FOI25/26 057 Candidates Achieving Various Numbers of Nat 5, Higher and Advanced Higher passes

Date published: 10/12/2025

I've looked through the statistics published online and the latest FOI requests, but couldn't find quite what I am after. I'd like to know the following: - how many candidates nationally (as a raw number and % of the total) achieved 8, 9 or 10 National 5s- I'd like to know the number who achieved this many A-C passes, how many achieved this many A grades and how many achieved this many at A Band 1 - how many candidates nationally (as a raw number and % of the total) achieved 5, 6 or 7 Highers- I'd like to know the number who achieved this many A-C passes, how many achieved this many A grades and how many achieved this many at A Band 1 - how many candidates nationally (as a raw number and % of the total) achieved 3, 4 or 5 AH- I'd like to know the number who achieved this many A-C passes, how many achieved this many A grades and how many achieved this many at A Band 1

I just want this data for the 2025 diet please. The data has previously been available for other years.

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