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About SQA Accreditation

SQA Accreditation is a distinct, autonomous arm of the Scottish Qualifications Authority. We have a statutory role to approve and accredit all types of qualifications (other than degrees) that are offered across Scotland.

We also regulate and approve awarding bodies to deliver these qualifications through centres of learning — these include colleges, employers and private training providers. To do this we are given grant-in-aid funding from the Scottish Government.

We have approved 30 awarding bodies to offer qualifications that are accredited by us. These awarding bodies are audited annually to ensure that they are delivering the qualifications in accordance with our Awarding Body Criteria. We also conduct monitoring visits to a sample of the awarding body’s centres to ensure that they are meeting the criteria 2007.

We will publish all awarding body audit reports and centre monitoring visit reports. We will also publish the awarding body's response to our reports, and will update individual awarding body action plans as and when the awarding body addresses any identified and agreed actions.

We can accredit all types of qualifications, other than degrees, that are offered across Scotland. At the moment, we accredit all Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs), qualifications that are required by a regulatory body, qualifications based on National Occupational Standards (NOS), and qualifications which are delivered online. We approve associated qualification products such as qualification structures, assessment strategies, core skills signposting and SCQF credit rating.