File name
All Sqa Qualifications Data Dictionary
Type
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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.
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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 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.
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Associated media
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Available resource files can be downloaded below.
File name
All Sqa Qualifications Indexing Report
Type
.PDF
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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 date08/09/2025
Provenance
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PurposeAdministrative
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SourceEducation attainment
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Collection situationScottish Qualifications Authority
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
One record per student per qualification. Covers students attending publicly funded schools in Scotland including those attending special schools or those in pre-senior phase. Approximately 36,500,000 observations. Data is sent by the SQA to the Scottish Government.
QUAL_CODE
Code denoting the specific course or unit taken by the student. Different codes may ha...
QUAL_DATA_PROVIDER
The provider of the qualifications data.
QUAL_NAME
The name of the qualification. Some values of qual_name for records with the same qual...
QUAL_LEVEL
Level of the qualification.
MAP_QUAL_CODE
The current equivalent qualification code, for older qualifications that have been repla...
MAP_QUAL_LEVEL
The current equivalent qualification level, for older qualifications that have been repl...
QUAL_PRODUCT_TYPE
This shows whether the qualification is a course or a unit, as well as being a broad des...
| Variable name | Variable description | Data type | |
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| qual_code | Code denoting the specific course or unit taken by the student. Different codes may ha... | ||
| qual_data_provider | The provider of the qualifications data. | ||
| qual_name | The name of the qualification. Some values of qual_name for records with the same qual... | ||
| qual_level | Level of the qualification. | ||
| map_qual_code | The current equivalent qualification code, for older qualifications that have been repla... | ||
| map_qual_level | The current equivalent qualification level, for older qualifications that have been repl... | ||
| qual_product_type | This shows whether the qualification is a course or a unit, as well as being a broad des... |