Highers as a private candidate?

Is it possible to enter for a Higher exam as a private candidate or do you have to be attending a college? If anyone knows I'd be grateful :smile:

Reply 1

Phugoid

You can enter as a private candidate, but I do believe you'll have to phone around your local colleges/schools to see if they'll register you to sit the exams at their centre.

You won't have to be enrolled as a student, but you will have to be registered as a candidate sitting your exams at that centre.

Reply 2

jackwka

When I was sitting my credit maths exam, there was a girl who was a private candidate or as SQA like to put it, an "external candidate". Spoke to her, she said she just gave the school a ring and they set it all up. This was at a private school mind you, don't know how welcoming state schools would be. Probably college would be your best bet.