NQ Verification 2024-25 - Scottish Baccalaureate update
A Scottish Baccalaureate is a group award consisting of a coherent group of current Higher and Advanced Higher qualifications, in addition to an Interdisciplinary Project.
The Interdisciplinary Project is unique to the Scottish Baccalaureate qualification and it helps candidates develop and show evidence of initiative, responsibility, and independent working - skills of real value in the world of higher education and work.
Interdisciplinary Projects are internally assessed and graded by centres and their partners. Grading decisions are then externally verified by SQA External Verifiers.
The following information provides you with an overview of arrangements for the external verification of the Scottish Baccalaureate Interdisciplinary Project in 2025:
- You must submit Interdisciplinary Project results no later than Monday 31 March. It’s imperative that you meet this date as subsequent processes are dependent on this information being available.
- If your centre is selected for Quality Assurance activity, we’ll advise you on Friday 4 April which of your candidates’ Interdisciplinary Project materials you should submit for verification purposes.
- We’ll issue stationery for the uplift of candidates’ materials during the week of Monday 14 April.
- We’ll collect candidates’ Interdisciplinary Project materials from your centre on Friday 25 April.
Please refer to the Scottish Baccalaureate Interdisciplinary Project Quality Assurance guide for centres and their representatives for further information.
If you have any questions about the Scottish Baccalaureate, please contact the NQ Verification team on 0345 213 6766 or email nqverification@sqa.org.uk.