Equalities Monitoring Report
Description
Section 149 (1) of the Equality Act 2010 requires Qualifications Scotland to have due regard to a number of needs, including the need to advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it. Analyses of the 2026 outcomes can be found below.
Analytical Report
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Documents - the documents below will be available on 4 August 2026.
- Equalities Monitoring Report 2026 - Background and Context
- Equalities Monitoring Report 2026 - Analytical Report
- Equalities Monitoring Report 2026 - Tables
Date of publication: 4 August 2026
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Description
Section 149 (1) of the Equality Act 2010 requires SQA to have due regard to a number of needs, including the need to advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it. Analyses of the 2025 outcomes can be found below.
Documents
In addition to the normal five-year reporting period, the 2025 publication includes an additional two years, 2020 and 2019, with 2019 being the most recent year prior to the pandemic where full course assessment was undertaken.
Date of publication: 5 August 2025
Description
Section 149 (1) of the Equality Act 2010 requires SQA to have due regard to a number of needs, including the need to advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it. Analyses of the 2024 outcomes can be found below.
Documents
In addition to the normal five-year reporting period, the 2024 publication includes an additional year, 2019, the most recent year prior to the pandemic where full course assessment was undertaken.
Date of publication: 06 August 2024
Description
Section 149 (1) of the Equality Act 2010 requires SQA to have due regard to a number of needs, including the need to advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it. Analyses of the 2023 outcomes can be found below.
Documents
Date of publication: 08 August 2023
Description
Section 149 (1) of the Equality Act 2010 requires SQA to have due regard to a number of needs, including the need to advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and person who do not share it. Analyses of the 2022 outcomes can be found below.
Documents
Date of publication: 09 August 2022
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