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‘Very worrying’ pass rates for maths and science in Scotland

The commission on school reform is an independent group of education experts, set up by think tank Reform Scotland.

Its latest report, external, Broken Stem, analyses SQA exam data based on the number of pupils in the cohort, rather than the number which sit the examination.

The report said the “real” pass rate for Nat 5 examinations are:

Former Kilmarnock Academy headteacher and member of the commission, Carole Ford, said the data laid bare that there was a “mountain to climb”.

She said: “This is some of the most important, if worrying, data that we have produced in recent years, and it offers a ‘real world’ perspective of how our pupils are doing.

“The research reiterates the case for the commission’s call for an Office for School Education Data to oversee a new data programme, overseen by parliament.”


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