Chiefhails hardwork ofteachers andpupils
The director of education for East Renfrewshire has praised the dedication of students after their impressive performance at exams.
Almost 80 per cent of S4 pupils in the area achieved five or more National 5 or better, with 94 per cent achieving five or more National 4 or better.
Improving on 81 per cent last year, 85 per cent of S5 pupils achieved one or more Highers, 69 per cent getting three or more, and 46 per cent five or more.
Just over 40 per cent – 42 per cent – of S6 pupils achieved one or more Advanced Higher.
Mhairi Shaw said: “We have put in place the processes and procedures to ensure that we are able to support pupils at every step along their educational journey.
“Our focus on providing excellent experiences is clearly having an impact as year after year our pupils continue to produce outstanding results.
“It has certainly been a year we will never forget, but I’m delighted and confident that our systematic approach to supporting pupils has ensured that their achievements have been fairly recognised in today’s exam results.
“These results are testament to the hard work of pupils, teachers and parents and I congratulate you all.
“It’s also extremely pleasing that once again we have successfully tackled the poverty-related attainment gap.
“This year there was a significant increase in the proportion of S5 pupils from the most deprived areas achieving one or more Highers, and improvements in the gap between pupils from the most and least deprived areas who achieved five or more National 5 qualifications in S4.”