Quality assurance documents
Becoming an SQA centre
This guide describes how to become an SQA centre and how to obtain approval to offer SQA qualifications. It should help potential new centres as well as existing centres.
Systems and Qualification Approval Guide (490 KB)
Quality Assurance Criteria - SQA Advanced/Higher National and vocational qualifications (235 KB)
Qualifications verification
- Qualification Verification Process Guidance for Centres (509 KB)
- Qualification Quality Assurance Criteria (475 KB)
Systems verification
- Systems verification Process Guidance for Centres (350 KB)
- Systems verification Criteria Guidance for centres (16 KB)
Support for you
Prior verification
Forms
- Prior Verification Request and Evaluation Form (901 KB)
- Combined Assessment support form (829 KB)
- Adaptations to Conditions of Assessment Request and Evaluation Form (974 KB)
Guidance
- Pre-Verification Guidance (248 KB)
- Combined Assessment Toolkit (173 KB)
- Guide to Assessment (649 KB)
Alternative assessment sites and partnership agreements
- Guidance on the Use of AAS and Partnership Agreements (71 KB)
- AAS declaration form (1.11 MB)