Requests for special consideration are used to indicate to institutions that you:
- suffered temporary illness, injury or indisposition at the time of the assessment
- experienced problems with an aspect of the administration of the test, such as a fire alarm during the test session or when approved access arrangements were not made available.
Special consideration can either be requested by the candidate or by the test centre on the candidate's behalf within five working days of the test date (see the key dates). Any applications received after this date will be rejected.
Centres should use the form on Entries Extranet to submit a request on a candidate's behalf (see the web page for more details).
Candidates can use the form below. Please note, the special consideration form is available from the relevant test day for five working days:
When you submit a form, you will receive a confirmation email. We will only contact you regarding an application if more information is required. Otherwise we will pass on the notification to the institution(s) you have applied to.
Please note, we are only able to pass on special consideration notifications, including supporting evidence, to the University of Cambridge, the University of Warwick and Imperial College London.
The decision to take the special consideration into account or not is at the discretion of the universities. No adjustment will be made to the results.