | 100 |
| Mathematics | 81 | 88 | 53 |
| Modern Studies | 12 | 100 | 75 |
| Music: Performing | 13 | 100 | 92 |
| Music: Performing with Technology | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Physics | 43 | 93 | 58 |
| Spanish | 6 | 100 | 100 |
| TOTALS | 486 | 94 | 61 |
| Subject | Total |
% pass (A-C) |
% A |
| Art and Design: Design | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Art and Design: Expressive | 7 | 14 | 14 |
| Biology | 16 | 94 | 31 |
| Business Management | 6 | 67 | 50 |
| Chemistry (Revised) | 26 | 92 | 50 |
| Classical Studies | 8 | 100 | 75 |
| Drama | 2 | 100 | 0 |
| Economics | 6 | 50 | 17 |
| English | 5 | 100 | 80 |
| French | 4 | 100 | 75 |
| Geography | 5 | 100 | 0 |
| German | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Health and Food Technology | 2 | 100 | 0 |
| History | 13 | 92 | 46 |
| Information Systems | 2 | 100 | 50 |
| Latin | 1 | 100 | 100 |
| Mathematics | 28 | 82 | 57 |
| Modern Studies | 13 | 100 | 77 |
| Music: Performing | 7 | 100 | 100 |
| Music: Performing with Technology | 4 | 100 | 75 |
| Physics | 14 | 100 | 64 |
| Spanish | 3 | 100 | 100 |
| Statistics | 3 | 100 | 100 |
| TOTALS | 176 | 88 | 54 |