National Courses and units - Updated documents for session 2024-25 onwards
On 13 March, we issued an update to schools, colleges and training practitioners about changes to a small number of National Courses for session 2024-25 onwards.
View our online news article: Update on National Courses for session 2024-25 onwards (13 March 2024).
We’re updating the documents and assessment materials for these courses, as needed, prioritising course specifications, unit specifications and coursework assessment tasks. All updated documents – including any updated specimen question papers, course and unit support notes, and unit assessment support packs – will be available by the end of August 2024. The updated documents are valid for session 2024-25 onwards.
The following updated documents are now available.
Art and Design
- National 5 course specification
Visit the NQ Art and Design web page.
Business Management
- National 5 course specification
- Higher course specification
- Advanced Higher course specification
Visit the NQ Business Management web page.
Classical Studies
- National 3 course specification
- National 4 course specification
- National 5 course specification
- Higher course specification
- Higher coursework assessment task
- Advanced Higher course specification
Visit the NQ Classical Studies web page.
Cruinn-eòlas (Gaelic medium Geography)
- National 5 course specification - Gaelic medium version
Visit the NQ Geography web page.
English
- National 4 course specification
- National 4 course support notes
- National 4 added value unit specification
- National 4 added value unit assessment support pack (available from the SQA Secure website)
Visit the NQ English web page.
Geography
- National 5 course specification
- National 5 coursework assessment task
- Higher course specification
- Higher coursework assessment task
- SCQF level 5 Global Issues unit specification
- SCQF level 5 Human Environments unit specification
- SCQF level 6 Global Issues unit specification
- SCQF level 6 Human Environments unit specification
- SCQF level 6 Physical Environments unit specification
Visit the NQ Geography web page.
History
- National 4 course specification
- Advanced Higher course specification
Visit the NQ History web page.
Accessing the documents
You can access the updated documents from the NQ web pages for each subject at www.sqa.org.uk/nqsubjects. Links to each subject page are provided above.
We’ve added temporary subheadings to the document tabs on each web page, to distinguish between the updated documents (session 2024-25 onwards) and the current versions (session 2023-24).
Please use the updated versions with your learners from session 2024-25. We’ll remove the current versions after the appeals service closes.