Key information for trainees

All you need to know to complete your foundation training

2024-25 training year

Our foundation training manual explains what the foundation training year involves and provides useful sources of information and support.

See the 2024-25 manual

Key dates for the 2024-25 training year

Important dates and deadlines to bear in mind as you go through your training

Event Date
Applications to the scheme open 13 June 2024
First date to start training for the 2024/25 year 8 July 2024
Last date to start training for the 2024/25 year 8 November 2024

Summer assessment deadlines

The key dates below show when you must start or complete parts of your training and submit your information to sit the assessment in Summer 2025. If you miss a deadline, you will no longer be eligible to sit in summer, and will need prepare to sit in autumn.

Summer assessment deadlines Date
Deadline to start approved training in time to enter the summer assessment 2 August 2024
Deadline to start at a new training site with a satisfactory 13-week progress review from week 14, to sit the summer assessment 1 November 2024
Deadline to start foundation training from week 27 once 26 weeks satisfactory training banked, to sit the summer assessment 3 February 2025
Deadline to request a reasonable adjustment in the summer assessment 24 February 2025
Deadline for receipt of assessment entry forms for summer assessment 6 May 2025
Summer assessment 24 June 2025
Deadline to withdraw from the summer assessment 1 July 2025
Deadline to request a nullification from the summer assessment 1 July 2025
Summer assessment results released 29 July 2025
Deadline to submit an appeal application form for the summer assessment 19 August 2025

Registration after sitting the Summer 2025 assessment

The first possible date to register after the assessment is 1 August 2025. To be able to register on this date, we must receive your complete and correct application by 4 July 2025.

The next available registration date is 15 August 2025. To be able to register on this date, we must receive your complete and correct application by 18 July 2025.

Following that, joining of the register will occur on the first and fifteenth of each month of the year, and you must submit your application 28 days before your preferred registration date. 

Autumn assessment deadlines

The key dates below show when you must start or complete parts of your training, and submit your application to sit the assessment in Autumn 2025. If you miss a deadline, you will no longer be eligible to sit in autumn, and will need prepare to sit the following year.

Autumn assessment deadlines Date
Deadline to submit your application and start your confirmed foundation training for trainees planning to sit the autumn assessment 8 November 2024
Deadline to restart at a new training site from day one to enter the autumn assessment 8 November 2024
Deadline to start foundation training from week 14 once 13 weeks satisfactory training banked, to sit the autumn assessment 3 February 2025
Deadline to start foundation training from week 27 once 26 weeks satisfactory training banked, to sit the autumn assessment 7 May 2025
Deadline to request a reasonable adjustment in the autumn assessment 6 August 2025
Deadline for receipt of assessment entry forms for autumn assessment 3 September 2025
Autumn assessment 11 November 2025
Deadline to withdraw from the autumn assessment 18 November 2025
Deadline to request a nullification from the autumn assessment 18 November 2025
Autumn assessment results released 16 December 2025
Deadline to submit an appeal application form for the autumn assessment 6 January 2026

Registration after sitting the Autumn 2025 assessment

The first possible date to register after the assessment is 1 January 2026. To be able to register on this date, we must receive your complete and correct application by 4 December 2025. 

The next available registration date is 15 January 2026. To be able to register on this date, we must receive your complete and correct application by 18 December 2026.

Following that, joining of the register will occur on the first and fifteenth of each month of the year, and you must submit your application 28 days before your preferred registration date.