Higher
Qualifications Scotland (SQA) Higher Maths
One year, usually in S5, and the grades most university offers are actually made on. Higher builds straight on top of National 5, so last year's gaps are this year's problem.
What it covers
- algebraic-and-trigonometric-skills-1Algebraic and trigonometric skills
4 entries in the specification
- algebraic-and-trigonometric-skills-2Algebraic and trigonometric skills
2 entries in the specification
- geometric-skillsGeometric skills
2 entries in the specification
- calculus-skills-1Calculus skills
2 entries in the specification
- calculus-skills-2Calculus skills
4 entries in the specification
- algebraic-and-geometric-skillsAlgebraic and geometric skills
3 entries in the specification
- reasoning-skillsReasoning skills
2 entries in the specification
- additional-informationAdditional information
3 entries in the specification
How Fincho uses this
Fincho tracks the same areas the awarding body uses, so a mistake in a test is filed against the part of the specification it belongs to rather than against a subject. Practice is generated for the area that keeps going wrong, in the style and command words of this specification, and marked against its mark scheme.
These pages summarise what a course specification covers and link to Qualifications Scotland's own document. They are not the specification, and the school decides which level is sat and when.
Working to a deadline? The exam dates for 2027.
The specification itself
The area names are the awarding body's own. What each one contains is in the specification above, and that is the document that counts.