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Qualifications Update Donna Vivers CfE Liaison Manager

Qualifications Update Donna Vivers CfE Liaison Manager. What’s Changing?. New qualifications have been developed by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) to support Curriculum for Excellence and aim to secure a successful future for Scotland's young people in a changing world.

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Qualifications Update Donna Vivers CfE Liaison Manager

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  1. Qualifications Update Donna Vivers CfE Liaison Manager

  2. What’s Changing? New qualifications have been developed by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) to support Curriculum for Excellence and aim to secure a successful future for Scotland's young people in a changing world. Specifically within the new national qualification: • Greater focus on skills development • Skills for learning, life and work: • Literacy • Numeracy • Skills for Health and Well-being • Employability, Enterprise and Citizenship • Thinking skills

  3. Course Structures AV=Added Value/CA=Course Assessment

  4. How will they be graded? • All courses have this unit structure • Units assessed and marked by teachers throughout the year as at present, assessed as Pass or Fail • National 2-4 will not be graded at the end of the year. They will be assessed as Pass or Fail • National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher will be graded A-D or ‘No Award’

  5. How to prepare? • National 5 Specimen Question papers and Marking instructions • General assessment information covering Coursework such as Assignment or Practical activity • Download these from SQA’s subject pages at www.sqa.org.uk/browsecfesubjects click the subject you are interested in and select National 5. • Higher Specimen Question papers available end of February 2014. http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/

  6. Assessment Support for Teachers • SQA Subject Specific Events Nov-Mar 12/13 • Secure Unit Assessment, package 1 Oct 12 • Secure Unit Assessment, package 2 Feb 13 • Secure Unit Assessment, package 3 Apr 13 • Local Authority Subject Events Jan-May 14

  7. Higher Assessment Support for Teachers • Subject Specific Events Nov 13-Mar14 • Unit Assessment, package 1 Oct 13 • Unit Assessment, package 2 Feb 14 • Unit Assessment, package 3 Apr 14 • Specimen Question Papers Feb 14

  8. More Information • SQA More information can be found on our website: www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/59033.html • Twitter: @sqanews • BBC Bitesize will also be working with us to produce materials to support pupil revision of new qualifications • Engage For Education :www.engageforeducation.org • Parentzone is organised into distinct and user-friendly areas covering issues that affect parents during the different stages of their children's education. www.parentzonescotland.gov.uk

  9. Contact details: Email: donna.vivers@sqa.org.uk

  10. Exceptional CircumstancesConsideration Service • This service will assist candidates who could not sit an exam or who sat an exam but their performance suffered because of exceptional circumstances • The service will operate before the exam results are sent out • If a school or college believes this is the case, it must inform SQA within 10 working days of the exam • The school or college must submit alternative evidence in support of the candidate • A wide range of evidence will be considered

  11. Post – results Service • This service will run after candidates have received their certificates • If a school or college is concerned by a candidate’s result, they can request • clerical check and/or a marking review of the external assessment • Schools and colleges will be charged a fee for using the Post-results Service where there is no change to the original grade following the clerical check or marking review • www.sqa.org.uk/resultsservices

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