What is the SQE?
Who is the SQE for?
Costs and fees
Case studies
The assessment day
Results and resits
Dates and locations
Assessment information
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The monitoring and maximising diversity survey has been updated. Please return to the survey to reconfirm your answers and complete the new section at the end.
You must do this to remain eligible for the SQE. You will not be able to book your next assessment until you have updated your answers.
The booking process for the January SQE2 assessment will operate in the same way as recent booking windows, using a short online seat reservation form, following feedback from candidates and other stakeholders. This is to provide a quicker and simpler way for candidates to book a seat for this assessment. There will be no queuing process to complete the form. We also hope to reduce the questions about bookings posed to training providers and employers that support their candidates.
Please note that the seat reservation form for all eligible candidates will be sent on 16 October. We will also write to candidates with this information.
Candidates who have passed SQE1 (or are eligible to sit SQE2) and wish to sit the January SQE2 should complete their pre-booking steps by 5pm (UK time) on 11 October. If you do not complete these steps we will not be able to reserve you a seat.
We will email all candidates who are already eligible to take the January SQE2 a seat reservation form at approximately 6pm (UK time) on 16 October. The form will remain open until 5pm (UK time) on Tuesday, 22 October. It will contain full instructions and only take a few minutes to complete. It will ask you to confirm if you want to sit the SQE2 in January and information on your preferred assessment locations. You must complete the form if you want us to reserve you a seat for the January SQE2 (see below if you require reasonable adjustments). There is no queuing system to complete the form but we will adopt a process of allocating seats on a first come first served basis - i.e. in the order in which we receive completed forms. You will receive confirmation of submission of your form by email. If you do not intend to sit the January SQE2 you do not need to complete the form.
Completing the pre-booking steps is the only means of requesting reasonable adjustments. Completing the reservation form is how you tell us about your preferred location if your adjustments are agreed. Seats are allocated on a needs basis and there is no further action that candidates need to take regarding booking seats online. Once the Equality and Quality team agree to the request for adjustments, they source an appropriate seat and ask the candidate to pay.
To facilitate the administration of the reservation system, we will pause the booking window from 16 October up to and including 2 December.
For those who do not require reasonable adjustments, once the booking window re-opens on 3 December, you will see the seat reserved for you in your candidate account and we will ask you to make payment to complete your booking. You do not need to accept the seat. If you do not take any further action or do not make payment by 5pm (UK time) on 5 December your reservation will lapse. Once you have secured your seat by making payment, you can reschedule your booking via your candidate account up until 5pm (UK time) on 12 December if you find a seat you feel is more suitable. But to do so you will need to make payment to secure your seat.
For the avoidance of doubt, if you do not make payment to complete your booking by 5pm on 5 December, the seat reserved for you will lapse. The booking window will however remain open until 12 December, allowing a further period of time for candidates that have completed their booking to reschedule (subject to seat availability).
The booking window will remain open until 5pm (UK time) on 12 December. If you want to make your own booking between 3-12 December you can use the self-service booking system via your candidate account (subject to availability).
We will update the Timings page of the website to reflect these changes.
The process for reasonable adjustment candidates is described above. For all other candidates, we will endeavour to allocate a seat to every candidate that completes the seat reservation form. The seats will be allocated on a first come first served basis. There will be no queueing process to complete the reservation form and no need for you to manually search for a convenient test centre location. We believe that this approach to the booking process will provide a quicker and simpler way for candidates to book a seat and we will continue to assess the impact of this approach and seek feedback from stakeholders.
The seat reservation process will not apply to you. If you find that you need to resit SQE2 and you wish to do so in January, you will be able to book on-line on 3 December from 10am until booking closes on 12 December at 5pm. You will need to have completed your pre-booking steps after you receive your July SQE2 results. Results are due to be released on 26 November.