Statistics on National 5 exams sat abroad
FOI reference: FOI24/25 117
Date received: 07/10/2024
Date responded: 25/10/2024
Information requested
Please can you provide me with the number of candidates who completed SQA National 5 exams while abroad, for each of the last 3 years? How many were boys and how many were girls? Please can you provide me with the reason for the candidates being abroad at the time. Eg: reside in USA, on holiday, football tournament, volleyball tournament, dance competition etc
Response
Number of National 5 entries sitting exams outside the UK 2023 and 2024
| 2023 | |
|---|---|
| No. of Male | <5 |
| No. of Female | 19 |
| Reasons | |
| Other international sporting events | <5 |
| Dance Competition | 18 |
| Countries | |
| Czech Republic | <5 |
| Germany | <5 |
| Italy | <5 |
| Romania | <5 |
| USA | 18 |
| 2024 | |
|---|---|
| No. of Male | <5 |
| No. of Female | 21 |
| Reasons | |
| Internal Dance Competition | |
| Countries | |
| USA |
Data is taken from information processed during SQA's Alternative Venues process in 2023 and 2024. 2022 is outside our retention period and no data is available. Where the numbers are four or less for the requested category, disclosure control has been applied and the numbers have been masked as ‘<5,’ to prevent possible identification of individuals.