GPhC Registration Assessment Pass Rates and Passing Scores by Sitting
The GPhC publishes a pass rate for every sitting of the registration assessment, now called the Common Registration Assessment, and the passing score for each part in its reports on most sittings. This page puts them in one table, with every figure linked to the GPhC document it comes from.
At the most recent sitting, in June 2026, 2,748 of the 3,326 candidates passed: a pass rate of 83%. At the last November sitting, in November 2025, 722 of 1,174 passed: 62%.
Pass rates and passing scores by sitting
Each passing score links to the GPhC document it comes from. On a phone, swipe the table sideways to see the Part 1 and Part 2 passing scores.
| Sitting | Candidates sat | Pass rate | First-attempt pass rate | Part 1 passing score | Part 2 passing score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 3,326 | 83% | 85% | Not published | Not published |
| November 2025 | 1,174 | 62% | 60% | 25 out of 40 | 77 out of 120 |
| June 2025 | 2,913 | 77% | 80% | 24 out of 40 | 79 out of 120 |
| November 2024 | 1,146 | 58% | Not stated | 28 out of 40 | 82 out of 120 |
| June 2024 | 2,776 | 75% | 77% | 25 out of 40 | 83 out of 120 |
| November 2023 | 1,067 | 66% | 61% | 25 out of 40 | 77 out of 118 |
| June 2023 | 2,805 | 77% | 79% | Not found | Not found |
| November 2022 | 937 | 56% | 56% | 23 out of 40 | 83 out of 120 |
| June 2022 | 2,697 | 80% | 82% | 24 out of 40 | 80 out of 119 |
| November 2021 | 959 | 61% | Not stated | Not found | Not found |
| July 2021 | 2,907 | 82% | Not stated | Not found | Not found |
| March 2021 | 2,666 | 88% | Not stated | Not found | Not found |
How to read the table:
- Candidates sat and pass rate are the GPhC's figures for everyone who sat, including trainees of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland, as given in each results announcement. The November 2023 figures come from the Board of Assessors' report to the GPhC's Council, which gives the pass rate as 65.6%; the GPhC's later announcements round it to 66%. The three 2021 sittings are listed in the GPhC's June 2022 announcement.
- First-attempt pass rate is the share of first-time candidates who passed. From November 2022 to June 2024 it covers GPhC candidates only. For November 2024 the GPhC gave numbers but no rate: 269 of its 523 first-time candidates passed, which works out at 51%.
- Passing scores come from the GPhC's feedback report or statistical breakdown for each sitting, and for June 2024 from its Council papers of September 2024. Part 1 has 40 calculations and Part 2 has 120 questions. Part 2 was marked out of 118 in November 2023 and 119 in June 2022 because the Board of Assessors can remove questions from marking after a sitting.
- Not published means the GPhC has not released the figure. Its June 2026 announcement and its key insights from that sitting give no passing score, though each candidate's result shows the pass mark for both parts. Not found means we could not find the figure in a GPhC document that is still online.
What the numbers show
June sittings have higher pass rates than November ones. Since 2022, June pass rates have run from 75% to 83% and November pass rates from 56% to 66%. The GPhC's explanation is who sits: June is mostly first-time candidates at the end of their foundation training year, while November has far more candidates sitting again, which its Board of Assessors says tends to mean a lower pass rate. In June 2025, 86% of candidates were on a first attempt; in November 2025, 51% were.
Passing scores move from sitting to sitting. At every sitting since 2022 where they have been published, the Part 1 passing score has been between 23 and 28 out of 40, and the Part 2 passing score between 77 and 83, out of 120 at most sittings.
A pass rate is not a pass mark. The GPhC's own note in its September 2024 Council papers puts it plainly: the number of questions required to pass is the standard and the pass rate is the percentage of candidates who met the standard. There is no target pass rate, as the GPhC's guidance for unsuccessful trainees says.
Why the pass mark changes
The pass mark changes because the questions change: the GPhC holds the standard fixed and moves the number of marks needed to meet it, so a harder paper has a lower pass mark and an easier one a higher pass mark.
In the GPhC's words, from its key insights on the June 2026 sitting: the pass mark may vary between assessment sittings because each sitting contains a different set of questions. The standard required to pass remains consistent across sittings. For a worked example, the Board of Assessors reported that the November 2023 Part 1 paper was slightly easier than November 2022's, so a pass mark two marks higher was used: 25 out of 40 against 23.
How the standard itself is set, by modified Angoff and item response theory, is covered in how the GPhC assessment is marked.
Where the GPhC's figures disagree
The GPhC's documents do not always agree with each other. Where they differ, the table uses the results announcement, published on results day, wherever one is still online. The differences we found:
- November 2025. The announcement's headline says 62%, and its own summary table says 61.5% (722 of 1,174).
- The 2025 sittings in the Council's report. The GPhC's report to its Council in February 2026 gives 2,926 candidates and a 77.8% pass rate for June 2025, and 1,178 candidates and 61.6% for November 2025, against 2,913 and 77%, and 1,174 and 62%, in the announcements.
- Earlier years in the same report. Its chart gives a higher pass rate for every sitting from 2022 to 2024 than the announcements did: 87.6% for summer 2022 (announced as 80%), 58.4% for autumn 2022 (56%), 78.2% for summer 2023 (77%), 68.2% for autumn 2023 (66%), 76.8% for summer 2024 (75%) and 60.4% for autumn 2024 (58%). We found no explanation in the report.
- November 2024. Its announcement says 1,146 sat. The November 2025 announcement lists the same sitting as 1,125, which is the number of GPhC candidates alone.
- March 2021. The November 2022 announcement labels the March 2021 sitting, with 2,666 candidates and an 88% pass rate, as "June 2021".
The GPhC's Council papers do note that its numbers are subject to change marginally as appeals, withdrawals and outcomes of allegations of misconduct are taken into account. When you quote a figure, quote the document it came from.
November 2026
The November 2026 sitting is on Tuesday 10 November, and results are released on the morning of Wednesday 16 December 2026. We add each sitting to this table when the GPhC publishes its figures. What your own result will show, and what to do next, is in GPhC November 2026 results: what to do next.
What this means if you are sitting
A pass rate describes how a cohort did. It does not tell you the pass mark for your paper, which is set after you sit it, and it says nothing about your own chances. What you can control is whether you are safe and confident in both parts. Our GPhC mock papers score Part 1 and Part 2 separately and break your marks down by area, and there are ten free GPhC practice questions to try first. If you are sitting again in November, read resitting the GPhC assessment; if you did not pass and are planning your next attempt, start with your next steps after failing the GPhC assessment.
From the GPhC's results announcements for each sitting, its feedback reports and statistical breakdowns, its key insights from the June 2026 sitting, its guidance for unsuccessful trainees (November 2025) and its Council papers of February 2024, September 2024 and February 2026, all linked above and read on 28 October 2026. Dose Up is independent and is not endorsed by the GPhC.
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