6 November 2024
Higher History – review of marking published
A review of Higher History has concluded that the marking standard in 2024 did not change and that the marking and grading processes worked as intended.
18 June 2021
Applications open for SQA Modern Apprenticeship scheme
Develop skills, gain a qualification, and get paid. SQA has started recruiting for its latest intake of Modern Apprentices. By combining the opportunity to earn nationally-recognised qualifications with on-the-job training, and a salary, a SQA Modern Apprenticeship will give you the knowledge and transferable skills you need to get your career off to a great start. The training programme is open to all young people aged between 16 and 19, and up to 29 for those who are disabled, or…
2 June 2021
SQA Appeals Service 2021 – a guide for learners
This has been a really challenging year for learners across the country. As a result of the pandemic, you have had to cope with a lot of disruption for over a year now and get to grips with the new way qualifications are being awarded. SQA has outlined the appeals service that will be used as part of the system that will award this year’s National 5, Higher, and Advanced Higher qualifications – called the alternative certification model. Your teachers…
2 June 2021
SQA Appeals Service 2021 – a guide for parents and carers
SQA has confirmed that its new appeals service for this year’s National 5, Higher, and Advanced Higher qualifications will give learners the opportunity, for the first time, to register that they want to appeal directly with SQA from Friday 25 June. The free appeals service is the fifth and final stage of the alternative certification model that will be used to award your child’s National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher qualifications this year. Your child’s teachers and lecturers are using…
20 May 2021
Working in partnership to deliver the ACM: a head teacher’s perspective
I am sure as you read this, many of you will be saying to yourself, “What a week this has been!” I think “That thought” could apply to quite a few weeks or months recently. On this wet Scottish Thursday morning, I have the challenge of writing this blog. I am actually finding it quite cathartic as I reflect on what we have done and achieved in our delivery of the Alternative Certification Model (ACM).
13 May 2021
Ensuring Scotland’s young people get the qualifications they deserve in 2021: a head teacher’s perspective
May is always a hard month – of work assessment, study and worry over attainment in the cycle of a school year. In 2021, following a global pandemic, the challenge has been greater than usual. It is important to consider this pressure in the wider context of the COVID-recovery landscape, and for school leaders to consider the parameters and guidelines negotiated and set out by leaders of the teaching unions, professional associations, the Scottish Qualifications Authority and the Scottish Government.…
