FOI25/26 144 Attainment for Candidates Achieving A Grade Band 1 and 2, B Grade 3 and 4, C Grade Band 5 and 6, D Grade Band 7

Date published: 28/11/2025

FOI reference: 25/26 144

Date received: 24/09/2025

Date responded: 10/10/2025

Information requested

1. I am looking for breakdowns of the number and percentage of candidates achieving the following attainment in Higher Applications of Maths and Higher Maths (separately) from 2019 to 2025.

A grade band 1
A grade band 2
B grade band 3
B grade band 4
C grade band 5
C grade band 6
D grade band 7
No award

2.
I am looking for further breakdown of the number of pupils achieving certain grades in Higher Applications of Maths project. In particular:

A) Number and percentage of pupils achieving each possible number of marks (from 0 to 30) for 2025 only.

Eg
0 marks - achieved by 12 candidates
…
30 marks - achieved by 15 candidates

B) Finally, I am looking for the average number of marks achieved by candidates in the Higher Applications project in 2025 split by whether the centre had also candidates in 2024 or not, with this average number of marks also broken down by section (Introduction, Subjective Impression, Analysis, Conclusion, Presentation).