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

Higher Grade qualifications by subject for S5 pupils: 1998-99

Numbers and percentage of school roll

Table 6


Subject(1)

Presentations

Band

Awards as % of S4 Roll (2)

A

B

C

Total

A

B

C

Total

English

22,051

4,272

5,435

6,825

16,532

6.9

8.7

11.0

26.6

Mathematics

13,832

2,655

3,667

3,745

10,067

4.3

5.9

6.0

16.2

Chemistry

7,738

1,740

1,997

2,055

5,792

2.8

3.2

3.3

9.3

Physics

7,737

2,021

1,912

1,690

5,623

3.2

3.1

2.7

9.0

Art & Design

5,381

1,155

1,599

1,618

4,372

1.9

2.6

2.6

7.0

Biology

6,491

1,090

1,564

1,696

4,350

1.8

2.5

2.7

7.0

Geography

4,749

880

1,145

1,442

3,467

1.4

1.8

2.3

5.6

History

4,531

688

1,366

1,387

3,441

1.1

2.2

2.2

5.5

Modern Studies

3,639

742

902

1,013

2,657

1.2

1.4

1.6

4.3

French

3,081

901

798

818

2,517

1.4

1.3

1.3

4.0

Computing Studies

3,211

589

805

903

2,297

0.9

1.3

1.5

3.7

Music

1,954

709

731

387

1,827

1.1

1.2

0.6

2.9

Secretarial Studies

2,450

277

722

826

1,825

0.4

1.2

1.3

2.9

Craft & Design

1,934

151

447

615

1,213

0.2

0.7

1.0

1.9

German

1,391

373

372

376

1,121

0.6

0.6

0.6

1.8

Graphic Communication

1,511

208

405

464

1,077

0.3

0.7

0.7

1.7

Physical Education

1,694

97

333

524

954

0.2

0.5

0.8

1.5

Accounting & Finance

1,347

201

330

396

927

0.3

0.5

0.6

1.5

Human Biology

1,318

180

297

353

830

0.3

0.5

0.6

1.3

Drama

684

139

179

204

522

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.8

Management/Info. Studies

825

106

178

237

521

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.8

Economics

460

138

108

116

362

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.6

Technological Studies

573

98

108

141

347

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.6

Spanish

452

177

86

75

338

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.5

Latin

274

125

67

38

230

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.4

Home Economics

395

29

77

105

211

-

0.1

0.2

0.3

Religious Studies

348

29

58

108

195

-

0.1

0.2

0.3

Gaelic

108

40

35

25

100

0.1

0.1

-

0.2

Italian

109

36

26

23

85

0.1

-

-

0.1

Classical Studies

108

21

27

26

74

-

-

-

0.1

Gaidhlig

36

15

16

4

35

-

-

-

0.1

(1) For subjects with more than 20 presentations
(2) Percentage of S4 school roll in previous year

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