Question reference: S6W-00462
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 3 June 2021
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, following the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 2 June 2021 on National Qualifications 2021, what impact it expects the appeals process to have on the workloads of teachers.
Answer
The appeals process was developed following consultation and stakeholder engagement. This included consideration of teacher workload.
Teachers are encouraged to have discussions with their learners in advance of submitting their provisional grades and, if learners are unhappy with these results, will have a further dialogue in advance of any appeal to advise on the process.
Schools and colleges are expected to support their learners in accessing the appeals service where needed and, where a learner is appealing against the academic judgement made, will be asked to provide all the necessary evidence and materials that were used to determine the learner's result.
SQA will review the learner's submission and may, if necessary, discuss aspects with the relevant teacher.