When do higher exams start

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Find out more about cookies. National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exams will be held in spring if public health advice allows. The decision has been informed by public health advice and by the views of partners, including those on the National Qualifications Group, which includes representatives of young people, parents, teachers and other education professionals.

Course content has been reduced compared to a normal year to take account of the disruption to learning that young people have experienced. If there is further significant disruption to learning as a result of COVID, but it is still safe for exams to go ahead, there will be further modifications to courses and assessment.

Exams themselves will not change, but more resources will be available prior to exams for pupils in certain subjects.

SQA guidance says that, if required, it will announce additional measures at the end of March Scenario 3 Public health advice causes exams to be cancelled : Teachers and lecturers determine provisional results. This will only happen if physical gatherings are restricted at exam time. In this scenario, schools will not be required to run additional assessments.