Advanced Higher Event Welcome
Support Events for Teachers and Lecturers
• 146 subject support events for new Higher courses held for 7439 delegates from November 2013 – March 2014
• 92 Understanding Standards events on Course Assessment at National 5 www.sqa.org.uk/cfeevents
• 77 Advanced Higher events held from Jan - Apr 2015
SQA Support• SQA’s team of CfE Support Managers provides a dedicated
resource and support for every school and college throughout Scotland in relation to the new National Qualifications:
www.sqa.org.uk/cfeteam
• SQA will continue to update you on a monthly basis through our e-update which you can now subscribe to:
http://mailer.sqa.org.uk
• UASPs are available from the secure site –
www.sqa.org.uk/sqasecure
• Contact your SQA Coordinator for further information
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Presentation and Workshop Materials
New National QualificationsGeneral Update
• New National 1 to National 5 Qualifications implemented2013 /14
• Final dual running year for Access 3, Intermediate 1, Intermediate 2 and the current Higher to run alongside National 2– new Higher qualifications
2014/15• The new National 1 Units, National 2,
National 3, National 4, National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher Courses will be available
2015/16Advanced Higher will not dual run
National Qualifications Support• Additional Exemplar Question Paper for each relevant new Higher
published Jan 2015
• SQA Understanding Standards packages are now available and further releases will occur between Jan – Aug 2015 covering National 1 to Higher:
http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/71902.html
• Between Nov 2014 and Feb 2015, Understanding Standards events on N5 Course assessment are being delivered:
www.sqa.org.uk/cfeevents
• 2014-15 is the final session in which the existing Higher will run in centres. Only the new Higher will be available from August 2015
• Candidates who receive a ‘No Award’ result or want to upgrade for an existing Higher Course in 2015 will therefore be unable to re-sit the Course assessment in 2016
• SQA will include the existing Higher Units in the new Higher Frameworks with a finish date of 31st July 2016
Arrangements for Higher 2015/16
• Until this date, candidates who have passed all of the Units in an existing Higher Course, but not achieved the Course assessment, may have their Unit passes carried across to the new Higher Course (all Units, not partial)
• This means that they will only be required to complete the new
Higher Course assessment in 2016
• This arrangement is also available in session 2014-15 for candidates who failed an existing Higher Course in the 2014 Diet, but whose school/college is now offering new Higher Courses only
Arrangements for Higher 2015/16
September 2014
November 2014
February 2015
May 2015*
N3 - N5
UnderstandingStandards events for Nominees
Higher/National 1 and 2:
UnderstandingStandards eventsfor Nominees
Round 1 Verification:
National 1 to Higher Unit Assessments
Round 2 Verification:
National 5 and HigherCourse Component assessments and National 4Added Value Unit assessments
Verification Timeline 2014/15
*for subjects that require it, visiting verification activities will take placeduring March/April/May
Quality Assurance Key Messages After each round of verification activity, SQA published
common key messages and subject specific key messages that have been identified by the verification teams
Generic key messages– www.sqa.org.uk/cfeqa
Subject specific key messages – available on each subject page
– www.sqa.org.uk/cfesubjects
Internal verification Toolkit• Web-based resource to support schools
• Clarifying guidance on internal verification
• Explaining the cyclical process of IV – wider aspects than cross-marking
• Giving practical advice on how to implement and record internal verification
• Providing simple forms which schools can use or adapt if they wish (not mandatory)
www.sqa.org.uk/IVToolkit