GPhC Exam 2027: Dates, Format and Pass Marks
The first GPhC registration assessment of 2027 is on Tuesday 15 June 2027, and its results are released on Tuesday 20 July 2027. If you need a reasonable adjustment for that sitting, the GPhC must have your request by 17:00 on Wednesday 17 February 2027.
Those three dates are all the GPhC has published for 2027 so far. It has not yet given the application window for June, a date for the autumn 2027 sitting, or its framework for sittings in 2027.
We keep this page up to date as the GPhC publishes each year's details, and the address stays the same from one year to the next. Every fact below is taken from a GPhC document, listed in the sources table at the end with the date we last checked it. Last checked: 28 October 2026.
GPhC exam dates for 2027
The assessment, now formally called the Common Registration Assessment (CRA), usually runs twice a year, in the summer and the autumn.
| June 2027 sitting | |
|---|---|
| Reasonable adjustment requests | By 17:00 on Wednesday 17 February 2027 |
| Application window | Not yet published |
| Notice that you are approved to sit | Not yet published |
| Assessment day | Tuesday 15 June 2027 |
| Results day | Tuesday 20 July 2027 |
The GPhC says it will give the June 2027 application dates "closer to the time, and in good time for you to consider applying". You apply through myGPhC, and the dates will appear on the GPhC's sitting page, so check there and keep an eye on your myGPhC account.
For a sense of the rhythm, and not as a prediction: for the November 2026 sitting, eligible trainees were emailed on 29 July, the application window ran from 30 July to 5pm on 27 August, and those approved to sit were told on 3 September, about ten weeks before the assessment.
Who sits in June 2027, and who sits in the autumn
Which sitting you are eligible for depends on when you started your foundation training, as set by your statutory education body (SEB):
- June 2027: you started training during your SEB's summer 2026 window.
- Autumn 2027: you started training during your SEB's autumn 2026 window.
You also need approved foundation training pharmacist status. Your SEB can confirm your eligibility, and if you are on a sandwich or integrated course your university will advise you. Trainees on the Pharmaceutical Society NI's programme have extra requirements and apply to sit through the Society.
What the GPhC has not published yet
As of 28 October 2026, these are still to come:
- The June 2027 application window and the date you will hear whether you are approved to sit.
- The fee for 2027. The application fee for November 2026 was £208, and it is non-refundable once paid.
- The timings on the day. In November 2026, Part 1 starts at 10:00 and Part 2 at 14:15.
- The test centres for June 2027.
- The registration deadlines that follow the June 2027 results.
- Any date for the autumn 2027 sitting. The GPhC's eligibility rules already refer to an autumn 2027 assessment, but it has not given a date.
- The framework, regulations and specification for sittings in 2027. The GPhC's sitting page lists only the documents for sittings in 2026.
We will add each one here when the GPhC publishes it.
The format
This is the format set out in the GPhC's documents for sittings in 2026. Until the documents for 2027 are published, they are the best guide to what June 2027 will look like, and we will update this section if the 2027 versions change anything.
| Part 1 | Part 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tests | Pharmacy and healthcare calculations | Safe and effective pharmacy care of the public |
| Questions | 40 | 120: 90 single best answer, then 15 sets of two extended matching questions |
| Time | 120 minutes | 150 minutes |
| How you answer | Type a number | Pick one of five options, or one of eight shared by each pair of extended matching questions |
- Both parts are sat on the same day, on screen at a test centre. The GPhC aims to book you into the nearest available centre to the address in your myGPhC account, and there is a short window to change it if another centre has space.
- Every Part 1 includes at least one of each of nine calculation types: concentrations, dilutions, displacement volumes, dose and dosage regimens, infusion rates, medical statistics, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacokinetics and quantities to supply.
- You bring no references. Where a question needs a source, such as a BNF or BNF for Children extract, a summary of product characteristics or a prescription, it is supplied inside the question.
- A calculator is allowed in both parts. Use the on-screen one, or bring a model from the GPhC's approved list, with a spare if you like. In Part 2 the on-screen calculator appears only on questions that need a calculation.
