There are indications that the quality of Indonesian education is still lacking among the releases issued by the PISA agency. Regarding the quality of education, the research problem is the implementation of national lessons and independent learning to improve the quality of education at SMP Negeri 1 Banyuasin III. The research method used was qualitative with the research subjects were the principal and teachers at SMP Negeri 1 Banyuasin III. The data techniques used were interviews, observation and documentation study. The data analysis technique used consists of data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The triangulation of this study is the result of field observations conducted by researchers at SMP Negeri 1 Banyuasin as well as a study of existing documentation. The results of income triangulation show that improving the quality of education can be carried out by planning, implementing, evaluating and reflecting on learning activities from independent and learning policies.