Boost to exam results for Argyll pupils
Great news for pupils in Argyll and Bute, after a boost to their 2024/25 exam grades is confirmed for many following appeals.
The area’s Advanced Higher A-C pass rate was already ahead of the national figure, but now stands at 74.9 per cent after the 0.4 per cent boost, against the national return of 74 per cent.
Boosts were also seen to the Higher and National 5 pass rates, up 0.2 to 73.6 per cent and 0.1 to 77.3 per cent, but both remain below the national averages.
English was the most successfully appealed subject in Argyll and Bute after the 2024/25 exam diet, with 12 appeals succeeding across the three levels.
A total of 53 grades were upgraded across all exams, up from 33 the previous year.
This was the final ever exam diet held under the SQA, which officially was seceded by Qualifications Scotland last month.
The details are contained in a report to the council’s community services committee.
Executive director Douglas Hendry said: “For the 2022/23 exam diet onwards the SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority) have used an appeals process which differs from previous iterations.
“In the previous session, 2021/22, evidence of candidate attainment could be submitted, and such information was considered in terms of any change in grade.
“From 2022/23 onwards, the appeal process was limited to an administrative check relating to the accuracy of the final grade entered, and a check that constituent marks had been totalled correctly.
“Inherently this appeal process produces less changes in grade as it does not consider any external evidence of pupil attainment. As a result, there has been an overall reduction in the number of appeals submitted and the number of amended grades, both nationally and in Argyll and Bute.
“Of 53 appeals which led to a revised award, 48 saw the award increase by a single award level (7 to 6 for example). Four appeals were changed by two numerical grades (7 to 5 for example), and one appeal saw a grade of 6 (C) change to a 2(A).”
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