National Qualifications - Updated documents for session 2024-25 onwards
On 13 March, we issued an update to schools, colleges and training practitioners about changes to a small number of National Courses for session 2024-25 onwards.
View our online news article: Update on National Courses for session 2024-25 onwards (13 March 2024).
We’re updating the documents and assessment materials for these courses, as needed. All updated documents will be available by the end of August 2024. These documents are valid for session 2024-25 onwards.
The following documents are now available:
Administration and IT
- National 3 course specification
- National 3 unit specification – Administration in Action
- National 3 unit specification – Communication in Administration
- National 3 unit specification – IT Solutions for Administrators
- National 4 course specification
- National 4 added value unit specification
- National 4 unit specification – Administration in Action
- National 4 unit specification – Communication in Administration
- National 4 unit specification – IT Solutions for Administrators
We've also updated the National 3 and National 4 unit assessment support packs and e-files. These are available from the SQA Secure website and you can access them through your SQA co-ordinator.
The updated course and unit support notes will be available by the end of August.
Visit the NQ Administration and IT web page.
Economics
- National 5 course specification
- Higher course specification
- Advanced Higher course specification
Visit the NQ Economics web page.
Geography
- National 5 coursework assessment task - Gaelic translation
Visit the NQ Geography web page.
History
- National 5 course specification
- Higher course specification
- Advanced Higher course specification – Gaelic translation
Visit the NQ History web page.
Physical Education
- National 3 course and unit support notes
- National 4 course and unit support notes
- National 5 course specification
- National 5 performance assessment task
- Higher course specification
- Higher performance assessment task
- Advanced Higher course specification
- Advanced Higher performance assessment task
Visit the NQ Physical Education web page.
You can access the updated documents from the NQ web pages for each subject at www.sqa.org.uk/nqsubjects. Links to each subject page are provided above.
We’ve added temporary subheadings to the document tabs on each web page, to distinguish between the updated documents (session 2024-25 onwards) and the current versions (session 2023-24).
Please use the updated versions with your learners from session 2024-25. We’ll remove the current versions after the 2024 Appeals service has closed.