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31 July 2024

Results Day 2024 – explaining the grading process

How are exams and coursework marked and graded? How do grades awarded this year compare with grades awarded in previous years? How does SQA ensure grades are applied consistently, and fairly? Martyn Ware, Director of Policy, Analysis, and Standards at SQA explains what happens once learners have completed their exams and coursework.  

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Pictured are Kingussie pupils, and Computing teacher Steve Bailey Young

19 August 2024

Computing candidates boost their potential with gaming qualifications

Pictured are Kingussie pupils, and Computing teacher Steve Bailey Young. Learners undertaking Higher, and Advanced Higher Computing Science at Kingussie High School are taking SQA’s National Progression Award (NPA) in Computer Games Development as part of their studies in their senior phase at school. National Progression Awards are available in a variety of sectors. They’re aimed at assessing a defined set of skills and knowledge in specialist vocational areas. They also link to National Occupational Standards, which are the basis…

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Learners sitting at a table chatting, while looking at a laptop.

9 August 2024

Choose College

In this blog, Shona Struthers, Chief Executive of Colleges Scotland, shares what colleges across the country have to offer.

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