Stakeholder toolkit: National Qualifications
Help spread the word on SQA learner resources
Thank you for choosing to help share the information and support available to learners.
This year, exams take place from 25 April to 2 June 2025, and Results Day is on Tuesday 5 August 2025.
Within this toolkit page, you’ll find resources and graphics to help you spread the word to learners through social media, presentations, videos and posters. Please feel free to use this content in its current format, or the information provided to help you shape your own content.
Content currently available:
- Your Exams
- Your National Qualifications
Questions? Please email social.media@sqa.org.uk.
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General information and useful links
SQA learner hub
This is our one-stop shop for useful resources, hints and tips to help support learners through preparing for, taking exams and awaiting results. SQA keeps this page up to date with new and updated information throughout the academic year.
Your National Qualifications
This is our resource designed to provide learners, parents and carers with everything they need to know about coursework and preparing for exams. This includes information on using sources, word counts, deadlines – as well as information on plagiarism and using Artificial Intelligence. For 2024/25 Your National Qualifications is available as a downloadable, digital resource only.
Your Exams
Your Exams provide learners, parents and carers with everything they need to know about preparing for and sitting exams. This includes information on the exam timetable, prohibited items, exceptional circumstances and getting exam results. This year, Your Exams is available as a downloadable, digital resource only.
Ensuring learners understand the information and rules associated with sitting exams is important to help them avoid losing marks, getting a lower grade or having their exam entry cancelled.
Your Exams
This section contains messaging and assets to help you spread the word about Your Exams.
Social media suggested copy
Please use #SQAexams in your posts and feel free to tag @sqanews across Instagram, Threads, Facebook and Twitter. You can also find us on LinkedIn and YouTube.
Your Exams covers everything learners need to know about exams, including what to expect on the day, rules on Artificial Intelligence and items they can’t take into the exam room with them.
Download a copy from @sqanews now: https://www.sqa.org.uk/yourexams
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The latest resource from @sqanews has everything learners need to know National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exams.
You can download a copy of Your Exams: https://www.sqa.org.uk/yourexams
Social media graphics
- Your Exams - 1:1 - social advert (4.88 MB)
- Your Exams - 9:16 - social advert (6.41 MB)
Learner presentation resources
- Presentation powerpoint (30.00 MB)
- Presentation pdf (2.14 MB)
This video is also present at the end of the presentation linked above but you can also use it separately.
- Your Exams video (26.80 MB)
Digital posters
The following resource can be downloaded to help you spread the word to learners through assemblies and throughout your school or college.
Newsletter/email suggested copy for parents
SQA’s learner booklet – Your Exams – is available to download from their website. The booklet contains important information for learners sitting National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exams. It also highlights the rules that learners must know and follow to ensure they are not penalised. Please encourage your child to download and read the booklet. If you have any problems accessing the booklet please ask your child to speak to their pupil support.
Download Your Exams booklet
Your National Qualifications
This section contains messaging and assets to help you spread the word about Your National Qualifications.
Social media suggested copy
Please use #SQAexams in your posts and feel free to tag @sqanews across Instagram, Threads, Facebook and Twitter. You can also find us on LinkedIn and YouTube.
@sqanews has published new information on everything learners, parents and carers need to know about completing coursework and preparing for exams.
Download Your National Qualifications now: https://www.sqa.org.uk/yourNQ
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The latest resource from @sqanews has everything you need to know about completing coursework – from word counts and deadlines to using A.I.
It also covers important information about #SQAexams.
Download Your National Qualifications: https://www.sqa.org.uk/yourNQ
Social media graphics
- your-nq-social-graphics-1x1-english (196 KB)
- your-nq-social-graphics-1x1-gaelic (185 KB)
- your-nq-social-graphics-9x16-english (181 KB)
- your-nq-social-graphics-9x16-gaelic (173 KB)
Learner presentation resources
- Presentation powerpoint (27.32 MB)
- Presentation pdf (1.66 MB)
This video is also present at the end of the presentation linked above but you can also use it separately.
- Your National Qualifications video (25.58 MB)
Digital posters
The following resources can be downloaded to help you spread the word to learners through assemblies and throughout your school or college.
Your National Qualifications School
- Your National Qualifications school poster for using on screens (4.79 MB)
- Your National Qualifications school poster for printing (119 KB)
Your National Qualifications College
- Your National Qualifications college poster for using on screens (4.80 MB)
- Your National Qualifications college poster for printing (119 KB)
Newsletter/email suggested copy for parents
SQA’s learner booklet – Your National Qualifications – is available to download from their website. The booklet contains important information for learners creating and submitting coursework for National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher. It also highlights the rules that learners must know and follow to ensure they are not penalised. Please encourage your child to download and read the booklet. If you have any problems accessing the booklet please ask your child to speak to their pupil support.