Tag: SQA
over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

Scottish exam staff to strike as union warns action could ‘severely delay’ appeals

SQA staff have voted to back strike action after Unite said that workers had been offered a ‘derisory’ pay offer

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almost 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Scottish exam results show pass rate down on 2021 as gap between rich and poor pupils widens

It is the first time students have taken Higher, Advanced Higher and National 5 exams since 2019 due to the Covid pan...

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almost 2 years ago
glasgowworld.com

SQA Results Day 2022: What is clearing, the process, and deadlines

SQA exam results are expected for students across Glasgow this week - here is everything you need to know about Clear...

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almost 2 years ago
scotsman.com

Scotland exam results day 2022: When are Scottish SQA exam results released?

Here’s all you need to know about Scotland’s exam results day 2022.

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almost 2 years ago
glasgowworld.com

SQA exam results 2022: this is when pupils in Glasgow will get their exam results

School pupils in Glasgow will soon be finding out their exam results.

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almost 2 years ago
scotsman.com

SQA broke transparency rules in suppressing decade's worth of exam appeal figures

Scotland’s exam authority breached Freedom of Information legislation by suppressing the number of appeals upheld at ...

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almost 2 years ago
scotsman.com

SQA broke transparency rules in suppressing decade's worth of exam appeal figures

Scotland’s exam authority breached Freedom of Information legislation by suppressing the number of appeals upheld at ...

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almost 2 years ago
scotsman.com

SQA broke transparency rules in suppressing decade's worth of exam appeal figures

Scotland’s exam authority breached Freedom of Information legislation by suppressing the number of appeals upheld at ...

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almost 2 years ago
scotsman.com

'Daily correspondence' between SQA and ministers over exams actually just 11 emails in five months

Claims the education secretary was exchanging “daily correspondence” with the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)...

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over 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

School exams in Scotland will go ahead with 'generous' grading and revision support for pupils

It will be the first time that National 5, Higher, and Advanced Higher exams have taken place since 2019, after being...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Decision on 2022 school exams in Scotland will not be taken until August

Nicola Sturgeon indicated that the importance of exams could be downgraded in the future, arguing it was time to “con...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Scottish exams body to be broken up as part of major reforms

The SQA will be replaced with a new organisation responsible for both setting the curriculum and then assessing pupil...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Fresh pupil grading row in Scotland over council plans to challenge 'anomalous' results

Education Scotland said most councils had developed “data analysis tools” allowing pupils’ performance to be compared...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

SQA to be reformed after criticism over approach to exams during Covid

The SQA was at the centre of last year’s downgrading debacle and has come under fire again after it missed the deadli...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Nicola Sturgeon faces backlash over 'deeply unfair' pupil appeals process

Opposition parties said the approach was “deeply unfair”, while children’s groups said it would cause “further worry”...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Scottish pupils risk being downgraded if they appeal Highers or National 5s

For the first time, children who believe they have been wrongly awarded a lower grade will be able to appeal directly...

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