Tag: SQA
Exam results: no wrong path to succeed
August the eighth is exam results day for 144,000 young people across Scotland. Congratulations to all the students who got the results they had hoped for! It’s a real relief to open that dreaded...
Exams begin today for Scottish pupils
SQA exams begin on Monday for tens of thousands of young people across Scotland who will sit National 5, Higher and Advanced Highers.
The exam period will conclude on Thursday 1 June.
Around 130,000 candidates will...
Parliament to debate overhaul of SQA on Wednesday
After the to-ing and fro-ing around exam results last year, it is little surprise that the opposition are reviving an old argument about splitting up Education Scotland and the SQA.
The Scottish Liberal Democrats...
Schools in poorer areas more than four times more likely to have Higher passes...
According to an investigation by James McEnaney for The Ferret, the poorest schools in the country are four times more likely to have had their Higher passes changed to fail with the moderation system...
SQA results for Edinburgh pupils show positive trend
The Scottish Qualifications Authority has announced results for pupils all over Scotland today and in Edinburgh 8,000 students now have theirs.
There were no exams this year and instead the SQA has worked with estimated...
What’s going to happen on exam results day?
All the results for SQA Nationals, Highers and Advanced Highers will be announced on 4 August 2020.
There have been no exams for school pupils this year as a result of the pandemic, and...
Letter from Scotland
Phew, the exam season is nearly over. Scotland’s 137,000 pupils and their 23,000 teachers will be mightily relieved. It all began with Urdu on 30th April and will end with Gaelic on Monday. It’s...
Seabird Centre in joint project with SQA
The Seabird Centre at North Berwick has begun a collaboration with the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) to develop new Environmental Science coursework together. This coursework is linked to the Curriculum for Excellent and is suitable...
Better exam results for Edinburgh school pupils
The waiting will finally be over as thousands of pupils across Edinburgh receive their exam results today.
Early indications are that candidates in Scotland's capital have improved on their performances from 2013 and that Edinburgh's...
School pupils studying hard online
Scotland's schools and teachers are working hard to ensure that pupils who have had enforced days off due to the snow can catch up on missed work.
The moves have been welcomed by Education Secretary...
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