Council commends Highland pupils’ SQA results

Member of The Highland Council’s Education, Culture and Sport Committee have welcomed a report on SQA exam results (38kb pdf) for Highland pupils in 2011.

The report stated that: “overall the results were very encouraging, remain above the national average and show a consistent overall performance in most categories of exam results”.

Welcoming the results Councillor Bill Fernie, Chairman of the Council’s ECS Committee said: “The outcomes are very sound and, as in previous years, indicate a very solid performance across the board. This demonstrates good levels of commitment from our students and very dedicated work from school staff.”

The report highlighted that SQA results which were “consistently above the national average” included:

Councillor Fernie added: “Credit should go not only to our students and teachers but also to parents and carers who supported them through their exams.”