SQA Examination Results in Scottish Schools: 2005/06

National and Authority level information on the cumulative attainmnet of National Qualifications by all pupils in publicly funded secondary schools.


Table 8: S6 Attainment, by education authority

Attainment by the end of S6 is calculated as a percentage of the S4 year group two years previously.

Education Authority

Relevant S4 Roll as at September

Percentage of the S4 year group staying on to S6

Percentage of the S4 year group from two years previously achieving:

3+ Awards at SCQF level 6
(Higher) or better

5+ Awards at SCQF level 6
(Higher) or better

1+ Awards at SCQF level 7
(Advanced Higher) or better

2001/02

2002/03

2003/04

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

Scotland

59,998

61,035

60,446

45

44

44

31

30

30

20

19

19

12

12

12

Aberdeen City

2,029

2,115

2,105

42

45

44

31

33

32

20

22

22

14

17

15

Aberdeenshire

2,993

3,030

2,993

45

43

43

39

37

36

25

25

25

17

17

16

Angus

1,411

1,342

1,354

44

42

42

32

36

32

21

23

21

14

15

13

Argyll & Bute

965

1,078

1,034

51

58

50

36

36

28

22

23

18

14

16

13

Clackmannanshire

562

594

597

37

39

37

23

22

24

14

12

14

9

9

12

Dumfries & Galloway

1,817

1,941

1,884

44

44

43

34

33

32

23

23

23

14

14

14

Dundee City

1,693

1,733

1,697

37

37

40

22

21

22

13

12

13

9

9

10

East Ayrshire

1,564

1,526

1,497

43

42

43

29

28

28

18

18

17

11

11

11

East Dunbartonshire

1,620

1,633

1,691

60

57

54

45

44

40

32

31

29

20

20

19

East Lothian

1,012

1,054

1,058

47

48

45

34

33

32

23

24

21

19

19

14

East Renfrewshire

1,330

1,300

1,390

68

65

65

53

55

51

39

40

37

24

22

24

Edinburgh City

3,743

3,851

3,787

47

47

48

33

33

32

21

22

22

15

14

15

Eilean Siar

357

352

399

61

54

53

39

39

40

22

20

27

12

11

15

Falkirk

1,555

1,637

1,601

45

47

43

24

27

23

14

16

14

10

9

10

Fife

4,383

4,513

4,382

45

44

44

29

29

28

19

19

18

14

13

12

Glasgow City

5,642

5,727

5,541

34

33

33

19

17

19

11

10

11

6

5

6

Highland

2,832

2,763

2,762

51

50

49

34

35

33

23

24

22

13

14

14

Inverclyde

1,082

1,092

1,031

47

48

50

31

28

31

19

16

20

11

11

13

Midlothian

1,085

1,073

1,118

43

39

41

26

24

25

16

15

14

13

12

12

Moray

1,084

1,110

1,172

46

43

43

32

30

28

20

18

18

12

11

12

North Ayrshire

1,722

1,813

1,814

40

38

39

23

23

23

15

15

15

9

8

7

North Lanarkshire

4,252

4,336

4,257

43

41

42

25

24

26

15

14

16

7

7

7

Orkney Islands

240

289

259

52

43

44

39

31

37

25

20

24

22

18

17

Perth & Kinross

1,429

1,451

1,515

52

48

50

34

34

34

22

21

23

14

15

16

Renfrewshire

2,348

2,270

2,258

46

43

43

33

30

30

20

20

20

12

11

12

Scottish Borders

1,209

1,301

1,297

52

51

48

40

36

34

25

22

23

16

16

15

Shetland Islands

317

340

328

51

44

43

44

38

34

29

26

23

15

15

12

South Ayrshire

1,448

1,433

1,423

48

49

48

32

34

33

23

23

22

15

14

14

South Lanarkshire

3,772

3,790

3,772

42

44

45

30

30

31

19

19

20

9

9

11

Stirling

1,050

1,121

1,001

54

55

57

38

41

38

26

28

26

17

16

15

West Dunbartonshire

1,203

1,308

1,250

45

43

41

24

24

26

14

15

15

6

8

7

West Lothian

2,150

2,021

2,081

39

40

43

29

27

29

18

16

19

11

11

12

Note: 2006 figures are pre-appeal. In past years, the post-appeal figures are generally no more than one percentage point higher than the equivalent pre-appeal figure.

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