Scotland's exams body - the SQA - has been scrapped and a new organisation called Qualifications Scotland is taking its place from Tuesday. Critics have called the change a "superficial rebrand", ...

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The Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) needs to take “a short, hard look at itself” as “more is needed” to help young people and teachers in Scotland now, an independent adviser has said. Did you ...

Holyrood has passed legislation that will abolish Scotland’s exam body – despite claims from opposition parties that the ...

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The Scottish Government has proposed new legislation to replace the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) with a new body called Qualifications Scotland, staffed by former SQA personnel. The new ...