At Middlefield, the Senior Phase is firmly rooted in the context of Personalisation and Choice. Young People have the opportunity to try a wide range of experiences and to participate in SQA courses as appropriate. 

Pupils in the Senior Phase have the opportunity to participate in a planned progression through SQA courses as appropriate. We are delivering National Qualifications at Nat 1, Nat 2 & Nat 3. These include Lifeskills Maths, English & Communication, Media, Science and Personal Achievement Awards. 

We also work with a range of partners to ensure that, during the Senior Phase, our Young People have a wide range of college and work experience opportunities. During this Senior Phase, we focus on increasing the level and range of challenge, both preparing our young people for life beyond school, but also identifying their interests, abilities and the level and type of support they are likely to require. We consider parent/carers and young people, to be important partners in the planning and delivery of our curriculum. We seek views on an on-going basis through questionnaires, surveys and feedback and try to represent these views in our practice.

In collaboration with the Scottish Qualifications Agency (SQA), we will assess National 1-4 qualifications.  Individual courses at National 1-4 levels will not be graded but marked overall as pass or fail.

Courses at the new National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher levels will continue to include work assessed by the school, but for these qualifications, students will also have to pass an additional assessment (usually a question paper or assignment) which will be marked externally by SQA.  

The SQA website www.sqa.org.uk/cfeforparents  contains useful information to help you understand national qualifications.