National Qualification approval process
You can see which qualifications you are approved to offer by checking your approval list on SQA Connect.
Schools
To offer a National Qualification that isn't on your approval list, you can apply for qualification approval.
The qualification approval application for National Qualifications is on SQA Connect.
Or you can contact our Business Development Team who will send you an application form and guide you through the process.
Colleges
Colleges should follow the process for approval under devolved authority for National Qualifications not on your automatic approval list.
Employers and training providers
The qualification approval application is on our Approvals page.
Or you can contact our Business Development Team who will send you an application form and guide you through the process.
Subjects not auto-approved:
- Care
- Childcare and Development
- Dance - National 5 (new for 2021/22)
- Dance - Higher (new for 2021/22)
- Music Technology - Advanced Higher
- Philosophy
- Practical Electronics - National 5
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Skills for Work Automotive Skills
- Skills for Work Building Services Engineering
- Skills for Work Construction Crafts
- Skills for Work Early Education and Childcare
- Skills for Work Energy
- Skills for Work Engineering Skills
- Skills for Work Health and Social Care
- Skills for Work Maritime Skills
- Skills for Work Practical Experiences: Construction and Engineering
- Skills for Work Uniformed and Emergency Services
Contact:
- Business Development and Customer Support Team
- 0303 333 0330