Please read the following guidance very carefully and see your Year Head if you have any questions.
Prelim Assessments begin on Monday 1st December 2025 and finish on Wednesday 17th December 2025. You will be on study leave for the duration of the Prelim Assessment timetable and should follow the advice given to you regarding study planning during this time. Some exams may take please week beginning the 24th of November during class time- your class teacher will let you know if you need to complete an assessment during this week. It is essential that you attend all exams.
Please check the Interim Assessment timetable carefully and take a note of the dates, times and location of each of your Interim Assessments. This is your responsibility!
Make sure you know which level you should be sitting in each subject for your Interim Assessments: Higher, National 5, National 4 or National 3 – ask your teacher if you are unsure!
- You must attend each Interim Assessment!
- You must be on time! You must be in the social area at least 30 minutes before the start time of each exam.
- If you are late for your exam, the invigilators may not allow you into the exam hall to sit your exam
- You must be in full school uniform
- You can use the school bus or public service buses to get to school
- Use the bathroom before your exam
- Be aware that there may be more than one paper or part of the exam for each subject
- Have all the equipment you need including pens, pencils, rulers, calculators, protractors etc
- Check the seating plans in the social area when you arrive – you must sit in the correct gym in your allocated seat!
- Go to the allocated gym hall / classroom / location when instructed to do so
- You must be absolutely silent when you enter the exam hall and go to your allocated seat
- All bags and jackets must be left at the front of the exam hall/ room
- Do your best to answer all the questions – make sure you check the back pages to ensure you have attempted all questions. Check over your answers carefully.
- If you finish your exam before the end of the allocated time, you must use the time to check over your answers. You must remain in the exam room until the end of the allocated time.
- Please be quiet when leaving the exam halls/ rooms as other pupils may still be doing exams
In particular, you MUST ensure that the following items are switched OFF and put in envelopes provided before the start of each Interim Assessment: Mobile phone; Smart watch; Air pods / Headphones; iPad (these should be switched off and left in your bag including any alarms and notifications).
Assessment arrangements
If you are entitled to Additional Arrangements, you must check the seating plan, hand in your phone and then report to Miss Power in the library when instructed to be registered.
- The start times of your exams may be different to the Interim Assessment master timetable- go with the times issued by Miss Power.
- If you are entitled to separate accommodation, the location may be different for each paper- please check this carefully on the seating plans in the social area before your exam
- If you are entitled to Extra Time, please change the pen/ font to bold to indicate when the Extra Time started and draw a line under the work you completed before the Extra time began. It would also be useful to your class teacher if you could indicate on your paper when your Extra time started by writing ‘Extra Time’ or ‘ET’ in the margin. This helps us to plan for your final SQA exams.
- Pupils using Exam.Net to complete their exams must ensure they bring their iPads fully charged to every exam. They must check their seats in the Social Area and report to Miss Power or Mrs Cassidy in the library when instructed where they will hand in their phones. Learners will sit the exam in Abbey ICT and must use the correct code to access their exam. Paper copies of the exam paper will also be available.
- Pupils must submit their exam paper before leaving the exam room. Learners then go to the library to check their printed exam paper and collect their phone from Miss Power or Mrs Cassidy.
Timetable
REMINDER
You must take responsibility for ensuring the invigilator is in no doubt that you have not looked at anyone else’s work during the assessment. You must also ensure that you do not use rude, abusive or offensive words or
images in any of your work, or that your work does not refer to anything inappropriate.
What happens after the Interim Assessments?
Interim Assessments will be marked and then crossed marked. All senior pupils will receive their Interim Assessment tracking report in January 2026.
*The interim assessment timetables do not include the Advanced Highers studied by S6 students at other schools this session.
Do your best – it’s part of your learning journey, not the destination
Good luck!
