PDA Status Report and Development Schedule

The PDA Status Report and Development Schedule will provide stakeholders with early, regular and straightforward information on developments in Professional Development Awards.

The PDA Status Report and Development Scheduleis a dynamic document which aims to provide summary information on each individual development - initially indicating the subject area, the SQA Qualification Manager responsible for the award, an indication of the actual or forecast dates for the start of the development and the availability to centres.

In due course, we anticipate it will also provide an indication of the actual or forecast dates for the validation, and the availability of Arrangements Documents. Where an award on the original schedule is not being progressed, or has had a change of title during development or at validation, the name of the original award will be retained and highlighted, and a note explaining why the award is not being progressed, or linking it to the revised title, will be appended. This allows an audit trail to be maintained between the original and current schedules.

The PDA Status Report and Development Schedule will be published and reported to stakeholders on a monthly basis via this page. The user can apply filters to the schedule to search for specific information, ie can select a certain subject type to list all planned developments or list all awards validated and/or when. 

Please use the following link to access the schedule -   

PDA Status Report and Development Schedule

If your centre is revising or developing a PDA that is not on the schedule, please use the following form to have it added:

PDA Development Schedule Feedback Form