Private Exam Candidates

We are no longer accepting access arrangement applications for summer 2025 exams as our deadline has passed. Please only fill out an exam enrolment form if you do not require access arrangements.

We are not yet accepting applications for November 2025 exams.
Please apply in September 2025.

We are a private examination centre that can offer Functional Skills, GCSEs, IGCSEs and AS and A level examinations. We currently offer exams from AQA, Edexcel, Cambridge International, and WJEC. We accept a limited number of private candidates. Please click to find a list of our examination fees.

Scroll to the bottom of this page to see Frequently Asked Questions about exams including access arrangement information and deadlines.

For further information, please call the centre or email exams@crlt.org.uk

If you would like to sit exams with us, please fill out the Exam Enrolment Form. All spaces on exams are on a first come first served basis. Filling out the enrolment form does not guarantee a place. Once we have received your form, we will let you know if we have space and then send an invoice. Your space is not confirmed until we have received payment.

Summer 2025

Exam Timetables

Parent Comments

A selection of comments we’ve had from parents of exam candidates.

“Thank you again for your assistance with booking xxxx in for his exams so quickly and smoothly, the process up until speaking to you had been quite daunting.”

“Thanks so much for the way everyone works with the youngsters taking their exams there. It's fantastic to know you are putting them at ease during a time they are all so stressed out.”

“ Xxxxx has told me that she has felt very welcome, and the team you have there were brilliant at making her feel calm and settled before her exams.”

“Can I just say, that we are finding the exam process so helpful and calm for xxxx ! Everyone has been so great and we are very grateful for this.”

“Again, thank you for all you have done to support xxxx during the exam process - this has been such a huge achievement for him.”

“I just want to say, thank you to everyone who was involved in the whole exam process. XXXX and I found it such a positive experience. She was incredibly anxious about taking the exams but was soon put at ease. It has been very reassuring to us all.”

“I wanted to reach out to say a big thank you to you, the Centre and all your team for offering such a seamless and caring exam experience.” 

“I would also like to thank you for all your help through the process of xxx sitting her GCSEs independently. You definitely took a lot of the stress out of the process and everything went with out any hitches for which I am very grateful.”

“And many thanks for accommodating xxx for the exams. She said it all went well doing the exam at the centre.”

Frequently Asked Questions

  • These should be provided by your tutor, distance learning provider or via the exam board websites. Please check any options carefully. We cannot be held responsible for mistakes made on the registration form.

  • Please contact us on 01202 122922 or on exams@crlt.org.uk to request an ID form. This needs to be completed and returned to us, along with a passport sized photograph, before your first exam.

  • A UCI (Unique Candidate Identifier) is a 12-digit number, followed by a letter. If you have previously taken an exam your UCI number will be shown on your Statement of Entry from the exam board and also on any results slips or certificates. If you have never taken an exam before then a UCI can be generated for you at our centre.

  • A ULN (Unique Learner Number) is a 10-digit number and can be found on your Statement of Entry from the exam board and also on any results slips or certificates. ULNs are NOT compulsory for private exam candidates.

  • We will notify you of the date that your results will be released. You can either come into the exam centre to collect your results in person, or request that they are posted to you.

  • We share a building with the Christchurch Community Church in the heart of Christchurch town centre, near to Saxon Square. We hold the exams in the Sanctuary Hall. Occasionally we may hold some smaller exams in the Christchurch library.

  • We do not have our own car park but there is a small multi storey car park adjacent to us – the Saxon Square car park. There are several other public car parks in Christchurch town centre.

  • The maximum number of candidates in any exam is 45.

  • Unfortunately we do not have enough space to offer private exam rooms.

  • The only access arrangement we can offer is extra time. We cannot provide Home Invigilation. The deadline for applications for access arrangements has now passed and we can no longer accept them for summer 2025 exams. Please only fill out an exam enrolment form if you do not require access arrangements.

  • Morning exams start at 09:30 but we advise candidates to arrive by 09:15 for registration.

    Afternoon exams start at 13:30 but we advise candidates to arrive by 13:15 for registration.

Where to go when you arrive for your exam

Please wait outside the sanctuary doors. The doors will open 15 minutes before the exam start time.