Systems Verification

Systems verification is the process by which Qualifications Scotland ensures centres are managing their systems and resources to deliver our qualifications effectively.

This ‘Guide to Systems Verification for Centres in China’ has been developed to support staff in Qualifications Scotland approved centres in China through the process of systems verification.

Your centre will be asked to provide evidence of your written policies and procedures and ongoing implementation of these, to meet our systems quality assurance criteria.

We provide you with specific guidance in relation to each systems quality assurance criterion for systems in Part B of this guide, including evidence requirements and examples.

There are five categories:

• Management of a Centre
• Resources
• Candidate Support
• Internal Assessment and Verification
• Data Management

This version of the guide is an update to the previous version, published in 2025. There is a change log near the start of the document summarising the changes made. It has also been updated to reflect the change from SQA to Qualifications Scotland’