23 March 2023: The SQA has created “Your Exams 2023” – a booklet, which is delivered to schools, colleges and training providers and includes helpful information and rules that your child needs to know before their exams start.
You can find out more on the SQA blog site:
SQA exams 2023 – information for parents and carers
For more information including the exam timetable, prohibited items, exam preparation, SQA apps and tips for on the day visit the SQA Your Exams 2023 website:
2 February 2023: The SQA has published a new blog about upcoming exam diet.
If your child is sitting National 5, Higher or Advanced Higher SQA exams in 2023, the article has information about the support options available.
This includes details about the services in the event of exceptional circumstances during their exams or appeals if you believe the grade they receive on results day is incorrect.
1 December 2022: Many thanks to everyone who was able to attend the meeting of the JGHS Parent Council on Tuesday 29 November 2022.
This was a very full meeting which covered a lot of information about activities within the school, and included a very useful presentation about the SQA results achieved by young people at the school in the 2021/22 exam diet.
A recording of the meeting is now available on YouTube and a brief minute is linked below.
Recording of the Parent Council Meeting on 29 November 2022
Minutes of Parent Council Meeting on 29 November 2022
The slides presented by the Headteacher Mr Neil McCallum on the SQA results can be viewed at the link below:
Updated 24 November 2022: The next meeting of the Parent Council will be on Tuesday 29 November 2022 at 7 pm. The main presentation at the meeting will be an analysis of the school’s SQA results in 2022.
The meeting will be held on MS Teams, and the joining link will be sent by the school just before the event, so please look out for the email. We hope you will be able to join us.
There will be the opportunity on the night to ask questions via the Q&A typed chat facility, but if you want to raise an issue in advance, please email the PC and we will try to include it in the updates.
17 November 2022: If your child is doing their National Qualifications this year, you may have questions about how they will be assessed, especially if they are doing National Qualifications for the first time.
The SQA have published a couple of latest blogs about how National Courses will be assessed for 2022-23.
Details are available here:
22 March 2022: The Council’s Consultative Committee with Parents (CCwP) met on 24 February 2022 to discuss the issues which would be considered at the Education, Children and Families Committee the following week.
This included:
Edinburgh Learns Pathways report
A recording of the meeting can be viewed at the link below.
25 November 2021: Many thanks to all the parents and carers who submitted responses to the Parent Council survey on the future of Scotland’s educational assessment system.
The comments have now been collated and sent to the Scottish Government’s Education Reform Consultation.
The full submission made by the Parent Council can be read at the link below.
23 November 2021 – update: The Parent Council wants to hear from parents on the issues raised in the current Scottish Government education consultation on the replacement of the Scottish Qualifications Authority and the reform of Education Scotland.
The Scottish Government has made a significant proposal for reform, and the complex consultation requires knowledge of the roles of different educational bodies, and an understanding of Curriculum for Excellence.
A summary of the consultation is presented here
We recognise that not everyone will have time to deal with all the issues raised. Therefore to simplify this consultation, the Parent Council is asking for views on the single question below.
What would you like Scotland’s secondary education assessment system to look like in the future?
Please submit your comments here
All responses can be submitted anonymously, but you if you would like us to contact you about your response, please leave your name and email address.
We are asking for comments by midday on Wednesday 24 November 2021.
The Parent Council will collate parents’ comments and send them on to the consultation.
We are disappointed that greater steps have not been taken to make the consultation more accessible to parents and will be making that point in the consultation response.
If you are able, please also submit your own individual response to the consultation.
Details can be found here along with further information on the background, including CfE, Education Scotland and the SQA, and links to the OECD reports.
Education Scotland and the Scottish Qualifications Authority: consultation
The consultation deadline is Friday 26 November 2021
As always, the PC can be contacted by email.
19 November 2021: The next meeting of the JGHS Parent Council meeting will be held online on Tuesday 30 November at 7pm. We will send out the link before the meeting via the school email.
At the meeting we will hear from:
There will be the opportunity on the night to ask questions via the Q&A typed chat facility, but if you want to raise an issue in advance please email the PC and we will try to include it in the updates:
You can find info about previous meetings of the PC on 7 September and 13 October here:
JGHS Parent Council meeting 7 September 2021
21 May 2021: The Council’s SE/NE Locality meeting took place on 27 April 2021 and looked at the following issues:
An update on developments across the school estate was given by Robbie Crockatt, Acting School Estate Planning Officer.
Learning Estate Update April 2021
Possible changes to school holiday arrangements to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee were discussed.
The Council gave a further update on arrangements for SQA assessments, following a number of concerns raised by Parent Councils.
SQA Alternative Certification Model update April 2021
Secondary PC chair meeting 31 March 2021
Issues such as pressure on pupils and schools, the lack of contingency arrangements for Covid-19 outbreaks and the SQA’s failure to put in place an appeals process were discussed.
JGHS Parent Council 