Numbers of Exam Exceptional Circumstances Requests

Date published: 24/11/2025

FOI reference: FOI25/26 003

Date received: 15/04/2025

Date responded: 02/05/2025

Information requested

Please release the following under FOISA.

The total number of Exam Exceptional Circumstances requests received by the SQA, broken down by category
The total number of successful Exam Exceptional Circumstances requests received by the SQA, broken down by category

This information should be provided for 2023/24, 2022/23, 2021/22, 2018/19, and 2017/18.

Please note that I do not need or want a narrative explanation for the figures or the Exam Exceptional Circumstances system - please just release the numbers as requested and in the following format, and preferably in a spreadsheet.

Response

The information requested is contained within the attached spreadsheet.

Documents:

Information sheet (11 KB)