Rough idea of Nat 5 exam timetable?

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DD is in S4 so is currently doing Nat 5s. Does anyone have a rough idea of when the exams run? I’m trying to sort out a work trip but want to avoid being away during exams.

This years was 26th April to 1st of June. Depends what subjects too as they can be spread out - ds had a couple of weeks break between most of them and his last exam

SQA website says:

2023 exam dates
The 2023 exam diet starts on Monday 24 April and finishes on Thursday 1 June 2023. Results day will be Tuesday 8 August 2023.

Don't know if they will follow the same basic subject order as this year (but with slightly different dates) but this was what the timings were this year:

Thank you 😊. That’s really helpful.

Sorry. Another question. Are they free for the summer once the exams are finished? Or do they go back?

S4’s would usually be expected to go back to school after the exam leave period is over. Some schools will start them on their S5 timetable and some will do other activities but as far as I am aware they do go back to school.

They go back. Ds got his new timetable and they started their S5 subjects before the summer holidays

They go back after exams in S4 and S5 (if they are staying on to S6) to start the following years course/timetable.

i'm sure they've changed the overall dates - waaah! a month ago they were saying they'd be finished on Wednesday 31st May... will be fine but we've now booked theatre tickets for the Thursday night and the likelihood is that DS will have an exam that day as one of his subjects seems to be always towards the very end.

We've booked a holiday for the 18th June which is just before school closes but exams will be finished by then and they never do anything the last week of school anyway! Due to DH's work, we couldn't get any other week that summer.

Do the kids go back to school the day after their last exam, or the day after all exams are done?

At our school they don't go back until after the last exam

Thanks for that information. Very helpful.

They usually go back after the last exam, but they have been back a couple of days before the very last one before (maybe they didnt have any candidates in that exam).