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SQA Attainment and School Leaver Qualifications in Scotland: 2005/06

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Table 14 : Total qualifications attained by leavers at SCQF level 6, by subject, grade and gender: 2005/06

Male

Female

All Passes

A

B

C

A

B

C

All

% of all leavers

English

1,160

1,947

2,937

1,784

2,966

4,175

14,969

25.7

Mathematics

1,836

2,022

1,586

1,710

1,902

1,738

10,794

18.6

Chemistry

976

956

905

891

977

1,008

5,713

9.8

Physics

1,422

1,313

1,111

658

575

410

5,489

9.4

History

495

930

891

722

1,291

1,020

5,349

9.2

Biology

528

572

561

1,057

1,271

1,217

5,206

9.0

Art and Design

286

515

542

1,151

1,429

1,234

5,157

8.9

Modern Studies

496

619

660

911

1,048

1,038

4,772

8.2

Geography

674

812

834

852

767

647

4,586

7.9

Business Management

364

618

588

475

682

777

3,504

6.0

Music

750

526

237

952

639

280

3,384

5.8

Physical Education

409

942

888

197

366

352

3,154

5.4

French

367

164

142

1,107

585

537

2,902

5.0

Computing Studies

515

760

790

157

245

288

2,755

4.7

Graphic Communication

577

579

536

276

239

248

2,455

4.2

Administration

57

136

182

302

647

795

2,119

3.6

Human Biology

143

161

198

339

420

514

1,775

3.1

Product Design

151

308

384

151

184

218

1,396

2.4

Drama

58

129

157

157

426

452

1,379

2.4

Information Systems

136

329

366

86

168

183

1,268

2.2

Religious Studies

80

113

116

236

311

300

1,156

2.0

Psychology

47

71

111

209

320

352

1,110

1.9

Accounting & Finance

223

164

162

232

178

140

1,099

1.9

German

117

69

74

362

214

217

1,053

1.8

Home Economics

13

18

25

122

242

295

715

1.2

Spanish

74

37

24

252

126

107

620

1.1

Technological Studies

202

133

136

25

5

9

510

0.9

Philosophy

31

76

87

59

113

103

469

0.8

Media Studies

22

36

84

40

74

89

345

0.6

Economics

48

61

43

37

54

32

275

0.5

Classical Studies

29

21

30

69

50

49

248

0.4

Italian

23

11

4

69

36

22

165

0.3

Photography for the Media

5

14

30

16

30

54

149

0.3

Sociology

17

9

5

48

41

29

149

0.3

Gaidhlig

20

13

3

42

21

3

102

0.2

Latin

7

14

11

18

19

28

97

0.2

Gaelic (Learners)

8

16

6

31

17

15

93

0.2

Science

35

-

-

28

-

-

63

0.1

Personal and Social Education

7

4

4

20

15

12

62

0.1

Scottish Group Award

21

-

-

40

-

-

61

0.1

Arts

13

-

-

39

-

-

52

0.1

Other*

34

27

26

51

66

59

263

0.5

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: Dance Practice, Early Education and Childcare, Geology, Travel and Tourisim, Managing Environmental Resources, Politics, Care, Mechatronics, Sports Coaching Studies, Craft & Design, Russian, Classical Greek, Construction, Visual Arts and Civil Engineering.,

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