FOI22/23 012 Marker Appointees

Date published: 28/06/2022

FOI reference: 22/23 012

Date received: 11/05/2022

Date responded: 01/05/2022

Information requested

I am writing to request information about this year’s marker appointees for English. Specifically, I am interested to discover what proportion of appointees for each component of National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher English are currently teaching and what proportion are retired from the profession or not currently teaching.

Response

Marking Team Teaching Retired/Not Currently Teaching
English Advanced Higher Paper 1 Literary Study 94.29% 5.71%
English Advanced Higher Paper 2 Textual Analysis 85.29% 14.71%
English Advanced Higher Portfolio: Writing 91.43% 8.57%
English Advanced Higher Project: Dissertation 94.55% 5.45%
English Higher Paper 1 Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation 96.25% 9.75%
English Higher Paper 2 Critical Reading 96.05% 3.95%
English Higher Portfolio: Writing 95.03% 4.97%
English National 5 Paper 1 Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation 95.91% 4.09%
English National 5 Paper 2 Critical Reading 97.60% 2.40%
English National 5 Portfolio: Writing 96.02% 9.98%