Biology

Contact the Qualifications Manager for this subject area
Margot McKerrell GRAPHIC: email icon.

Subject-specific Information

Subject-specific information is available from the right-hand 'Subject-specific links' menu.

Guide to Assessment in the Sciences

IMAGE: Guide to Assessment in the Sciences cover. This binder draws together appropriate information on assessment from the Arrangements documents, National Assessment Bank materials and update letters for National Qualifications in the Sciences. It is intended to provide an easy access point for information on assessment and it is envisaged that it will be particularly useful to faculty heads, newly qualified teachers (NQTs) and teachers presenting more than one Science. It is an additional resource to be used in conjunction with SQA Arrangements documents and National Assessment Bank materials (NABs).

Related downloads

Download the Guide to Assessment in the Sciences
Download Appendix 2 - Standard Grade Investigation Booklet
Note: This is an A5 booklet set up to be printed on A4 paper.
If printing this document double sided, ensure that the option for duplex on the short edge is selected.
Download the Guide to Assessment in the Sciences - amendments (May 2008)

Advanced Higher

IMAGE: Introducing Advanced Higher leaflet cover. Advanced Highers are, as the name suggests, advanced qualifications. They are usually taken in the sixth year at school or at college. People who take Advanced Highers have normally passed Highers. Advanced Highers are National Courses. They are usually made up of three National Units and an external assessment - normally an examination or project.

More information on Advanced Highers is available in the downloads below:

To learn more about SQA standards and how they are applied to Higher Biology, you can visit the Understanding Standards website.

SQA Past Papers

IMAGE: Leckie and Leckie Biology past paper cover. Biology Past Papers and solutions are available to order from Leckie & Leckie covering the following levels: