The Higher pass rate is almost unchanged at 77.1 per cent this year compared with 77.4 per cent in 2013, according to the SQA. But a total of 191,850 Highers were sat across all subjects – a rise of more than 9,000 on 2013 – which the Scottish government said was a record number. This year marks the first time the new National 4 and 5 qualifications have been awarded after they were brought in as part of the Scottish government’s Curriculum for Excellence reforms, with most pupils in S4 now sitting these instead of Standard Grades. The pass rate for the National 4 was 93 per cent, with 114,173 passes recorded by the SQA. At National 5, the success rate was 81.1 per cent.
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