National 5 Latin

The alternative certification model is how National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher courses will be resulted this year, following the cancellation of the 2021 exams. It involves five different stages.

View the alternative certification model and see what will happen at each stage.

The Alternative Certification Model included a national quality assurance activity, carried out in May 2021. SQA appointees reviewed and provided feedback on a selection of assessment evidence from SQA centres. Subject-specific feedback has been provided to those centres for each course and level they were selected for.

The key messages report provides information on any common themes and key points from the evidence submitted and reviewed across all the selections. This report is provided for all delivering centres to reflect upon and make any appropriate adjustments.

• National 5 Latin 2020-21 key messages
  June 2021

This explains the overall structure of the Course, including its purpose and aims and information on the skills, knowledge and understanding that will be developed.

• N5 Latin course specification
  June 2020

Guidance

• National 5 Latin: Guidance on gathering key evidence for producing estimates in session 2020-21 (167 KB)

SQA Academy course

• Determining provisional results for session 2020-21

Please note: For session 2020-21 there will be no external assessment for this course. However, the materials detailed below remain a useful illustration of the standards required. These should be viewed along with the National 5 to Advanced Higher Course information for 2020-21.

Examples of candidate evidence with commentaries

• Examples of candidate evidence with commentaries

Course assessment overview

• Overview video of revisions to course assessment from session 2017-18 (39 minutes)
• Overview of course assessment presentation with audio (18 minutes)

Changes to understanding standards materials

• Changes to published Understanding Standards materials for all subjects

Please note: Understanding Standards materials are regularly reviewed to ensure they remain up to date.

These reports provide information on the performance of candidates which it is hoped will be useful to teachers, lecturers and assessors in their preparation of candidates for future assessment.

Course Reports

• 2016 National 5 Latin Course Report
  September 2016
• 2017 National 5 Latin Course Report
  October 2017
• 2019 National 5 Latin Course Report September 2019
• 2018 National 5 Latin Course Report August 2018

Verification Reports

• Latin Verification Key Messages Round 1
  March 2017

Additional CPD support

Where any particular areas of concern are identified, which are not addressed by our Understanding Standards events or support materials, we will offer free continuing professional development (CPD) training, subject to request. CPD support is subject-specific and can be tailored to cover one or more qualification level. To find out more about this service visit our CPD page.