{"id":112,"date":"2020-12-08T15:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/2021\/?p=112"},"modified":"2021-09-24T10:01:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T10:01:16","slug":"news-about-national-5-results-in-2020-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/nationalqualifications\/news-about-national-5-results-in-2020-21\/","title":{"rendered":"News about National 5 results in 2020-21 – Parent\/carer message"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 7 October, the Deputy First Minister announced that for 2020-21, National 5 results will be based on teacher and lecturer judgement supported by a robust set of checks \u2013 or quality assurance \u2013 which will be carried out by your child\u2019s school or college, local authority and SQA.<\/p>\n

The National Qualifications 2021 Group has overseen the development of the quality assurance process which will support teachers and lecturers in providing your child\u2019s provisional results for session 2020-21. Provisional results will be based on teachers’ and\/or lecturers’ professional judgement of your child\u2019s evidence. The results will be finalised following various layers of quality assurance, including sampling by SQA senior subject specialists<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how the National 5 quality assurance model will work in session 2020-21:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. November 2020 to March 2021<\/strong> –
    \nTeachers and lecturers use guidance and assessment materials to help gather learner evidence<\/li>\n
  2. January to April<\/strong> – SQA\u00a0 requests, reviews and provides feedback on samples of assessment\u00a0evidence from each school and college.<\/li>\n
  3. March to May<\/strong> – Schools, colleges and local authorities will work through SQA feedback and carry out their own quality assurance of\u00a0the provisional results.<\/li>\n
  4. By 28 May<\/strong> –
    \nSchools and colleges submit quality assured provisional results.<\/li>\n
  5. June <\/strong>– SQA carries out national check of provisional results and may follow up on any issues with schools, colleges and local authorities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These processes are in place to ensure that a National 5 awarded in the north of Scotland is of the same standard as one which is awarded in the south of Scotland, and everywhere in between.<\/p>\n

    Most of the support will be provided before the school or college submit your child\u2019s provisional results to SQA. This should reduce the need for schools and colleges to resubmit provisional results following SQA review in June. If your child\u2019s provisional results need to be adjusted to reflect their evidence, this will follow discussion between their school or college and SQA.<\/p>\n

    Fairness for your child<\/h2>\n

    SQA is developing an equality impact assessment as part of this quality assurance model\u00a0which aims to ensure fair and credible results for all National 5 learners. Schools, colleges, local authorities and SQA are committed to working together to support teachers and lecturers in providing their provisional results in 2020-21.<\/p>\n

    We are discussing the appeals process for 2020-21 and will keep you informed of progress. To stay up to date on 2021 National Qualifications visit\u00a0www.sqa.org.uk\/NQ2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    The National Qualifications 2021 Group*<\/strong><\/p>\n

    *Represented by the National Parent Forum of Scotland, Scottish Government, Education Scotland, SQA, Local Authorities, School Leaders Scotland, Colleges Scotland, Scottish Council of Independent Schools, the EIS teaching union and, from this week, the Scottish Youth Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    On 7 October, the Deputy First Minister announced that for 2020-21, National 5 results will be based on teacher and lecturer judgement supported by a robust set of checks \u2013 or quality assurance \u2013 which will be carried out by your child\u2019s school or college, local authority and SQA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNews about National 5 results in 2020-21 - Parent\/carer message - National Qualifications<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On 7 October, the Deputy First Minister announced that for 2020-21, National 5 results will be based on teacher and lecturer judgement supported by a\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/nationalqualifications\/news-about-national-5-results-in-2020-21\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"News about National 5 results in 2020-21 - 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