FOI23/24 021 Numbers taking Physical Education Courses

Date published: 02/06/2023

FOI reference: 23/24 021

Date received: 23/05/2023

Date responded: 02/06/2023

Information requested

Please could you supply the following information

Going back to 2018 broken down by each year

The number of entries by local authority for the National 5 Physical Education Course

The numbers of people broken down by local authority who participated in each of the sports permitted in this document attached for the performance element PE National 5 specimen coursework: Performance - assessment task (sqa.org.uk)

https://www.sqa.org.uk/files_ccc/PhysicalEducationN5CATPerformance.pdf

A repeat of the information above at higher level I would be grateful if this information could be supplied in an excel spreadsheet. I look forward to hearing from you.

Response

The number of entries by local authority for the National 5 Physical Education Course

Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you and can be accessed at the link below. We believe that the information contained within the link will provide the information you requested.

Five-year course trend data can be found in our on our Education Authorities National 5 and Higher publications on our web page using the following link:

Attainment Statistics - SQA

The numbers of people broken down by local authority who participated in each of the sports permitted in this document attached for the performance element PE National 5 specimen coursework: Performance - assessment task (sqa.org.uk)

National 5 Physical Education performance (sqa.org.uk)

As required under Section 17 of FOISA, if we do not hold information requested, we must advise you accordingly.

We do not hold information on what sports candidates participate in and accordingly we are unable to provide the information requested.

A repeat of the information above at higher level I would be grateful if this information could be supplied in an excel spreadsheet. I look forward to hearing from you.