SQA exam results 2025: Pupils in Scotland start to receive results

What happens if you don’t get the results you were hoping for?published at 08:11 British Summer Time

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There is lots of support available, regardless of what results pupils receive.

The SQA’s candidate advice line can be reached on 0345 279 1000.

It opened at 08:00 and will stay open until 18:00. It will then be available from 08:30 until 17:00 on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Guidance staff at schools will also be on hand to provide help.

If you have a conditional offer for university or college that you don’t meet, you can apply to Ucas’ clearing process, external which is used by universities and colleges to fill empty places.

Skills Development Scotland (SDS), the agency which supports training and skills for work, will also operate an advice line from 5 to 8 August.

If you need help and advice about the next steps in your career or education or if you didn’t get the results you hoped for, you can phone the SDS results helpline number on 0808 100 8000.