On 1 February 2026, Qualifications Scotland replaced SQA and became Scotland’s new national awarding body. The documents on this page remain current and you can continue to use them. We’ll update them in the style of Qualifications Scotland when they’re next due for review.

We’re reducing the marks for the National 5 and Higher Fashion and Textile Technology practical activities and assignments. We’re also reducing the number of assignment investigations from three to two. We’ll introduce these changes from session 2027-28.

Please see the National 5 and Higher Fashion and Textile Technology pages for details and to access the course documents for session 2027-28 onwards.

These changes are part of ongoing improvements to assessment in some of our current National Courses, based on feedback from educators and learners. Our high-level summary table gives an overview of these changes.