AKT update
July 2025
From October 2025 the duration of the AKT will change.
Reasonable adjustments deadlines
Reasonable adjustments can be requested at any point in training.
Requests must be submitted by the deadlines below to be applied to the stated examination.
Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) examinations 2025 to 2026
| Examination sittings: | Reasonable adjustment deadlines: |
| AKT October 2025: | 19 August 2025 |
| AKT January 2026: | 12 November 2025 |
| AKT April 2026: | 18 February 2026 |
| AKT July 2026: | 05 May 2026 |
Simulated Consultation Assessment (SCA) examinations 2025 to 2026
| Examination sittings: | Reasonable adjustments deadlines: |
| SCA September 2025: | 16 June 2025 |
| SCA October 2025: | 14 July 2025 |
| SCA November 2025: | 15 August 2025 |
| SCA January 2026: | 20 October 2025 |
| SCA February 2026: | 17 November 2025 |
| SCA March 2026: | 10 December 2025 |
| SCA April 2026: | 19 January 2026 |
| SCA May 2026: | 16 February 2026 |
| SCA June 2026: | 13 March 2026 |
Contact details for AKT and SCA reasonable adjustments and void applications
If you have any difficulty using the application forms or have a question that has not been answered on this page, please contact us at exams.accoms@rcgp.org.uk.
Contact for WPBA reasonable adjustments
Reasonable adjustments relating to WPBA are a matter for either your employer, or the deanery, please contact them in the first instance. If you subsequently have questions relating to this area and WPBA, you can contact postgraduatetraining@rcgp.org.uk.
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