Qualifications Scotland (QS)
We’re proud to be the only QS Approved Centre for Scotch whisky education. You can be confident, through this approval, that our course material is of the highest possible standard and that our assessments are both rigorous and robust.
Qualifications Scotland previously Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), is the executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government responsible for accrediting all educational qualifications in Scotland other than degrees. We are approved to teach, assess and certify our courses internally. Our certified courses are externally verified each year quality assurance.
We have been an SQA-Approved Centre since 2016 and are externally verified every year.
Recent external verification results – May 2025
‘High Confidence’ identified in the maintenance of QS standards within the following verification groups:
Resources
Candidate support
Internal assessment & verification
