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| SAAS (Student Awards Agency for Scotland) | An agency that is part of the Scottish Government and is responsible to Scottish Ministers. Its purpose is to deal with financial support and give advice to eligible Scottish students in higher education throughout the United Kingdom, together with certain related roles in connection with student loans, hardship funds and educational endowments. |
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| SCFE (Scottish Centre for Financial Education) | The Scottish Centre for Financial Education, based at Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS), aims to help teachers, schools and education authorities provide a high standard of financial education to meet the needs of all learners. The centre provides information and resources for teachers, lecturers, learners, parents and anyone interested in financial education. |
| SCQF (Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework) | The framework is a way of making sense of the large and varied number of Scottish qualifications/training programmes. The framework has 12 levels. At any level some qualifications cover a wide range of skills and knowledge. It will change and expand over the next few years as the framework is rolled out across Scotland's education and training sectors. |
| SCRE (Scottish Council for Research in Education) | The SCRE Centre supports Scottish education through research. SCRE's functions are to conduct educational research of the highest quality and to support the use of research outcomes through the dissemination of findings. |
| SERA (Scottish Educational Research Association) | SERA aims to promote educational research and debate about the contribution research can make to enhanced practice. SERA membership brings the opportunity to join an active community of teachers, policy makers, teacher-researchers, professional researchers, research funders and other educational professionals. |
| SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority) | An executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Scottish Government. It is the national body in Scotland responsible for the development, accreditation, assessment and certification of qualifications other than degrees. |
| SSO (Scottish Schools Online) | A searchable directory of all schools in Scotland, including local authority and independent schools. It provides contact details, links to school websites where available, and statistical and other information for every school. |
| Standard Grade | A two-year course generally taken over the third and fourth years at secondary school, with an exam at the end of the fourth year. There are three levels: Credit, General, and Foundation. Students generally take exams at two – Credit and General, or General and Foundation. This makes sure that students have the best chance of achieving as high a grade as possible. Coursework is also assessed and projects, or folios, count towards the final mark along with the exam. |