A report going before councillors shows that exam results for pupils at Portlethen Academy have improved in 2016 compared to 2015. There was a dramatic nine percentage points increase to 45% for S5 pupils attaining 3+ awards at level 6. That puts Portlethen at sixth position out of the 17 secondaries in Aberdeenshire.

The full report goes to the education committee on 25 August (item 7 on the agenda: http://committees.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/committees.aspx…)