Breakdown of the Higher Human Biology Papers for 2022-2026 by Skills and A Grade Discriminators

Date published: 13/07/2026

FOI reference: FOI26/27 023

Date received: 20/05/2026

Date responded: 18/06/2026

Information requested

The breakdown of the Higher Human Biology papers for 2022-2026 by skills and A grade discriminators. Similar format to what was published on Understanding Standards as question skills tagging. This will allow better make up of unit assessments in schools with the correct balance of KU/ PS marks

Response

Under section 17 of the Act, if information is not held, an authority must inform the applicant.

We are unable to provide the information requested for 2026 at this time as it is not held. The exam diet is currently going on and as such we do not have the information that would permit us to provide a response.

Documents:

Human Biology Higher Analysis Grid 2022 (19 KB)

Human Biology Higher Analysis Grid 2023 (27 KB)

Human Biology Higher Analysis Grid 2024 (28 KB)

Human Biology Higher Analysis Grid 2025 (19 KB)