I am requesting aggregated, non-personal data for each publicly and independently funded secondary school in Scotland for academic years 2018/19 to 2024/25. For each school and academic year, please provide:

A. School and cohort information School name and local authority School roll Number of pupils in S4, S5 and S6 Number of school leavers and stage of leaving

B. National 5 attainment Number of pupils entered for National 5 qualifications Number of pupils achieving 1+, 3+, 5+ and 7+ National 5 passes Number and percentage achieving grades A, A?B and A?

C Total entries and outcomes by subject and grade C. Higher attainment Number of pupils entered for Highers Number of pupils achieving 1+, 3+ and 5+ Highers Number and percentage achieving grades A, A?B and A?C Total entries and outcomes by subject and grade

D. Pupil characteristics Percentage of pupils in each SIMD quintile Percentage of pupils with an Additional Support Need Free school meal eligibility, where available Attendance and persistent absence rates Exclusions

E. Progress and benchmarking Any school-level measures of attainment progress or value added from S3 to S4?S6 Any expected-versus-actual attainment measures Any school-level benchmarking measures held through Insight or equivalent systems

F. Destinations Initial and follow-up destinations of school leavers, broken down by destination category

A.  School and cohort information

Under section 17 of the Act, when an authority does not hold information it must inform the applicant.

Qualifications Scotland does not hold this information. However, you may wish to contact the Scottish Government using the link below.

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B. National 5 attainment

Number of pupils entered for National 5 qualifications is available using the following link

https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/113049.html  

The information for 2025 is available using this link Attainment Statistics - Qualifications Scotland

The number of pupils achieving 1+, 3+, 5+ and 7+ National 5 passes is contained within the spreadsheet attached.                                                                    

The number and percentage achieving grades A, A?B and A is available using the links above.       

For 2026 the following link can be used to obtain a variety of information.

https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/117793.html

C Total entries and outcomes by subject and grade C.

The number of pupils entered for Highers can be found using the following link

https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/113049.html  

The information for 2025 is available using this link Attainment Statistics - Qualifications Scotland

The number of pupils achieving 1+, 3+ and 5+ Highers can be found within the attached spreadsheet

Number and percentage achieving grades A, A/B and A/C and the total entries and outcomes by subject and grade can be found using the following link.

https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/113049.html  

The information for 2025 is available using this link Attainment Statistics - Qualifications Scotland

D. Pupil characteristics

Under section 17 of the Act, when a public authority does not hold information, it must inform the applicant of this.

We are unable to provide information for the following as the information is not held.

The percentage of pupils in each SIMD, the percentage of pupils with an additional support need, free meal eligibility and attendance and persistent absence rates exclusions.

However, you may wish to contact the Scottish Government using the link below.

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E. Progress and benchmarking

Under section 17 of the Act, when a public authority does not hold information, it must inform the applicant of this.

We are unable to provide information for the following as the information is not held.

School-level measures of attainment progress or value added from S3 to S4/S6   

Any school-level benchmarking measures held through Insight or equivalent systems    

Information relating to expected versus actual attainment can be found in the attached spreadsheet.

However, you may wish to contact the Scottish Government using the link below.

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F. Destinations

Under section 17 of the Act, when an authority does not hold information it must inform the applicant.

Qualifications Scotland does not hold information on initial and follow up destinations of school leavers. However, you may wish to contact the Scottish Government using the link below.

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