Core Revision
AKT January 2027: booking deadlines, fee, exam day and results
Exam 26 January 2027, final booking 1 December 2026, fee £494, results 24 February at 5pm. The 160-question format, recent pass marks, attempts, and an eighteen-week plan.
Is an AKT revision course worth it? What the RCGP says, and how to decide
The RCGP asks for three months of preparation and cautions against relying on one resource. What the college provides free, what a course can and cannot add, and a decision table by situation.
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How difficult is the AKT, really?
Around three quarters of candidates pass the AKT each sitting, and nearly nine in ten UK graduates pass first time. Why it still feels harder than that, and what to do about it.
How much does the AKT cost?
The AKT exam fee is £481, now payable in three stages. How the staged payments and refund deadlines work, and the costs around the exam people forget to budget for.
AKT exam dates and booking: the deadlines that catch people out
AKT dates for 2026 and 2027, the three separate deadlines involved, and how booking works now that it has moved to MyRCGP rather than FourteenFish.
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I failed the AKT — what now?
What happens next after an AKT fail: the resit process, the attempts you have, and how to work out what actually went wrong before revising again.
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How many AKT questions a day should I be doing?
A defensible daily number for AKT question practice — and the three things about how you practise that matter considerably more than the number itself.
AKT statistics questions: what actually comes up
Evidence interpretation is 10% of the AKT and one of the most learnable parts of the paper. The topics that keep reappearing, and what the examiners are really asking.
What score do you need to pass the AKT?
The AKT pass mark is set for each paper and has ranged from 107 to 112 out of 160 across the last four sittings. What that means for the score you should be aiming at.
When should I sit the AKT?
Four sittings a year, a limited number of attempts, and eligibility from ST2 — how to judge which AKT sitting you are genuinely ready for.
