Exam news and updates

Exam entry for the April 2012 exams is now open.

Updates to this page will be indicated below, by date.

Exam centre changes | New exam centres | Exam centre requests | Exam time changes | Exam schedule changes

Latest update

** Added 9 February 2012 **
Exams at all South African centres (including Bloemfontein which was not affected originally) will start at 09.00 (morning exams) and 13.30 (afternoon exams).
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Important notice

Using an incorrect calculator will result in a zero mark in the exams. Full information.

Special arrangements applications

The closing date for special arrangement applications is 17.00 (UK time) Monday 27 February 2012 (if sitting overseas) or Monday 19 March 2012 (if sitting in the UK/Ireland). The application form is available on the right of this page.
Late applications will not be accepted unless due to circumstances for which a valid reason could not be divulged by the published closing date.

Exam schedule changes

Exam schedules at some locations need to be amended due to public holidays or other unavoidable factors.

See below for details of changes at the following centres:
Athens  ** Added 26 January 2012 **
Adelaide, Armenia (Yerevan), Auckland, Cairo, Canberra, Christchurch, Hobart, Istanbul, Ljubljana, Lusaka, Melbourne, Nicosia, Seoul, Sydney, Tel Aviv, Wellington  ** Added 25 January 2012 **

Exam centre changes and confirmations

Karachi ** Added 2 February 2012 **
Address now confirmed as: PALPA Club House, Street Number 31, Block 5, Kehkashan, Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan

Bhopal ** Added 18 January 2012 **
Address now confirmed as: Hotel Noor-Us-Sabah, V.I.P Road, Koh-E-Fiza, Bhopal, 462001, Madhya Pradesh, India

Lucknow ** Added 18 January 2012 **
Address now confirmed as: Hotel Lineage, CP-73, Viraj Khand, (Opposite Sahara Hospital Gate No. 1), Gomti Nagar, Lucknow (U.P), India

London ** Added 18 January 2012 **
The address for 20 April only has changed to: The London Irish Centre, 50-52 Camden Square, London, NW1 9XB
The address for all other exams remains: Hammersmith Town Hall, King Street, London, W6 9JU

New exam centres

We have the following new centres for the April 2012 session:

UK/Ireland

• Southampton: Southampton Solent, University Conference Centre, 157-187 Above Bar Street, Southampton, SO14 7NN

Overseas

• Bloemfontein: University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 9301, South Africa
• Yerevan: British Council, 9 Alek Manukyan Street, Yerevan, 0070, Armenia

Exam centre requests

The Budapest, Brisbane, Darwin and Victoria exam centres are not currently available for the April 2012 session. If you would like to sit at one of these, or another, location then you must submit an exam centre request before 3 February 2012.
The application form is available on the right of this page.

Exam time changes

Please note the changes to the exam start times for the following centres:

Exam schedules at some locations need to be amended due to public holidays or other unavoidable factors

We are aware of several public holidays that may affect the April 2012 exam session. We are currently awaiting approval on the scheduling of these exams and will post an update when possible.

The STANDARD schedule is

Amended schedules:

Athens - amendments for 16 April

Australia: Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney - amendments for 25 April
New Zealand: Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington - amendments for 25 April

Armenia (Yerevan) - amendments for 24 April

Cairo - amendments for 16 April

Istanbul - amendments for 23 April

Ljubljana - amendments for 27 April

Lusaka - amendments for 20 April

Nicosia - amendments for 16 April

Seoul - amendments for all dates, as exams will be in the morning only

Tel Aviv - amendments for 25 and 26 April