Welcome to the SQA Academy

  •  Home of Smarter Learning!

  • The SQA Academy provides a single central location for learning and guidance to support all those who contribute to SQA's business whether you are an SQA staff member, an appointee / teaching professional, or within an SQA Centre delivering qualifications.

    The top courses currently running are highlighted immediately below followed by a full list of all SQA Academy courses in the different categories. These categories are about to undergo some radical changes to make them easier to discover and use.  Over time the contents will also change to reflect contemporary learning practice too.  Watch out for changes in course areas you are interested in! 

  • Academy Help: how do I reset my password?

    You can reset your password using this link reset my password or using the 'Lost password' link below the login button on the front page.

  • Academy News

    New promotional video created for the Scottish Learning Festival currently being held at the SECC in Glasgow:

  • Highlighted courses

    SQA Markers

    Training courses developed to prepare Principal Assessors, Senior Team Leaders, Team Leaders and Markers for marking scripts using RM Assessor, SQA's e-marking system.

    Digital Learning Guides

    We have developed a suite of training videos to help people with some common online activities from carrying out a search to using social media, booking tickets, shopping and more.

    Key Stage 2 Item Validation Trial

    This course is for Key Stage 2 IVT Test Administrators.

    Corporate Parenting

  • The Academy team provides detailed guidance for content-owners wanting a new course or to amend an existing one.  Click here to access this guidance.


    To access a guide to using the Academy's (Moodle) tools and features, click here.