How you can get your results
We publish your exam results on your online account six to seven weeks after the exam. We do not send a notification by email or post, but you can log in to your account to check. Go to My account, and in the Exams block, click on Your exam results.
About a week after we publish the exam results on your account, we will email you your results certificate.
You will get an overall mark for the exam. You will also get feedback for each category. This includes your percentage score in each category, and the average percentage score in each category of UK trainees who passed the exam.
Your percentage scores for each category do not add up to your overall mark. That is because some questions cover more than one category.
If you have not passed the exam
Many candidates do not pass their theory exam on their first attempt. Speak with your supervisor or others if you'd like support.
If you are taking theory exams for MRCPCH (membership), you are allowed up to six attempts for each exam.
You can apply for the next theory exam - see dates on our main website
If you have passed the exam
Great news! But you may now need to prepare for the next exam...
If you are on the Diploma of Child Health (DCH) pathway and have now passed Foundation of Practice, you can apply for DCH Clinical.
If you are on the MRCPCH pathway, you will need to pass all three theory exams (Foundation of Practice, Theory and Science and Applied Knowledge in Practice).
If you have passed all three theory exams, you can apply for MRCPCH Clinical.