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Question reference: S6W-37408

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 May 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) state and (b) grant-funded schools offer Economics at (i) National 4, (ii) National 5, (iii) Higher and (iv) Advanced Higher level.

This information is not held centrally. Under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, education is the responsibility of local authorities.

The Scottish Government does hold information on entries to courses and qualifications. This is not necessarily the same as the number of schools offering these courses as a school may offer a course, but no learners choose to take it.

The following table shows the number of (a) publicly funded and (b) grant-funded schools with entries to Economics courses at (i) National 4, (ii) National 5, (iii) Higher and (iv) Advanced Higher level in 2024.

Qualification	(a) Publicly funded schools	(b) Grant-funded schools
(i) National 4 [Note 1]	N/A	N/A
(ii) National 5	12	0
(iii) Higher	37	0
(iv) Advanced Higher	5	0

[Note 1] Economics National 4 is not currently offered by SQA.

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