SQA malpractice - any teachers who can advise?

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Going to try not to be outing, so please bear with me.
DD is in S6, only a week before easter, we get told one of her Higher teachers is raising a concern of malpractice to the sqa as they think DDs work is not her own. We are shocked and angry. It isn't true and we can evidence it isn't true but the school dont seem to care and we dont know if the sqa will either.
We've had so many issues with this subject teacher. We've repeatedly asked if she has a mallpractice concern to be told 'no', now she seemingly does! She's avoided any requests for a call or meeting too.
There have been no issues with any of DDs other Highers, at least we hope they wont do anything.
DD is waiting for UCAS offers and any malpractice penalty could really impact any offers. It could also put extra stress on her at exam time.
Could any subject teachers please give me any advice or reassurance?
DH wants us to pull out of the qualification altogether, effectively saying 'fuck you', I feel we should comply and also complain at the same time.
I just dont know what to do. I'm so angry and upset.

We are shocked and angry. It isn't true and we can evidence it isn't true

how can you evidence it’s all her own work? Why do school feel that it isn’t? I assume they suspect she’s used AI?

No, it doesn't relate to AI. They think her tutor did her work it seems. I really dont want to give more details so as not to be outing. We have DDs own notes, practice work etc to hopefully evidence all the own work she's put in. All her tutor has done has been advise her and do past papers etc with her. Tutor gave feedback on her work but definitely didn't do any of it with her. Tutor is a teacher at another school and is upset as well by the accusations as tutor has always behaved appropriately. They just dont seem to believe DD is smart enough.

How exactly would they prove that it’s not her own work I wonder?

They surely just can’t go on a ‘feeling’ or the fact that she’s made an improvement.

Sounds like she’s guilty until proven innocent, which for obvious reasons really shouldn’t be the case.

What subject? I can possibly advise if it is English. Is it Higher or Advanced Higher??

Its a creative subject, not English, and Higher level. DD is in S6, easter/study leave starts in just over a week, how the heck they expect her to resolve this I don't know. She's literally only got 3 classes of this subject left. She can't lose this grade and potentially miss out on a UCAS offer. Plus she's sick with covid!

The teacher raising the concern must have a reason for this. What evidence have they offered? If there is none, then the allegation won’t be proven.

That DD has not answered the teacher's questions properly to demonstrate her skill in the subject. That the work in her folio is not the same standard of her work in the classroom. This is just what they've said, we haven't been given any actual evidence (we have repeatedly asked for this). Again, we do have evidence to support that its all her own work and the teacher was off sick for 3 months with only a supply teacher (not qualified in that subject) taking over. its beyond a joke but it means potentially months of stress for DD until results day.

What involvement would SQA have?

I have no idea, I only know that they have sought advise from the local sqa coordinator. I have no idea who that is, a teacher, an authority person, someone from the actual SQA? Its all very unclear.

For info the co-ordinator is the centre named contact for SQA comms, employed by the centre, not an SQA employee.

Thanks we've found out it seems to be somene at the local council who is the coordinator for all schools, rather than a single one for each school. Is that right? They have not gone about this properly at all, I've gone back and gathered lots of evidence so i think we can provide a good push back, but its distressing.

When mine were doing their Highers I was shocked at how many people would say things like “their tutor has made the amendments to the folio pieces so they are ready to be submitted’
People who otherwise I thought were honest

See that's the thing, so many kids have tutors or parents who might teach eg English but no one questions that, yet if our DC has a part time job working with their dad's business and learning skills that way, they get interrogated on whether their dad did it for them and if they have cheated. Not true.