East Renfrewshire pupils deliver outstanding exam results

Pupils set sights on next steps after strong performances

Published: 6 August 2024

East Renfrewshire pupils have delivered another year of excellent SQA results, supporting them to pursue their ambitions.

With pupils across the board landing the grades needed to pursue employment and advance to university or college, there are lots of successes to celebrate.

The SQA results show that East Renfrewshire pupils are maintaining very high levels of attainment across S4, S5 and S6. This session, S5 pupils achieved the highest ever proportion of 5 or more qualifications at Higher level.

Councillor Andrew Anderson, Convener for Education, Equalities, Culture and Leisure , said: 'Congratulations to all our pupils in S4, S5 and S6 on their fantastic achievements. I commend them on their efforts and thank their parents for their continued support. In 2024, we saw the return of the full course assessment, and it is clear that our staff have worked tirelessly to ensure our learners were prepared for these changes, particularly those in S4 who were impacted in terms of their transition to secondary school.'

Key achievements include:

77% of S4 pupils attained 5 or more passes at National 5 or better.
Mearns Castle High School pupils achieved their second highest proportion achieving 5 or more National 5 passes in S4.
Woodfarm High School pupils achieved their second highest proportion achieving 1 or more Higher passes in S5.
71% of S5 pupils attained 3 or more passes at Higher.
52% of S5 pupils attained 5 or more passes at Higher - best-ever result.
Woodfarm and Williamwood High School pupils achieved outstanding S5 results for 3 or more and 5 or more passes at Higher level - with their best ever results.
Barrhead High School pupils achieved their second highest proportion of 5 or more passes at Higher level in S5.
St Luke's High School and St Ninian's High School pupils increased the proportion of 3 or more and 5 or more Higher passes in S5 compared to last year.
At Advanced Higher, 42% of S6 pupils achieved one or more passes.
Eastwood High School learners increased significantly the proportion of 3 or more and 5 or more Higher passes by the end of S6 compared to last year.

As well as celebrating the SQA success, East Renfrewshire continues to offer more than 60 vocational options to S4, S5 and S6 pupils in East Renfrewshire. Each year almost 400 pupils take on these courses, providing the opportunity to study for a vocational qualification alongside other subjects, enabling them to gain skills that will help them enter the workplace or further education in the future.

Mark Ratter, the Council's Director of Education, said: 'I am delighted that our pupils continue to achieve such fantastic results. The ambition and commitment of our young people to attain at the highest level continually amazes me. These results also reflect the dedication of our school staff, I am grateful for the high quality education that they provide in all our schools, creating many opportunities for our pupils to excel. Well done everyone.'