Joanna Murphy: ‘It’s not just about exam results’.
By now everyone – from your granny to next door’s cat – will know how well you did when the exam results came out on August 7 and there might be a few wee anxious moments here and there if you didn’t.
Don’t worry, everyone is on your side, come what may, to make sure you get the best possible outcome – no matt er what. This year, across Scotland, there were 147,000 Higher passes with a pass rate of 76.8 per cent, a slight drop compared with 77.0 per cent last year. There was a record number of entries for Advanced Higher (24,331) since changes to the qualificati on were made in the 2015-16 academic year; with att ainment rates remaining high at 80.5 per cent.