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News Release: 27 July 2000: School Attainment in Scotland: 1992-93 to 1998-99

Standard Grade qualifications by subject for S4 pupils: 1998-99

Numbers and percentage of school roll

Table 5


Subject(1)

Presentations

Awards at Grades

Awards as % of S4 Roll

1-2

1-4

1-6

1-2

1-4

1-6

English

58,982

24,228

54,955

57,747

39.2

89.0

93.6

Mathematics

59,345

19,086

41,338

57,599

30.9

67.0

93.3

French

37,675

13,093

28,739

35,439

21.2

46.6

57.4

Chemistry

22,746

13,337

20,726

22,396

21.6

33.6

36.3

Geography

22,526

9,787

17,928

22,049

15.9

29.0

35.7

               

Biology

22,360

11,147

19,782

22,029

18.1

32.0

35.7

History

21,149

9,547

16,380

20,774

15.5

26.5

33.7

Art & Design

20,062

9,861

18,729

19,301

16.0

30.3

31.3

Physics

19,197

11,529

17,828

18,952

18.7

28.9

30.7

Computing Studies

18,849

8,109

15,522

18,199

13.1

25.1

29.5

               

Physical Education

16,881

6,632

14,926

15,875

10.7

24.2

25.7

German

16,378

6,176

13,266

15,436

10.0

21.5

25.0

Office & Information Studies

16,084

6,764

13,357

15,102

11.0

21.6

24.5

French (Writing)

16,939

5,402

13,880

13,880

8.8

22.5

22.5

General Science

15,126

629

8,606

13,665

1.0

13.9

22.1

         

Modern Studies

13,499

6,320

10,740

13,327

10.2

17.4

21.6

Craft & Design

13,729

4,035

10,380

12,760

6.5

16.8

20.7

Music

9,481

5,765

8,442

8,956

9.3

13.7

14.5

Home Economics

9,655

2,227

7,171

8,767

3.6

11.6

14.2

Graphic Communication

7,742

3,196

6,427

7,425

5.2

10.4

12.0

               

German (Writing)

8,315

2,575

6,664

6,664

4.2

10.8

10.8

Accounting & Finance

4,399

2,278

3,636

4,250

3.7

5.9

6.9

Drama

4,530

1,866

3,806

4,185

3.0

6.2

6.8

Technological Studies

3,637

1,444

2,857

3,470

2.3

4.6

5.6

Social & Vocational Skills

3,163

982

2,516

2,931

1.6

4.1

4.7

               

Spanish

2,442

1,063

2,040

2,363

1.7

3.3

3.8

Economics

1,152

632

1,001

1,139

1.0

1.6

1.8

Spanish (Writing)

1,335

427

1,074

1,074

0.7

1.7

1.7

Latin

980

777

896

944

1.3

1.5

1.5

Religious Studies

991

362

738

898

0.6

1.2

1.5

               

Business Management

781

432

680

758

0.7

1.1

1.2

Italian

672

272

533

637

0.4

0.9

1.0

Contemporary Social Studies

416

1

134

363

-

0.2

0.6

Gaelic

319

154

258

314

0.2

0.4

0.5

Classical Studies

312

126

220

271

0.2

0.4

0.4

               

Italian (Writing)

291

119

178

178

0.2

0.3

0.3

Gaelic (Writing)

126

63

115

115

0.1

0.2

0.2

Urdu

96

61

86

89

0.1

0.1

0.1

Gaidhlig

94

78

89

89

0.1

0.1

0.1

Urdu (Writing)

46

39

44

44

0.1

0.1

0.1

(1) For subjects with more than 40 presentations

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