FOI24/25 032 Number of candidates who sat AH Biology without prior Higher Biology Attainment

Date published: 15/08/2024

FOI reference: 24/25 032

Date received: 20/07/2024

Date responded: 12/08/2024

Information requested

I would like to know how many pupils both in Scotland and specifically in the Central Region have crashed Advanced Higher Biology and an Advanced Higher Science.

Response

Biology: Number of candidates that sat National 5 Biology in 2022, did not sit either Higher Biology or Higher Human Biology in 2023, and then went on to sit Advanced Higher Biology in 2024: 1

Biology: Number of candidates that sat National 5 Biology in 2022, did not sit Higher Biology in 2023, and then went on to sit Advanced Higher Biology in 2024: 1,138

Chemistry: Number of candidates that sat National 5 Chemistry in 2022, did not sit Higher Chemistry in 2023, and then went on to sit Advanced Higher Chemistry in 2024: 3

Physics: Number of candidates that sat National 5 Physics in 2022, did not sit Higher Physics in 2023, and then went on to sit Advanced Higher Physics in 2024: 2