SQA Information 2024-25 – Exam Timetable Change

This page will be updated throughout the year to share with you important information regarding National Qualifications for session 24-25.

 

National Qualification Guidance

All young people completing National Qualifications this session should familiarise themselves with the important information below. The documents and video below provide an overview of National Qualifications, coursework requirements and rules/regulations.

 

Your National Qualifications presentation

Your NQ 2024/25 school edition

 

!!Exam Timetable Change!!
 
SQA have made the decision to start the exam diet 1 day earlier to allow more flexibility within the exam timetable. 
 
This now means that exams will run from Friday 25th April to Friday 30th May. 
 
Due to this change, the following subjects have had a date change. 
 

Change of exam day 

  • Accounting – all levels 
  • Classical Studies – all levels 
  • Computing Science – all levels 
  • Dance – all levels 
  • Engineering Science – all levels 
  • ESOL – Higher  
  • French – all levels 
  • German – Higher  
  • Media – Higher  
  • Modern Studies – all levels 
  • Nuadh-eòlas – all levels  
  • Practical Metalworking – National 5 
  • Practical Woodworking – National 5 
  • Psychology – all levels 

Change of exam time 

  • Biology – National 5  
  • Cantonese (Listening) – Higher 
  • Cantonese (Listening and Discursive Writing) – Advanced Higher 
  • Care – National 5 and Higher 
  • Fashion and Textile Technology – National 5 and Higher 
  • Mandarin Simplified and Traditional (Listening) – Higher 
  • Mandarin Simplified and Traditional (Listening and Discursive Writing) – Advanced Higher 
  • RMPS – National 5  
  • Urdu – Higher  

An updated timetable is available below. 

nq-2025-exam-timetable (updated 3 Feb 2025)