Administration & IT · Higher
Higher Administration & IT expects you to reason about the workplace, not just describe it: why organisations work the way they do, what legislation forces, and how advanced IT features solve real admin problems.
What it offers you
Administration & IT gives you workplace-ready IT skills plus an understanding of office practice and the legislation behind it — useful in almost any administrative, business or public-sector role.
What Higher actually asks of you
Question paper
Administrative theory with longer, evaluative answers, plus IT questions on advanced spreadsheet and database features, web design and document production. You are often asked to justify a solution rather than just state it.
Assignment — an extended practical task using advanced IT features, completed under supervised conditions.
Exact timings and mark allocations are printed on the front cover of each paper below.
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Papers & marking schemes
SQA publishes the most recent five years of papers. Older papers and specimen papers live on their site — open Administration & IT Higher on sqa.org.uk.