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Professor John Robertson OBA
From the Guardian today:
While those who achieved a grade 4 and above (pass) was 70.4%, a slight increase from 70.4% [sic] last year.1
GCSE is, of course, only undertaken in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by pupils around 16 years of age.
In Scotland:
Scottish National 5 certificates grade A to C are equivalent to GCSEs grade grade 4 to 9 . 2
How did Scottish pupils do in this assessment also typically taken by pupils at the end of 4th Year, at around 16 years of age?
According to SQA, attainment rose across the board compared to 2024. For National 5 exams, 78.4% of candidates achieved A to C grades (up 1.1 percentages points).3
So, for a pass, that’s 78.4% for Scotland and 70.4% for England [11% more].
Remember that’s 11% of 147 000, 16 170.
Sources:
- https://www.theguardian.com/education/live/2025/aug/21/gcse-results-live-latest-news-schools-education
- http://www.gostudyuk.com/gcses-and-equivalents/
- https://childreninscotland.org.uk/rising-pass-rates-and-a-narrowing-gap-scotlands-2025-exam-results/#:~:text=According%20to%20SQA%2C%20attainment%20rose%20across%20the%20board,74.9%25%20to%2075.9%25%20with%20A%20grades%20specifically%20increasing.
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Well done to the kids, the not so ‘Scottish’ media should be congratulatiing them and the SNP, for their support for those who may otherwise been shut out of having the opportunity to thrive, had Labour been at the helm at Holyrood.
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Exams are not easy. I had a terrible memory, still do, so didn’t do well until I went to college at 16+ years, when I think my brain was working better lol!
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WELL DONE TO ALL YOUNG SCOTS
KEEP ON GETTING GREAT RESULTS IT WILL GET YOU INTO MANY MANY GOOD JOBS FOR YOUR FUTURE INBAN INDEPENDENT SCOTLAND
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/21/government-control-liberty-steel-south-yorkshire-sanjeev-gupta
If in Scotland it would be ignored and allowed to close.
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Interesting article in the Daily Telegraph online about the GCSE results specifically in maths and English. Read it here
https://archive.is/UUvw2
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Interesting that the focus was on ” white working-class children “….
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Yes, I saw that too.
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Girls do better than boys but not in life long chances. Women have less pension incomes and more caring responsibilities. The pay gap.
Scotland has the most highly educated population in the world. Life long learning. The ability to learn. Not the ability to pay. The highest number of universities, colleges and apprenticeships, pro rata.
Westminster has taken and wasted Scotland’s wealth for centuries. Lie, after lie, after lie. Devolution has improved Scotland. Independence would be even better.
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