SQA Results 2017
Grade Boundaries
- National 5
Subject / 2016 pass mark / 2017 pass mark
Maths / 44% / 46%
English / 45% / 45%
Chemistry / 46% / 46%
Biology / 45% / 44%
Physics / 43% / 39%
French / 44% / 52%
History / 44% / 43%
Geography / 45% / 40%
- Higher
Subject / 2016 pass mark / 2017 pass mark
Maths / 45% / 45%
English / 45% / 44%
Chemistry / 47% / 52%
Biology / 43% / 42%
Physics / 44% / 43%
French / 49% / 43%
History / 48% / 46%
Geography / 39% / 41%
Attainment
- National 4
Subject / 2016 Passes / 2017
Passes / 2016 Entries / 2017 Entries / % passes change / % entries change
Maths / 24,455 / 24,556 / 26,279 / 26,596 / +0.4% / +1.2%
English / 17,001 / 15,008 / 17,784 / 15,724 / -11.7% / -11.6%
Chemistry / 5,094 / 4,849 / 5,398 / 5,120 / -4.8% / -5.2%
Biology / 8,501 / 8,165 / 9,042 / 8,626 / -4% / -4.6%
Physics / 4,752 / 4,094 / 5,023 / 4,334 / -13.8% / -13.7%
French / 2,915 / 2,899 / 3,048 / 3,003 / -0.5% / -1.5%
History / 6,357 / 5,917 / 6,681 / 6,211 / -7% / -7%
Geography / 3,623 / 3,644 / 3,839 / 3,858 / +0.6% / +0.5%
German / 655 / 580 / 666 / 608 / -11.5% / -8.7%
Spanish / 1,417 / 1,467 / 1,490 / 1,567 / +3.5% / +5.2%
- National 5
Subject / A-C Passes change since 2016 (% points) / Entries change since 2016 (figs) / % entries change since 2016 / No award change since 2016 (% points)
Maths / +0.6 / +411 / +1% / +0.8
English / +0.4 / +417 / +0.9% / 0
Chemistry / +0.3 / -647 / -3.8% / -1.5
Biology / -2 / +206 / +1% / +0.7
Physics / -0.9 / -723 / -4.9% / -0.4
French / +3.3 / -214 / -2.3% / -2.4
History / -1.3 / -865 / -5.4% / +1.3
Geography / -5.8 / -261 / -2.4% / +5
Spanish / -0.6 / +72 / +1.6% / +0.1
German / +2.3 / -126 / -6.2% / -0.7
- Higher
Subject / A-C %pts change since 2016 / No. of entries change since 2016 / % change in entries since 2016 / %pts No award change since 2016
Maths / +0.5 / -7 / Negligible / +0.2
English / -1.5 / -640 / -1.8 / +1.5
Chemistry / -0.4 / +57 / Negligible / +0.7
Biology / +3.4 / +81 / +1.0 / -2.5
Physics / +1.7 / -176 / -1.9 / -1.6
French / -1.6 / -663 / -14.5 / +1.6
German / -1.6 / -129 / -13.0 / +1.3
Spanish / +0.4 / +209 / +8.0 / -0.5
History / -4.1 / -408 / -3.7 / +2.7
Geography / +2.5 / -212 / -2.6 / -0.6
- Advanced Higher
Subject / %pts passes change since 2016 (A-C) / Entries change since 2016 / % entries change since 2016 / %pts No award change since 2016
Maths / -0.7 / 230 / 6.9 / -1.9
English / -5.0 / 324 / 14.1 / 3.5
Chemistry / 0.4 / -91 / -3.5 / 0.8
Biology / -6.5 / -110 / -4.7 / 3.6
Physics / -0.8 / -62 / -3.2 / -0.3
French / -6.1 / 76 / 10.9 / 4.8
German / -0.2 / 26 / 17.8 / -0.8
Spanish / -6.0 / -47 / -9.8 / 3.7
History / -2.8 / -35 / -2.2 / 1.7
Geography / -0.3 / -121 / -13.4 / 0.8