An ambitious blueprint for Scotland's new qualifications body is published today, marking the start of a year-long transition from SQA to Qualifications Scotland.
SQA sponsored the Judges’ Award category and this year’s winner was Dundee and Angus College.
Review of Higher History has concluded that the marking standard in 2024 did not change
SQA has written to centres today regarding updates to a small number of courses from session 2024-25 onwards.
We’re pleased to launch a public consultation on the revision of our Equality Outcomes for 2025-2029.
SQA has welcomed partners from the STF for their annual autumn conference.
Staff from SQA visited Lourdes Secondary School in Cardonald to deliver an employability skills workshop for senior pupils.
The reports provide teachers and lecturers with a summary of how learners have performed in their exams and coursework for each subject at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher level over the past year.
A Glasgow school for young people with complex additional support needs is celebrating the achievements of its pupils.
Foundation Apprenticeships give learners the opportunity to gain experience of the workplace and achieve a valuable qualification while still being at school.
SQA publishes new guidance to help make PE qualifications more accessible to learners
SQA announces that ten of its industry-leading Advanced Diploma qualifications have been recognised by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency.
SQA is a proud corporate parent, and has marked the achievements of these young people through a collaborative congratulatory video with messages from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, charities Who Cares? Scotland and MCR Pathways and SQA staff.
Learners across Scotland will receive their national qualification results today (Tuesday 6 August 2024) as the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) celebrated their 'achievement and hard work'.
Over the coming weeks and months, SQA will be working with the Scottish Government and a wide range of stakeholders to develop plans for future learner engagement to support the transition to Qualifications Scotland.
Shirley Rogers starts her new role on Friday 1 December, replacing David Middleton who has been in post since 2017.
The Scottish Government published the Education (Scotland) Bill this morning.
SQA today (Wednesday 22 May) announces that thousands of learners will be able to get access to some of their marked exam papers from their schools and colleges from Results Day on Tuesday 6 August.
New research reveals the impact Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is having on education in Scotland.
Apprenticeships give young talent chance to excel at SQA
The exam period begins on Monday 22 April and concludes on Thursday 30 May.
Alzheimer Scotland service users recently took part in a 12-week French language achieveing SQA National 2 units in French at a social enterprise in Glasgow.
A free appeals service, which will give learners the right to request a review of their marked exam papers, will be available later this year.
Research reflecting teachers' and learners' experiences of National Courses in 2023 is published today.
22 September 2023 - SQA's British Sign Language Awards are proving popular with pupils at Dingwall Academy.
SQA provides an update on arrangements for National Qualifications in 2023-24.
SQA wants your views on our Scottish set texts list for National 5 and Higher English.
New esports qualification opens the door to a billion-pound industry for Scottish students
This week saw Scottish Games Week take place; the first ever Scotland-wide series of events focused solely on video games. Running from Monday 24 October to Friday 28 October, the event sought to position the games sector as a key part of Scotland’s digital future.
Following the publication of overall 2022 appeals outcomes on Thursday 3 November, SQA has today published appeals data by course for National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher courses.
Learners all over Scotland have artwork displayed in celebration online gallery.
SQA is one of the sponsors at the Going Global conference in Edinburgh this week.
From 27 February to 3 March, CyberScotland Week aims to improve cyber awareness, showcase innovative work happening across the sector, and promote skills development and careers in cyber security.
SQA is proud to support this year’s Scottish Apprenticeship Week and highlight the positive impact work-based learning has on people, businesses, and the local economy. Apprenticeships unlock learners’ potential and provide them with valuable skills and experience sought by employers. They also support sustained employment and upskilling, as well as opening up opportunities for young people from diverse backgrounds and abilities to gain skills that will support them throughout their life and in work.
SQA has published additional information regarding the National Qualification appeal outcomes in 2023.
SQA has published national qualification appeals outcomes, and an analysis of the relationship between estimates and results awarded in August.2023
More than 200 delegates are visiting Glasgow this week for the annual TAICEP conference. TAICEP (The Association for International Credential Evaluation Professionals) is hosting its first in-person conference since 2019 at the city’s Marriott Hotel. SQA has been a member of TAICEP since 2018 and has been instrumental in bringing this year’s event to Glasgow – the first event in Europe since the conference was held in Rome in 2017.
Statement on publication Hayward Review from David Middleton, Chair of the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA).
Fiona Robertston, SQA Chief Executive, has responded to the publication of the Independent Review of the Skills Delivery Landscape.
SQA outlines plans for National Qualifications (NQ) and Higher National and Vocational Qualifications (HNVQ) assessment for 2023-24.
SQA has today published its revised 2022-2025 Gaelic Language Plan, in accordance with the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005, which recognises Gaelic as an official language of Scotland.
Learners, teachers, lecturers, parents and carers have reflected on their experiences of National Qualifications in a large-scale evaluation of the approach taken to awarding in 2022.
Statistical analysis of the relationship between estimates and the appeals outcomes published.
The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has confirmed today that changes to the way National 5, Higher, and Advanced Higher are assessed, that take into account disruption to learning caused by the global pandemic, will remain in place for the next academic year.
We engaged positively with Professor Muir throughout his review, and so we were disappointed by the evidence given to the Education Committee.
9 March 2022 - SQA response to the Scottish Government statement on education reform.
