File name
All Providers Qualifications Data Dictionary
Type
.XLSX
All Providers Qualifications linkage data - Scotland
Summary
Abstract
Students in the senior phase of school (S4 - S6) attending publicly funded mainstream schools and one grant-aided school, presenting for Scottish Qualifications Authority examinations as well as a number of other award providers.
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Contact point
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Digital object identifier (DOI)Not available
Keywords
Children
Qualifications
Publicly funded schools
Administrative
ADR Scotland
Scottish Qualifications Authority
Children & young people
Education
Publisher
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Identifier
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NameScottish Government
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Logo
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Description
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Contact point
Documentation
Description
The All Providers Qualifications dataset encapsulates attainment data from the Scottish Qualifications Authority and from a number of other award providers. Each record contains detailed information about the qualification being undertaken as well as the overall result.
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Associated media
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Available resource files can be downloaded below.
File name
All Providers Qualifications Indexing Report
Type
.PDF
File name
Data Dictionary All Providers Qualifications Linkage Data Scotland%401.0.4
Type
.XLSX
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Is part of
- School education statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
Coverage
Spatial
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Spatial coverage
Scotland
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Geographic levelscouncil area
Temporal
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Start date01/09/2008
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End date01/09/2022
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FrequencyIrregular
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Distribution release date03/03/2026
Provenance
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PurposeAdministrative
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SourceEducation attainment
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Collection situationNot available
Access and governance
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Conditions of accessAccess needs approval
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Usage
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Conditions of useApplication of Statistical Disclosure Control
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Resource creatorScottish Government
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Is referenced byNot available
Access
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Access rights
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Access serviceAccess 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/
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JurisdictionGB-SCT
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Data controllerScottish Government
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Data processorNot Applicable
Format and standards
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LanguageEnglish
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FormatCsv
Enrichment and linkage
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Related datasets
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Linkage opportunityThese 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/
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Tools
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Synthetic data
Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset.
Data Dictionary
CENTRE
Seed code of presenting centre which may be different to candidates base centre.
QUAL_DATA_PROVIDER
The provider of the qualifications data.
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...
ACYEAR
Academic year of sitting.
| Variable Name | Variable Description | Data type | |
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| centre | Seed code of presenting centre which may be different to candidates base centre. | ||
| qual_data_provider | The provider of the qualifications data. | ||
| 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... | ||
| acyear | Academic year of sitting. |