All you need to know to apply for and to sit the registration assessment taking place on Tuesday 25 June 2024
To sit the Summer 2024 assessment, we must have received a record of you having completed 39 weeks of training on or before 3 May 2024, with a week 39 progress report completed as satisfactory.
The registration assessment regulations set out key information and rules that cover this sitting of the assessment. We will also confirm the list of permitted items you may have access to during the assessment. The allegations of misconduct regulations set out the procedure we follow when it’s alleged that a candidate has not kept to the regulations.
The registration assessment specification sets out how the assessment will be run, and will help you decide if you need to request a reasonable adjustment.
The registration assessment framework will set out the outcomes that will be tested and gives an idea of some of the topics this sitting of the assessment may cover.
Make sure that you have created your myGPhC account and that you can log in.
Check that the details showing on your myGPhC account, including your training details and your email address are correct. If your training details have changed since the start of your training, you should have notified us of the changes and will have received an updated training record. If any of the information is not right, complete and send us a change of foundation training details form.
You and your designated supervisor must have completed your 39-week progress report online via myGPhC before you can complete your assessment application.
Important: when using myGPhC, please ensure you and your designated supervisor use an up to date version of an internet browser such as Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Do not use Internet Explorer as you may experience compatibility issues which prevent you from submitting your progress report.
Complete the online application form available to you through myGPhC from Friday 1 March 2024. To be eligible for the June assessment, you must complete and submit your application by 5.00 pm on Friday 3 May 2024.
As part of your myGPhC application for the assessment, you must:
confirm your personal details
complete declarations about your application, and your understanding of the assessment process and regulations
provide a copy of the photo identification you will use on the day of the assessment. pay the application fee of £196.
Shortly after the application deadline, you will receive a notification via your myGPhC account confirming that you have been approved to sit the assessment.
If you have not received this confirmation by Friday 10 May 2024, and you believe that you meet all the entry requirements, please contact our customer contact centre as soon as possible on 020 3713 8000 after this date.
You will sit the assessment at a test centre, using the Surpass online system. There are test centres throughout the UK.
We will reserve seats in centres for all candidates approved to sit. You will then have the opportunity to view and change your place through the Surpass system, subject to availability.
We will provide more information about the test centre allocation process in good time for you to prepare.
If you have a specific need which you feel could disadvantage you when sitting the registration assessment, please take a look at our dedicated reasonable adjustment page.
If you have previously been granted an adjustment that was approved for all sittings up until you reach your registration date limit, you do not need to submit a new application to receive this adjustment at this sitting.
If you want to request an additional or a different adjustment, you will need to submit a new request.
If you haven’t submitted or been granted a reasonable adjustment before and would like to request one for this sitting, you must read the guidance and submit an application form.
You must complete and submit your form by 5.00 PM on 28 February 2024. There is no process for submitting late adjustments so you must make sure you submit your application by this deadline.
It is very important that you only sit the registration assessment if you are fit to do so. Being ‘fit to sit’ means that you do not know of any reason why your performance would be adversely affected on the day of the assessment.
If you are aware of anything that might affect your performance on the day, you should not sit the assessment – even if it is a difficult decision to make. You are eligible to withdraw from a sitting at any time up until the assessment begins.
Assessment structure
Part one paper
Part one of the assessment is made up of 40 calculation questions. You will have two hours to complete these, and you will be able to use a calculator.
Part two paper
Part two of the assessment is made up of 120 questions, split into three sections:
Section 1: 45 'single-best-answer' questions
Section 2: 45 'single-best-answer' questions
Section 3: 30 'extended-matching' questions
You will have 2.5 hours to complete these, and you will not be able to use a calculator.
The registration assessment framework sets out the outcomes that will be tested and gives an idea of some of the topics this sitting of the assessment may cover.
We have prepared a set of example questions for both parts of the assessment. These questions are presented in the Surpass system, which you will use to sit the assessment- so you can familiarise yourself with the system functionality. Use the example questions guide to find out how the system works, and to mark your answers.
For these example questions, no information about you or your answers will be recorded.
The example questions will time out after one hour, but you can access them again by refreshing your browser or clicking the links above again. You can work through the questions as many times as you like.
After each assessment sitting, the Board of Assessors - who are responsible for setting and assuring the registration assessment - produce feedback about the topics that candidates found difficult. Use these feedback documents below to help you prepare for your attempt:
You will be able to use calculators in part one of the registration assessment. You can use the on screen calculator, or you can bring your own calculator to the assessment.
We'll provide a guide to what happens on the day, and what to bring to the test centre nearer the time.
You will receive your results via your myGPhC. You will receive a notification to check your myGPhC account via the communication preference you selected when you signed up to myGPhC.
We will provide more details about your results and registration nearer the time.
