Wellbeing Awards
Our Wellbeing Awards help learners to explore factors that influence personal wellbeing, and to make decisions that contribute to improving personal wellbeing.
The Awards encourage learners to look at connections between mental, emotional, social and physical health, and to look at different ideas of health and wellbeing at a personal, community, societal or global level.
Wellbeing Awards are available at SCQF levels 3, 4 and 5.
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Qualification content and delivery tools
SCQF levels 3 to 5
- SCQF Level 3-5 Wellbeing Award Specification (203 KB)
- SCQF Level 3 Exploring Wellbeing Unit Specification (112 KB)
- SCQF Level 3 Improving Wellbeing Unit Specification (111 KB)
- SCQF Level 4 Exploring Wellbeing Unit Specification (50 KB)
- SCQF Level 4 Improving Wellbeing Unit Specification (112 KB)
- SCQF Level 5 Exploring Wellbeing Unit Specification (50 KB)
- SCQF Level 5 Improving Wellbeing Unit Specification (50 KB)
Award Support Notes and Unit Support Notes
Award Support Notes and Unit Support Notes provide advice and guidance for teachers and lecturers delivering these Awards. They are available from our secure website and teachers and lecturers can arrange access to them through their SQA Co-ordinator. Award Support Notes and Unit Support Notes are confidential documents that most be stored securely.
Unit assessment support
Unit assessment support materials contain details of Unit assessment tasks, show approaches to gathering evidence and how the evidence can be judged against the Outcomes and Assessment Standards. Teachers and lecturers can arrange access to these confidential documents through their SQA Co-ordinator. They must be stored securely at all times.
Internal Assessment Report
- 2016 NQ Internal Assessment Report (210 KB)
Understanding Standards
- Changes to published Understanding Standards materials
Please note: Understanding Standards material is regularly reviewed to ensure it remains up to date.
Examples of candidate evidence and commentaries for unit assessment can be found on the SQA Secure Site. You can access these through your SQA Coordinator.
Case studies
Cardinal Newman High School
SQA Partnerships
Lifeskills created with Barclays
Lifeskills, created with Barclays, is a free curriculum-linked programme, developed with teachers, to help improve the skills and employability in the UK.
- Barclays Lifeskills Employability SCQF 4 (265 KB)
- Barclays Lifeskills Personal Development SCQF 4 (280 KB)
- Barclays Lifeskills Personal Finance SCQF 4 (335 KB)
- Barclays Lifeskills Wellbeing Award SCQF 4 (206 KB)
SDS My World of Work
My World of Work helps people explore their work, skills and learning opportunities, providing the help they need for the career they want.
- My World of Work Employability SCQF 4 (178 KB)
- My World of Work Leadership SCQF 5 (186 KB)
- My World of Work Personal Development SCQF 4 (227 KB)
- My World of Work Personal Development SCQF 6 (200 KB)
- My World of Work Wellbeing SCQF 5 (171 KB)
John Muir Award
The John Muir Award is an environmental award scheme that encourages people to connect with, enjoy and care for wild places.
- John Muir Award case studies (398 KB)
