Your Certificate

Detailed information about each part of your Scottish Qualifications Certificate (SQC) 

If your certificate has been damaged in the post, your school, college or training provider can request a new one. Please speak to your teacher, lecturer or training practitioner once the new term starts.

If there is an error on your certificate, your school, college or training provider can request a new one. Please speak to your teacher, lecturer or training practitioner once the new term starts.

If you're missing results, or there are results listed that you weren't expecting to see, please speak to your teacher, lecturer or training practitioner once the new term starts..

Your school, college or training provider will look into this for you. We'll send an updated certificate once the school, college or training provider sends us the necessary information.

You may have two different Scottish Candidate Numbers linked to your name.

Please take both certificates to your school, college or training provider and ask them to contact us. We will then merge the information together on a single certificate.

We can only amend your certificate if there has been an error. If you think there has been an error, please speak to your teacher, lecturer or training practitioner once the new term starts.

If you're missing results, or there are results listed that you weren't expecting to see, please speak to your teacher, lecturer or training practitioner once the new term starts.

Your school, college or training provider will look into this for you. SQA will only send you an updated certificate once they provide us with the necessary information.

This means that you have not been awarded an A-D grade in one or more of the National Courses you did this year.

Any National Units you have achieved will be recorded on a separate certificate.

If you're missing results, or there are results listed that you weren't expecting to see, speak to your teachers or lecturers when you return to school or college.

The detailed record of attainment is a full and detailed breakdown of the content of all qualifications you have achieved this year.

Record of attainment

This part of your certificate is a summary of all the SQA qualifications you’ve achieved so far, not just the ones from this year.

Summary of attainment.

If you have completed National Qualifications in Gaelic, you will receive a single certificate that displays these qualification titles in Gaelic.

SQA awards the following courses:

• National 3 – National 5 Applications of Mathematics (Gnìomhachas Matamataigs Nàiseanta 3 - Nàiseanta 5)
• National 4 Biology (Bith-eòlas Nàiseanta 4)
• National 3 – Advanced Higher Geography (Cruinn-eòlas Nàiseanta 3 - Àrd-Ìre Adhartach)
• National 3 – Advanced Higher History (Eachdraidh Nàiseanta 3 - Àrd-Ìre Adhartach)
• National 4 – Advanced Higher Mathematics (Matamataig Nàiseanta 4 - Àrd-Ìre Adhartach)
• National 3 – Advanced Higher Modern Studies (Nuadh-eòlas Nàiseanta 3 - Àrd-Ìre Adhartach)

MySQA

If you signed-up for MySQA, the qualifications you achieved will be displayed in Gaelic in the text message and in the email you receive.

All Gaelic medium course and unit titles will be reported in Gaelic on your certificate, followed by an English translation in brackets.

If you have achieved the full course award, your detailed record of attainment will include a recognition statement (in English) to indicate that you completed the course in the medium of Gaelic and were assessed in the medium of Gaelic.

If you have not completed the full course, or received a ‘No Award’ result, your detailed record of attainment will still include the units you have achieved and these will also be reported in Gaelic.

Unfortunately, some characters used in Gaelic cannot be printed on your results certificate. We are reviewing this as part of our Gaelic Language Plan commitments.

You can order a replacement certificate. If you are requesting a replacement certificate for qualifications completed before 2012, your replacement certificate will be issued in English.

There is usually a fee for replacement certificates. However, if you are a care experienced learner aged 26 or under, you can request a replacement certificate for free.

View more information on SQA’s Replacement Certificate Service.

Core skills are a group of five skills that are key to learning and working in today's world. These are:

• Communication
• Numeracy
• Information and Communication Technology
• Problem Solving
• Working with Others

Any core skills you have achieved will show on the Core Skills Profile of your Scottish Qualifications Certificate (SQC).

Visit Core Skills.

The core skills that are built into our qualifications are not always at the same level as the courses or units.

Visit Core Skills.