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Statistics Publication Notice: Education Series: SQA Attainment and School Leaver Qualifications in Scotland: 2004/05

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Table 11: Total qualifications attained by leavers at SCQF levels 3 to 5, by subject and gender: 2004/05

SCQF Level 5

SCQF Level 4

SCQF Level 3

SCQF levels 3 to 5

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

All

% of all leavers

English

9,645

13,716

15,686

12,420

1,383

627

53,477

93.4

Mathematics

8,121

8,519

10,448

10,492

7,926

7,285

52,791

92.2

French

4,487

8,410

8,310

7,965

3,099

1,583

33,854

59.1

Biology

2,926

7,866

2,799

6,249

956

2,019

22,815

39.8

Chemistry

5,399

5,955

3,845

3,663

1,187

1,089

21,138

36.9

History

4,372

5,851

3,100

3,240

1,988

1,436

19,987

34.9

Art and Design

2,813

7,208

4,000

5,199

372

248

19,840

34.6

Computing Studies

5,506

3,361

4,942

2,725

1,750

829

19,113

33.4

Geography

4,875

4,045

3,942

2,449

1,820

1,195

18,326

32.0

Physics

6,519

3,054

4,642

1,256

1,337

420

17,228

30.1

Physical Education

5,837

2,077

5,573

2,538

458

373

16,856

29.4

Administration

1,323

5,310

1,477

3,927

799

1,561

14,397

25.1

Modern Studies

2,555

4,300

1,902

2,613

1,051

1,078

13,499

23.6

Craft & Design

3,401

1,381

5,099

1,329

1,482

358

13,050

22.8

German

1,769

2,949

2,818

2,295

841

409

11,081

19.3

Music

2,650

4,469

1,274

1,623

284

206

10,506

18.3

Graphic Communication

2,954

1,649

2,596

1,061

787

225

9,272

16.2

Home Economics

285

2,520

1,082

4,112

424

576

8,999

15.7

Science

250

205

2,230

1,852

1,055

931

6,523

11.4

Business Management

1,415

1,832

954

956

263

263

5,683

9.9

Drama

652

1,918

823

1,359

235

188

5,175

9.0

Hospitality: Practical Cookery

646

1,955

516

926

-

-

4,043

7.1

Spanish

360

981

614

925

263

134

3,277

5.7

Accounting & Finance

696

824

471

579

193

215

2,978

5.2

Woodworking Skills

1,781

291

579

88

-

-

2,739

4.8

Social & Vocational Skills

363

698

645

554

155

69

2,484

4.3

Technological Studies

1,186

99

596

36

221

18

2,156

3.8

Religious Studies

199

586

255

525

291

251

2,107

3.7

Information Systems

943

582

-

-

-

-

1,525

2.7

Italian

90

259

139

162

50

24

724

1.3

Travel and Tourism

99

229

103

273

-

-

704

1.2

Media Studies

76

156

61

82

15

7

397

0.7

Latin

102

174

27

39

13

5

360

0.6

Gaelic (Learners)

87

117

61

38

12

2

317

0.6

Economics

109

68

59

45

23

10

314

0.5

Social Subjects

-

-

-

-

161

103

264

0.5

Classical Studies

37

77

48

38

19

29

248

0.4

Psychology

35

154

8

11

-

-

208

0.4

Product Design

176

28

-

-

-

-

204

0.4

Care

5

129

1

64

-

-

199

0.3

Gaidhlig

56

91

21

15

6

-

189

0.3

Creative Cake Production

21

140

-

-

-

-

161

0.3

Contemporary Social Studies

-

-

25

19

64

46

154

0.3

Urdu

42

56

25

13

6

5

147

0.3

Scottish Group Award

20

40

17

27

-

-

104

0.2

Philosophy

34

54

-

-

-

-

88

0.2

Personal and Social Education

5

15

13

7

14

11

65

0.1

Arts

19

33

-

-

-

-

52

0.1

Geology

3

3

19

25

-

-

50

0.1

Other*

38

44

29

15

7

6

139

0.3

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 3-5. These are: Managing Environmental Resources, Applied Practical Electronics, Russian, Sociology, Selling Overseas Tourist Destinations, Technology, Social Sciences, Classical Greek, Fitness and Excercise, Construction Industry Practice, Leading Sports Activites, Communication and Media and Livestock Production

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