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 (393 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

• Internal Verification Toolkit HNVQ (95 KB)
• Development visits

Prior verification

• Prior Verification Request and Evaluation Form (520 KB)
• Prior verification Q&A (209 KB)

Alternative assessment sites and partnership agreements

• Guidance on the Use of AAS and Partnership Agreements (71 KB)
• AAS declaration form  (1.11 MB)