Quality Assurance

Information and exemplars for schools and colleges on our quality assurance requirements for the delivery of assessment arrangements. Read these documents alongside Assessment Arrangements Explained: Information for Centres.

As part of your Quality Assurance process, you must have confirmation from your candidate(s) that they have been made aware that some personal information will be shared with SQA as part of the request process.

Schools

How schools should quality assure their provision of appropriate assessment arrangements.

Quality Assurance of Assessment Arrangements in Internal and External Assessments: Information for schools (246 KB)

Quality Assurance of Assessment Arrangements: Additional guidance for schools  (305 KB)

Exemplars of the Quality Assurance reports our auditors complete and provide you with after they have visited your school.

  1. Audit of Evidence to Support Requests for Assessment Arrangements (168 KB)
  2. Audit of Evidence to Support Requests for Assessment Arrangements (181 KB)
  3. Audit of Evidence to Support Requests for Assessment Arrangements (222 KB)

In response to requests from practitioners for advice on gathering appropriate evidence for assessment arrangements for candidates with mental health difficulties, we have produced the following guidance:

Colleges

How colleges should quality assure their provision of appropriate assessment arrangements.

Quality Assurance of Assessment Arrangements in Internal and External Assessments: Information for colleges (152 KB)

Quality Assurance of Assessment Arrangements: Additional guidance for colleges (295 KB)

Exemplars of the Quality Assurance reports our auditors complete and provide you with after they have visited your college.

  1. Audit of Evidence to Support Requests for Assessment Arrangements (65 KB)
  2. Audit of Evidence to Support Requests for Assessment Arrangements (65 KB)