Falkirk Exam Results Look To Buck National Trend

Early indications are that Falkirk youngsters have bucked the national trend and seen a rise in Standard and Higher passes.

A the national rate of Standard and Higher passes drops for the first time in four years Falkirk looks as though it has bucked the trend by increasing the pass rate throughout most of Falkirk's schools.

A highlight of this year's results is Standard Grade English with more than 90% of the S3 pupils who took the exam getting a credit pass.

Cllr Tom Coleman, Convener of Education and Leisure said:

"There are some great examples across our schools of excellent achievement and we are very proud of these pupils' performance. We also recognise how hard schools have worked to support this success,"

One major initiative introduced by the SNP has proved to be a huge success. This session, about 400 pupils sat exams at the end of S3 in one or two subjects. Of the 165 S3 pupils who sat Standard Grade English, 151 gained a Credit pass which is very encouraging for the future as it gives these pupils two years rather than one to prepare for their Highers.

Cllr Tom Coleman added: "We would offer our congratulations to the many hundreds of successful SQA candidates this year whose hard work and efforts have allowed them to progress with their educational or vocational ambitions.

We have shown that we are prepared to think differently in our desire to drive up standards, give our young people the best opportunity of a better education and to continually improve levels of education."