Assessment Marks
Description
Assessment Marks (formerly named Component Marks) presents a summary of maximum marks, mean marks, highest achieved marks, and the number of learners achieving that highest mark, for each National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher course assessment, as a whole, as well as for each component of each assessment.
Official Statistics in Development
This is an official statistics in development publication; further information is available on the relevant webpage.
Documents
Date of publication: 4 August 2026
The Assessment Marks data tables have been revised due to the identification of a data processing error where National 5 Practical Cake Craft, National 5 Practical Metalworking and National 5 Practical Woodworking were not included. There is no impact to the associated statistical summary, this remains unchanged.
Date of correction: 4 August 2026
Background Information
For further details please refer to our Assessment Marks Background Information page.
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Description
Assessment Marks (formerly named Component Marks) presents a summary of maximum marks, mean marks, highest achieved marks, and the number of learners achieving that highest mark, for each National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher course assessment, as a whole, as well as for each component of each assessment.
Documents
Date of publication: 5 August 2025
Description
This release provides component names, maximum marks and the mean marks achieved for National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher Courses.
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Date of publication: 06 August 2024
Description
This release provides component names, maximum marks and the mean marks achieved for National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher Courses.
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Date of publication: 08 August 2023
Description
This release provides component names, maximum marks and the mean marks achieved for National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher Courses.
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Date of publication: 09 August 2022
For yearly information prior to 2022 please visit our Information Archive.