Course guides
Know what your exam covers
Your 2027 exam date, paper times and assessment structure, alongside a revision checklist for the main course areas. Each guide links to its official specification and flags changes for this session.
2027 exam essentials
- National exam period
- –
- Results day
- Contingency day
Confirm your personal timetable and coursework deadlines with your school or college. Dates below are the published national timetable, not school prelim dates.
Official timetable and updates- National 5
National 5 Mathematics
- Components
- 2
- Scaled total
- 90
- Course areas
- 6
- Higher
Higher Mathematics
- Components
- 2
- Scaled total
- 120
- Course areas
- 5
- Higher
Higher Physics
Assessment updated for 2027
- Components
- 2
- Scaled total
- 163
- Course areas
- 3
- Higher
Higher Chemistry
Assessment updated for 2027
- Components
- 2
- Scaled total
- 125
- Course areas
- 4
- Higher
Higher Biology
Assessment updated for 2027
- Components
- 2
- Scaled total
- 125
- Course areas
- 3
- Higher
Higher Human Biology
Assessment updated for 2027
- Components
- 2
- Scaled total
- 125
- Course areas
- 3
- Higher
Higher Business Management
Assessment updated for 2027
- Components
- 2
- Scaled total
- 90
- Course areas
- 5
- Higher
Higher English
Assessment updated for 2027
- Components
- 3
- Scaled total
- 100
- Course areas
- 5