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Academic Success in 2011

Once again pupils in S4, S5 and S6 have performed very well in SQA and A level exams, with pass rates and A grades amongst the best in the country.

  • S5 pupils achieved an average of 4.6 Higher passes each.
  • A total of 70% of S5 pupils (129 pupils) achieved at least five Higher passes.
  • 26% of the total year group (48 pupils) achieved at least five Grade A passes
  • 16 pupils passed six Highers at Grade A.

These results are all pre-appeal, and will probably rise further.

Several departments at Hutchesons' significantly outstripped national standards in 'A' grades and pass rates for Higher. In Art, Geography, Latin, Modern Studies, Technology and Graphic Communication more than 70% of candidates achieved 'A' grades.

At Advanced Higher, 70% or more A grades was achieved in Art, Computing, English and Geography.

Sixteen pupils achieved 6 As, and three of them – Katie Ireland, Mairi Macrae and Hannah Todd – gained six band 1s.

Seventeen pupils in S6 achieved three A grades in Advanced Higher and/or A level, four of these achieving four As. Timothy Heelis achieved A band 1s at AH in Chemistry, Physics and Technology plus A*s in Maths and Further Maths A Level.

Four pupils have won places at Cambridge and Oxford: Charlotte Browning (Law, Magadalene) and Timothy Heelis (Natural Sciences, St John’s) at Cambridge and Anna Gaudoin (Law, Pembroke) and Scott Melville (Physics, Merton) at Oxford.

Hutchesons' Grammar School has an outstanding record in placing pupils in top universities throughout Scotland and the UK. In addition, some pupils spend a 'gap' year before proceeding to university. Around 40 pupils have gained university places to study Law or Medicine following sixth year.