ORE latest information

Following our announcement on 22 February 2022 that the ORE would fully resume this year, we can confirm that the next Part 1 sitting will be held from 2 – 5 August 2022.

The Examinations Team are beginning the process of identifying priority candidates (those at the end of their statutory five-year limit or remain booked to the cancelled April 2020 exam) over the coming weeks. Following the conclusion of this process, we anticipate that on Thursday 26 May 2022 at 14:30 we will open the booking for the ORE Part 1 August 2022 examination (to be held from 2 – 5 August 2022) for any remaining places. Unfortunately, we are unable to confirm how many places may remain available at this time.

We would like to remind candidates that all bookings must be made through eGDC, and we ask that you check that you have log-in details for your eGDC account and that you can log in before the booking day.

Why we prioritise some candidates for exam places and what this means for you now

The legislation that governs the ORE includes a strict requirement that the Part 2 exam must be passed within five years of first attempting the Part 1. To ensure candidates have a fair opportunity to sit the exams before this expires, we prioritise those in their final year of the time limit.

In line with this approach, we are in the process of offering places on the August 2022 Part 1 exam to the final group of candidates who were booked onto the cancelled April 2020 Part 1 exam and to those whose five-year time limit has expired now or will do so by January 2023. Further information will then follow to candidates whose five-year time limit will expire during 2023.

We will write to candidates again before Thursday 26 May and confirm the booking process together with the number of places available.