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: 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.
- Audit of Evidence to Support Requests for Assessment Arrangements (168 KB)
- Audit of Evidence to Support Requests for Assessment Arrangements (181 KB)
- 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: 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.
Related Information
- Guide to Reasonable Adjustments in Regulated Qualifications (121 KB)
- Understanding Standards of the talking and listening components
- Support in National Literacy Units
- Supporting candidates in Literacy assessments
- Reasonable Adjustments for SVQs and Related Qualifications (84 KB)
- Section 96(7) Equality Act 2010
Contact Information
- Assessment Arrangements
- 0345 213 6890
External Web Links
Information, guidance and training on Digital Question Papers and Speech Recognition Software
SSC BSL Glossary of Curriculum Terms
A list of subject-specific terms in British Sign Language.