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Statistics Publication Notice: Education
Series: SQA ATTAINMENT AND SCHOOL LEAVER QUALIFICATIONS IN
SCOTLAND: 2003/04
Table 12: Total qualifications attained by
leavers at SCQF level 6, by subject and gender:
2003/04
| Male | Female | Total |
|---|
A | B | C | A | B | C | A-C | % of all leavers |
|---|
Total Leavers | 29,985 | 29,985 | 29,985 | 28,426 | 28,426 | 28,426 | 58,411 | 100.0 |
English | 1,083 | 2,132 | 3,207 | 2,381 | 3,241 | 4,373 | 16,417 | 28.1 |
Mathematics | 1,499 | 1,988 | 1,827 | 1,481 | 2,100 | 1,945 | 10,840 | 18.6 |
Physics | 1,509 | 1,312 | 1,118 | 736 | 552 | 440 | 5,667 | 9.7 |
Chemistry | 680 | 940 | 1,064 | 656 | 1,052 | 1,233 | 5,625 | 9.6 |
History | 332 | 806 | 836 | 665 | 1,222 | 1,157 | 5,018 | 8.6 |
Modern Studies | 436 | 675 | 715 | 992 | 1,140 | 1,037 | 4,995 | 8.6 |
Art and Design | 240 | 440 | 656 | 864 | 1,349 | 1,401 | 4,950 | 8.5 |
Biology | 315 | 470 | 519 | 705 | 1,280 | 1,456 | 4,745 | 8.1 |
Geography | 548 | 874 | 972 | 787 | 817 | 722 | 4,720 | 8.1 |
Business Management | 364 | 449 | 495 | 717 | 797 | 787 | 3,609 | 6.2 |
French | 265 | 167 | 117 | 1,150 | 651 | 547 | 2,897 | 5.0 |
Computing Studies | 439 | 792 | 805 | 146 | 292 | 330 | 2,804 | 4.8 |
Physical Education | 628 | 744 | 556 | 264 | 223 | 215 | 2,630 | 4.5 |
Music | 536 | 321 | 113 | 795 | 483 | 240 | 2,488 | 4.3 |
Administration | 111 | 139 | 124 | 597 | 706 | 666 | 2,343 | 4.0 |
Graphic Communication | 389 | 487 | 513 | 148 | 206 | 174 | 1,917 | 3.3 |
Accounting & Finance | 311 | 223 | 173 | 409 | 308 | 229 | 1,653 | 2.8 |
Information Systems | 156 | 384 | 531 | 84 | 213 | 219 | 1,587 | 2.7 |
Craft & Design | 126 | 344 | 431 | 153 | 184 | 200 | 1,438 | 2.5 |
Human Biology | 66 | 117 | 115 | 243 | 383 | 420 | 1,344 | 2.3 |
German | 133 | 65 | 78 | 495 | 292 | 232 | 1,295 | 2.2 |
Drama | 34 | 85 | 90 | 173 | 327 | 307 | 1,016 | 1.7 |
Religious Studies | 41 | 68 | 86 | 177 | 288 | 250 | 910 | 1.6 |
Technological Studies | 202 | 166 | 164 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 560 | 1.0 |
Home Economics | 9 | 13 | 30 | 61 | 171 | 269 | 553 | 0.9 |
Spanish | 62 | 20 | 17 | 263 | 108 | 65 | 535 | 0.9 |
Economics | 82 | 99 | 84 | 35 | 76 | 68 | 444 | 0.8 |
Philosophy | 15 | 36 | 55 | 33 | 89 | 106 | 334 | 0.6 |
Psychology | 11 | 23 | 23 | 60 | 90 | 80 | 287 | 0.5 |
Classical Studies | 28 | 28 | 26 | 74 | 60 | 54 | 270 | 0.5 |
Media Studies | 15 | 33 | 48 | 23 | 52 | 80 | 251 | 0.4 |
Italian | 16 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 26 | 15 | 126 | 0.2 |
Latin | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 89 | 0.2 |
Gaelic (Learners) | 12 | 3 | - | 26 | 21 | 12 | 74 | 0.1 |
Science | 36 | - | - | 36 | - | - | 72 | 0.1 |
Arts | 17 | - | - | 53 | - | - | 70 | 0.1 |
Sociology | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 69 | 0.1 |
Personal and Social Education | 2 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 62 | 0.1 |
Gaidhlig | 11 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 18 | - | 56 | 0.1 |
Geology | 9 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 0.1 |
Other* | 38 | 25 | 12 | 59 | 60 | 67 | 261 | 0.4 |
Notes
Subjects ordered according to total number
of qualifications gained
Percentages based on small numbers may be misleading
A dash indicates a value of zero
'Other' category may include more than one
qualification per leaver
* The 'Other' category comprises subjects with fewer
than 50 course passes at SCQF level 6. These are: Care,
Early Years Care and Education, Technology, Professional
Patisserie, Mental Health Care, Construction, Politics,
Russian, Scottish Group Award, Managing Environmental
Resources, Retail Travel, Sports Coaching Studies, Tourism,
Dance Practice, Fitness and Exercise, Hairdressing:
Principles of Colouring Hair, Photography for the Media,
Mechanical Engineering, Selling Scheduled Air Travel,
Electronics, Fabrication and Welding Engineering, Classical
Greek, Building Services, Building and Architectural
Technology, Hospitality Event Supervision, Secretarial
Studies.
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