FOI22/23 101 Higher History appeals 2019-2022
FOI reference: 22/23 101
Date received: 07/11/2020
Date responded: 06/12/2022
Information requested
Please provide me with the following relating to the Higher History SQA Examination 2022:
Number of total candidates Number of candidates who achieved Grade C
Number of candidates who achieved Grade B
Number of candidates who achieved Grade A
Total number of appeals received from candidates
Number of successful appeals from Grade C to Grade B
Number of successful appeals from Grade B to Grade A
Total number of unsuccessful appeals from Grade B to A
Total number of unsuccessful appeals where predicted result was higher than what was awarded by SQA
I also require the identical information in tabular form for years 2019, 2020 and 2021.
In addition - please provide data of total number of appeals received versus total number of successful / unsuccessful appeals across all Higher examinations for 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019
Response
Number of total candidates Number of candidates who achieved Grade C
Number of candidates who achieved Grade B
Number of candidates who achieved Grade A
The attainment statistics are published on our website and can be found using the following link. These will be updated on 13 December.
Total number of appeals received from candidates
The number of appeals received from candidates is on our website and can be found using the following link
Number of successful appeals from Grade C to Grade B - 183
Number of successful appeals from Grade B to Grade A - 340
Total number of unsuccessful appeals from Grade B to A - 188
Total number of unsuccessful appeals where predicted result was higher than what was awarded by SQA - 515
I also require the identical information in tabular form for years 2019, 2020 and 2021.
In addition - please provide data of total number of appeals received versus total number of successful / unsuccessful appeals across all Higher examinations for 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019
The information is not identical between years as the appeals service was fundamentally different in each of these years. The attainment stats and the appeals outcomes are already published and can be accessed using the following links:
2021: Information 2021 - SQA and Statistics 2021 - SQA
2020: Information 2020 - SQA and Statistics 2020 - SQA
2019: both at Statistics 2019 - SQA