Appeals service

The Appeals Service is closed. We have now issued results of appeals to schools, colleges and training providers. Please contact them for your result(s).

If your grade has changed, your new certificate will arrive by post in November.

You may want to read our Appeals Service FAQs(link to pdf) (229 KB).

The Appeals process included a marking review of your SQA-marked assessments by our most experienced markers, who are also subject-specialist teachers and lecturers.  This was not a re-mark.

A marking review checked that:

• all parts of your SQA-assessments were marked
• the marking was in line with national standards
• the marks given for each answer were totalled correctly and
• the correct result was entered on our system.

Please note that after being reviewed, your result could stay the same, go up or go down.

Roles and responsibilities

Appeals Service Roles and Responsibilities (112 KB) outlines the duties and tasks that SQA, schools, colleges, training providers, learners and local authorities must undertake pre and post certification. You can speak to your teacher or lecturer if you have any questions about the document or service.