Photo of cover of NPA Learners GuideThe Data Education in Schools team have developed a Learners Guide for the National Progression Award (NPA) in Data Science.

Learn about all core concepts in the data science qualification at levels 4, 5 and 6.

The guide is available as a Microsoft Word document (10MB) or a PDF document (6MB).

There is an accompanying Educators Guide which covers preparing to teach the NPA and suggestions on teaching the core concepts in the data science qualification at levels 4, 5 and 6.

The guide has a Creative Commons licence (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).  You are free to: share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material).  The font used in the guide is Montserrat, which has an Open Font licence.

If you require this document in an alternative format, such as large print or a coloured background, please contact dataschools@ed.ac.uk.