All the updated news related to Scottish Qualifications Authority

All the news related to Scottish Qualifications Authority updated in real time

Found 63

forScottish Qualifications Authority

Order by:

Scotland

Students can be confident grades ‘fairly demonstrate skills’

Scotland’s Education Secretary has said the exam results tens of thousands of youngsters are set to receive on Tuesday will “fairly demonstrate their skills, knowledge and understanding”. Pupils north of the border have faced an anxious wait for ...

08 Aug 2022 at 01:35

Scotland

More than 100,000 pupils due to receive exam results across Scotland

More than 100,000 pupils across Scotland are due to receive their grades on Tuesday morning, after the first full exam diet since the pandemic. The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) will contact students with their results, putting an end ...

09 Aug 2022 at 03:45

Attainment gap between most and least deprived areas widens, exam results show

The attainment gap between the most and least deprived areas of Scotland has grown wider since last year, exam result figures show. Figures from the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) show that for pupils in the 20% most deprived areas of ...

09 Aug 2022 at 17:39

Scotland

Pass rate down from last year as more than 100,000 pupils receive exam results

The pass rate for Scotland’s Higher qualifications is down from last year, as thousands of pupils receive their exam results. More than 100,000 pupils across Scotland began to receive their grades on Tuesday morning, following the first full ...

09 Aug 2022 at 15:50

Scotland

School pupils urged to share views on education reform in Scotland

School pupils in Scotland have been urged to share their views on the future of education to help establish new qualifications and assessment bodies. A national discussion called Let’s Talk Scottish Education has been launched for those ...

21 Sept 2022 at 13:20

Scotland

Shirley-Anne Somerville: Schoolchildren can help reform Scottish education

Schoolchildren can help the Scottish Government make education better, Shirley-Anne Somerville has said. The Education Secretary visited pupils at Carnegie Primary School in Dunfermline to seek their views on how to shape the future of ...

21 Sept 2022 at 17:21

Scotland

Education Scotland successor responsible for closing attainment gap, say MSPs

Reform plans for Scotland’s top education agency should include “taking ownership” of closing the poverty-related attainment gap, MSPs have said. Holyrood’s Education, Children and Young People Committee has recommended that Education ...

02 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

SQA staff could strike during exams appeal process, union warns

Staff at Scotland’s exams body could go on strike during the busy appeals process in a row over pay, a union has warned. Unite will launch an industrial action ballot involving workers at the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) ...

22 Jul 2022 at 17:01

Scotland

SQA should ‘take a short, hard look at themselves’, says expert

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) should “take a short, hard look at themselves”, an education expert has said. Professor Ken Muir published a report earlier this month on reforms to the Scottish education system that ...

23 Mar 2022 at 14:25

Scotland

Tories call for end to Curriculum for Excellence

The Scottish Conservatives have pushed for the end of the Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) on the first day of the party’s conference. A report on the curriculum published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...

18 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Scotland

‘Petulant’ SQA response to education report shows why change is needed, say MSPs

The “petulant” response to an education expert’s report has shown why a change of leadership at Scotland’s exam authority is needed, a cross-party group of MSPs has said. Professor Ken Muir, who published a report on ...

24 Mar 2022 at 13:25

Scotland

SQA revision support is ‘patronising and useless’, say teachers and experts

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has been accused of another “unacceptable shambles” after the botched release of widely mocked revision support for pupils ahead of their exams. Revision guidance for ...

08 Mar 2022 at 14:25

Years
2025

Iconic Media is Ireland's largest independently owned regional newspaper and media group, with an unrivalled audience in print, online and mobile. We have 19 regional newspapers and 21 digital sites.

Iconic Digital Titles

Iconic Print Titles

Letterkenny Live

This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.