FOI22/23 008 Attainment Statistics
FOI reference: 22/23 008
Date received: 03/05/2022
Date responded: 18/05/2022
Information requested
Please could you provide the following attainment statistics: The number of candidates who took four Advanced Highers in 2021 and received four band 1 A grades, split by state school vs independent school vs other. The number of candidates who took five Highers in 2020 and received five band 1 A grades, split by state school vs independent school vs other.
Response
Please find the information requested within the table below:
The information you have requested is provided in the table below. To ensure that we comply with our responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, where the figure is less than five or could be deduced from the total, SQA does not report the actual figure.to protect individuals’ personal information. In this case the figure has been replaced with an asterisk *.
| Year | Level | Centre Type | Number of Course Entries |
Number of 'A' grade at Band 1 |
Number of Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | Higher | Education Authority | 5 | 5 | 338 |
| 2019/20 | Higher | Independent | 5 | 5 | 129 |
| 2019/20 | Higher | Other | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | Advanced Higher | Education Authority | 4 | 4 | 32 |
| 2020/21 | Advanced Higher | Independent | 4 | 4 | 24 |
| 2020/21 | Advanced Higher | Other | 4 | 4 | * |