All SQA Qualifications linkage data - Scotland

Summary

Abstract

Students presenting for Scottish Qualifications Authority examinations from all stages of publicly funded local authority secondary schools and one grant-aided mainstream school in Scotland.

Contact point

statistics.enquiries@gov.scot
Digital object identifier (DOI)

Not available

Keywords

Children Qualifications Publicly funded schools Administrative ADR Scotland Scottish Qualifications Authority Children & young people Education

Publisher

Identifier

https://ror.org/04v2xmd71
Name

Scottish Government
Logo
Description

https://www.gov.scot
Contact point

statistics.enquiries@gov.scot

Documentation

Description

The All SQA Qualifications dataset encapsulates the results of Scottish Qualifications Authority examinations. Each record contains detailed information about the qualification being undertaken as well as the overall result.

Associated media
- Available resource files can be downloaded below.
  
  https://www.gov.scot/collections/school-education-statistics/
  
  File name
  
  All Sqa Qualifications Data Dictionary
  
  Type
  
  .XLSX
  
  Download file
  
  File name
  
  All Sqa Qualifications Indexing Report
  
  Type
  
  .PDF
  
  Download file
Is part of
- School education statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Coverage

Spatial

Spatial coverage

Scotland
Geographic levels

council area

Temporal

Start date

01/09/2008
End date

01/09/2022
Frequency

Irregular
Distribution release date

08/09/2025

Provenance

Purpose

Administrative
Source

Education attainment
Collection situation

Scottish Qualifications Authority

Access and governance

Conditions of access

Access needs approval

Requesting access to this data

This is a secure dataset that can only be accessed by researchers from approved organisations.

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Usage

Conditions of use

Application of Statistical Disclosure Control
Resource creator

Scottish Government
Is referenced by
Not available

Access

Access rights

https://www.adruk.org/data-access/trusted-research-environments/#c4819
Access service

Access to this data is through submitting a completed application form to the mailbox: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot. The application form is available here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-government-statistics-request-our-data/, Find out about accessing secure datasets for research at https://www.researchdata.scot/accessing-data/data-access-overview/
Jurisdiction

GB-SCT
Data controller

Scottish Government
Data processor

Not Applicable

Format and standards

Language

English
Format

CSV

Enrichment and linkage

Related datasets
- Not available
Linkage opportunity

These datasets have been created through the ADR Scotland programme to enable linkage by using the National Records of Scotland population spine. https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/nrs-indexing/
Tools
- Not available

Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset.

Data dictionary

Table:

Download data dictionary

MONTH_OF_BIRTH

The month and year of birth of the student.

SEX

The sex of the student as recorded in the pupil census.

AGE

Age at last birthday taken from 28/2 of academic year.

CENTRE

Seed code of presenting centre which may be different to candidates base centre.

QUAL_CODE

Code denoting the specific course or unit taken by the student.

QUAL_LEVEL

The level of the course or unit taken by the student.

QUAL_ENTRY_STATUS

Status of pupil’s entry for the qualification (character).

ENTRY_STAGE

Stage at which the student is taking the qualification (e.g. S4, tertiary education).

QUAL_RESULT

Result achieved for the course or unit.

SCQF_CREDIT_POINTS

The number of SCQF credit points awarded for the result at the level of the particular c...

Variable name	Variable description	Data type
month_of_birth	The month and year of birth of the student.
sex	The sex of the student as recorded in the pupil census.
age	Age at last birthday taken from 28/2 of academic year.
centre	Seed code of presenting centre which may be different to candidates base centre.
qual_code	Code denoting the specific course or unit taken by the student.
qual_level	The level of the course or unit taken by the student.
qual_entry_status	Status of pupil’s entry for the qualification (character).
entry_stage	Stage at which the student is taking the qualification (e.g. S4, tertiary education).
qual_result	Result achieved for the course or unit.
scqf_credit_points	The number of SCQF credit points awarded for the result at the level of the particular c...

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