Understanding Standards Event, May 2015 Level 1 & 2 Qualifications Update Sandy Riddell (Qualifications Manager, SQA) RGB colours for text Purple = R204 G153 B209 & Dark Blue =R0 G51 B102

Level 1 & 2 Qualifications National 2 Courses The new National 2 Courses have been available since August 2013 There were 15 Courses (including the 4 languages: German; Spanish; Italian; and French) We’ve added 3 more Courses for: Gaelic Learners; Gaelic Speakers; and Maths for Gaelic Speakers. We have also amended the UASPs for two of the English and Communication Units (see Sept Update for details - http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/SubjectUpdateNational1and2Sep2014.pdf)

Level 1 & 2 Qualifications National 1 Units The new National 1 Units were developed and released to centres in 3 phases during 2013/14 The last phase of new Units were made available for centres in May 2014 There are now 76 National 1 Units available

Level 1 & 2 Qualifications Freestanding Units at National 2 level There were a number of Units that were not part of Courses within the Access 2 suite Units now reviewed, revised and/or replace The new range of Freestanding Units will be available from August 2015: 16 Units covering various topics (Comm’s, Media Studies, Ind’ Living, etc) 13 Units covering employment skills

Awards at Level 1 and 2 ‘Awards’ are not part of the National 1 and 2 suite: There are several Awards available at SCQF level 1 and 2: Personal Development (level 2); Personal Achievement (level 1&2); Cycling (level 1&2); Steps to Work (level 2) Scottish Studies (level 2)

Lapsing dates for Access 1 and 2 Most of the old Access 1 Units and Access 2 Units & Courses will still be available up until July 2016 We would encourage centres to move over to the new Courses and Units by session 2015/16 Candidate’s cannot be resulted for the old (Access) Units after 1st August 2016

Level 1 and 2 Qualification Codes All SQA qualifications have a six digit code, e.g. Science: Practical Experiments (H8M6 72) New Units codes start with ‘H’, Course codes start with ‘C’ and Award codes start with ‘G’ The last two digits indicate the level: Product type and level Level code National 1 Units 71 National 2 Units 72 Units from Level 1 Awards 41 Units from Level 2 Awards 42

Level 1 & 2 Qualifications Update to the Level 1 Personal Achievement Award: Outcome 3 had included: 3.1 Communicate one thing about the activity which was liked/disliked 3.2 Communicate the reason for this view Outcome 3 will change to: 3.1 Communicate whether you liked or disliked the activity

Level 1 & 2 Qualifications Navigating the SQA website Information about level 1 and 2 qualifications is now held in various sections of the SQA website Documents relating to National 1 and 2 qualifications are held in a different section from level 1 and 2 Awards The sheet enclosed in your packs lists a few URLs that may help you find the information you need.

Any Questions ??

WWW.sqa.org.uk│0303 333 0330 RGB colours for text Purple = R204 G153 B209 & Dark Blue =R0 G51 B102 Arial 20 font black Line spacing 4.8pt before single line spacing