- Bring valid photo ID: a passport or a European driving licence photocard, full or provisional, with a first name and surname that match the names the GPhC holds for you.
- You can sit the assessment at most three times, within the time limit for applying to register.
For what the 2026 framework says about content, including the fifteen clinical areas in the order they are most often assessed and the twelve high-risk drug classes, see what changed in the GPhC assessment in 2026.
Pass marks
There is no fixed pass mark. The GPhC sets a passing standard and works out the pass mark for each sitting, so a harder paper has a lower pass mark and an easier one a higher pass mark. The June 2027 pass marks will not exist until after the papers are sat.
- You must pass both parts at the same sitting. A strong Part 2 cannot make up for Part 1, or the other way round, and marks are not carried forward.
- Every correct answer is worth one mark, and there are no penalties for wrong or blank answers.
- Your result shows the pass mark for each part, your mark for each part, and whether you passed overall.
- The most recent published passing scores are from November 2025: 25 out of 40 for Part 1 and 77 out of 120 for Part 2. The GPhC's key insights document on June 2026 does not give that sitting's passing scores.
We list every passing score the GPhC has published since 2022, and explain how the pass mark is set, in how the GPhC assessment is marked.
Where candidates struggled most recently
After each sitting the GPhC's Board of Assessors publishes feedback on the areas candidates found hardest. After June 2026 it named:
- Part 1: displacement volumes, infusion rates, medical statistics and pharmacokinetics.
- Part 2: antiplatelet, anticoagulant and lipid-modifying therapy; telling an allergy from an adverse drug reaction, and antimicrobial stewardship; treating asthma and COPD; menopausal symptoms; contraception; controlled drugs; and emergency supply.
The Board says the list is not exhaustive and does not mean those topics are more likely to come up next time. We work through the four calculation types in the calculations the June 2026 cohort found hardest.
Preparing for June 2027
- Check your eligibility now with your SEB, and if you need an adjustment, get your request in by 17:00 on 17 February 2027.
- Use the GPhC's free example questions. They run in the same system as the real assessment and cover both parts. The GPhC says they are for getting to know the platform and the style, not a mock. There are no official past papers, so these are the nearest thing: see what the GPhC publishes instead of past papers.
- Plan from the framework, giving most time to the areas near the top of its list and to your own weak spots. Our GPhC revision timetable sets out how to spread the months.
- Sit full papers under the real timings in the last weeks, Part 1 and Part 2 on the same day. Our GPhC mock papers follow the 2026 format and timings, and you can try ten free GPhC practice questions first, with no account.
Sitting in November 2026?
For the November 2026 sitting, on Tuesday 10 November 2026 with results on Wednesday 16 December 2026, see our guide to the GPhC exam in 2026 and GPhC November 2026 results: what to do next. If November does not go your way, the next sitting is in June 2027: check your eligibility for it on the GPhC's sitting page, and see your next steps after failing the GPhC assessment for appeals, attempts and how to plan.
Sources and when we checked them
| What | GPhC source | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 dates, eligibility, application process, fee, test centres and ID | Sitting the Common Registration Assessment (page updated 29 September 2026) | 28 October 2026 |
| Two sittings a year, at most three attempts | Common Registration Assessment (page updated 8 October 2026) | 28 October 2026 |
| November 2026 timings on the day | Sitting the November 2026 Common Registration Assessment | 28 October 2026 |
| Format, calculation types, marking and standard setting | Framework for sittings in 2026 | 28 October 2026 |
| Passing both parts, attempts, what your result shows | Regulations for sittings in 2026 | 28 October 2026 |
| Calculators and permitted items | Specification and permitted items for sittings in 2026 | 28 October 2026 |
| November 2025 passing scores | Feedback from the November 2025 CRA | 28 October 2026 |
| Where the June 2026 cohort struggled | Key insights from the June 2026 CRA | 28 October 2026 |
| Example questions | CRA example questions guide | 28 October 2026 |
Updates to this page
- 28 October 2026: first published, with the June 2027 dates the GPhC has announced.
From the GPhC's Sitting the Common Registration Assessment page and the other GPhC documents in the table above, read on the dates shown. Dose Up is independent and is not endorsed by the GPhC.
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