How this school's leavers did, against similar pupils elsewhere (virtual comparator) and Scotland. Choose a level and a year; hover or tap the chart for exact figures.
Leavers with 5 or more awards at National 5 level (SCQF 5) or better.
| Year | Rothesay Academy | Similar schools | Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 77% | 71% | 68% |
| 2020-21 | 71% | 73% | 70% |
| 2021-22 | 60% | 60% | 68% |
| 2022-23 | 59% | 61% | 66% |
| 2023-24 | 68% | 66% | 67% |
| 2024-25 | 50% | 61% | 69% |
Scotland has no primary exams. These are the official literacy and numeracy figures for primary pupils across the council.
Percentage of the school's leavers who left with 5 or more awards at SCQF level 5 or better. SCQF level 5 includes National 5s and other qualifications at that level.
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Source: Schools – Breadth and Depth of Qualifications · imported 13 November 2026 · Counts awards at that SCQF level or above across all SCQF credit-rated courses, not only SQA exams, and is not a subject pass rate. Schools serve different communities: compare with the school's virtual comparator, as the Scottish Government advises.
Percentage of the school's leavers who left with 3 or more awards at SCQF level 6 or better. SCQF level 6 includes Highers and other qualifications at that level.
Source: Schools – Breadth and Depth of Qualifications · imported 13 November 2026 · Counts awards at that SCQF level or above across all SCQF credit-rated courses, not only SQA exams, and is not a subject pass rate. Schools serve different communities: compare with the school's virtual comparator, as the Scottish Government advises.
Percentage of the school's leavers who left with 5 or more awards at SCQF level 6 or better. SCQF level 6 includes Highers and other qualifications at that level.
Source: Schools – Breadth and Depth of Qualifications · imported 13 November 2026 · Counts awards at that SCQF level or above across all SCQF credit-rated courses, not only SQA exams, and is not a subject pass rate. Schools serve different communities: compare with the school's virtual comparator, as the Scottish Government advises.
Percentage of the school's leavers who left with 1 or more award at SCQF level 7 or better. SCQF level 7 includes Advanced Highers and other qualifications at that level.
Source: Schools – Breadth and Depth of Qualifications · imported 13 November 2026 · Counts awards at that SCQF level or above across all SCQF credit-rated courses, not only SQA exams, and is not a subject pass rate. Schools serve different communities: compare with the school's virtual comparator, as the Scottish Government advises.
Council-wide figures for Argyll & Bute, not this school's own results. School-level primary results are only published in 10% bands in a government dashboard; we'll add them when they're available as an official data file.
| 57% |
| 2021-22 | 33% | 45% | 53% |
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| 2022-23 | 29% | 44% | 51% |
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| 2023-24 | 46% | 52% | 52% |
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| 2024-25 | 27% | 45% | 54% |
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| 42% |
| 2021-22 | 27% | 32% | 39% |
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| 2022-23 | 14% | 30% | 38% |
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| 2023-24 | 37% | 39% | 39% |
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| 2024-25 | 20% | 32% | 41% |
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| 26% |
| 26% |
| 28% |
| 2021-22 | 22% | 23% | 26% |
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| 2022-23 | 11% | 21% | 25% |
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| 2023-24 | 23% | 25% | 25% |
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| 2024-25 | 12% | 21% | 26% |
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| Year | Argyll & Bute literacy | Argyll & Bute numeracy | Scotland literacy | Scotland numeracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | 69.4% | 76.4% | 69.2% | 76.4% |
| 2017-18 | 74.1% | 80.5% | 71.4% | 78.4% |
| 2018-19 | 71.8% | 80.2% | 72.3% | 79.1% |
| 2020-21 | 58.6% | 69% | 66.9% | 74.7% |
| 2021-22 | 62.4% | 72.7% | 70.5% | 78% |
| 2022-23 | 67.7% | 76.4% | 72.7% | 79.6% |
| 2023-24 | 72.2% | 80.1% | 74% | 80.3% |
| 2024-25 | 72.5% | 79.9% | 74.5% | 80.3% |
Teachers' judgements of pupils reaching the expected Curriculum for Excellence level. Not collected in 2019-20. Source: Scottish Government, Achievement of CfE Levels (OGL). Compare all councils