Higher Health and Food Technology

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.

• Higher Health and Food Technology Course Specification
  August 2016

This explains the structure of the Course assessment; including the type and method of assessment. It also includes information on Course coverage.

• Higher Health and Food Technology Course Assessment Specification
  April 2015

These provide an outline of what each Unit will cover within the Course and detail the Outcomes and Assessment Standards.

• Health and Food Technology: Contemporary Food Issues (Higher) Unit Specification
  August 2016
• Health and Food Technology: Food Product Development (Higher) Unit Specification
  April 2015
• Health and Food Technology: Food for Health (Higher) Unit Specification
  Apr 2014

These provide advice and guidance for teachers/lecturers on learning, teaching and assessment within the Course and its Units.

The following document contains the Course Support Notes and the Unit Support Notes for this Course. They can be printed together or separately.

• Higher Health and Food Technology Course and Unit Support Notes
  May 2015

These illustrate the standard, structure and requirements of the question papers learners will sit. These also include marking instructions.

• Guidance on the use of past paper questions for Higher Health and Food Technology
  May 2014
• Higher Health and Food Technology Specimen Question Paper
  Feb 2014

Provides information on marking instructions and/or the coursework assessment task(s). It includes information that centres need to administer coursework and must be read in conjunction with the course specification.

• General assessment information for Higher Health and Food Technology
  September 2016
• Guidance on conditions of assessment (409 KB)
  

Information on the production and submission of SQA-assessed coursework for National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher.

These documents contain details of Unit assessment task(s), show approaches to gathering evidence and how the evidence can be judged against the Outcomes and Assessment Standards. Teachers/lecturers can arrange access to these confidential documents through their SQA Co-ordinator.

There was no Round 2 verification activity at this level in 2016.

• Health and Food Technology Verification Key Messages Round 1
  March 2018
• 2017 Higher Health and Food Technology Course Report October 2017
• 2016 Higher Health and Food Technology Course Report October 2016
• 2015 Higher Health and Food Technology Course Report Oct 2015
• Health and Food Technology Verification Key Messages Round 1 March 2017
• Health and Food Technology Verification Key Messages October 2016
• Health and Food Technology Verification Key Messages October 2015
• Health and Food Technology Verification Key Messages Round 1 March 2015

• Health and Food Technology: Quality Assurance - external verification

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

• Higher Health and Food Technology Course Specification
  April 2018

Provides information on the performance of candidates - which is useful to teachers, lecturers and assessors in their preparation of candidates for future assessment.

There was no Round 2 verification activity at this level in 2016.

• 2017 Higher Health and Food Technology Course Report October 2017
• 2016 Higher Health and Food Technology Course Report October 2016
• 2015 Higher Health and Food Technology Course Report Oct 2015
• Health and Food Technology Verification Key Messages Round 1 March 2017
• Health and Food Technology Verification Key Messages October 2016
• Health and Food Technology Verification Key Messages October 2015
• Health and Food Technology Verification Key Messages Round 1 March 2015

• Health and Food Technology: Quality Assurance - external verification

• Examples of candidate evidence with commentaries
• Overview of Course Assessment Presentation with audio (12 minutes)
• Higher event presentation (February 2018)
• Changes to published Understanding Standards materials

Please note: Understanding Standards material is regularly reviewed to ensure they remain up to date.

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.