Disability, Neurodiverse conditions, Mental health conditions and long-term health conditions

STEP 1:  Please download and complete the following form. You'll see that you only need to complete page 1 if you are not requesting adjustments or interviewer awareness, but if you have requests you must complete the whole form, get it signed by a member of staff at your school and provide supporting evidence.

STEP 2: If you are requesting adjustments, please get hold of the appropriate accompanying evidence document, as requested on the form. The document should do two things: 

1. confirm what your disability, neurodiverse condition, mental health condition or long-term health condition is.
2. (if relevant) confirm the adjustments / allowances you are currently being given or most recently have been given and the adjustments that you are expected to have in your final school exams, e.g. a letter confirming previous assessment, dates undertaken.

If you have a neurodiverse condition, please do NOT send a full Educational Psychologist report at this stage unless there is particular reference to the support you require that will help us make appropriate adjustments to our assessment and selection procedures. 

If your document is not in English, please provide the original and a translation (the translation can be done by you).

STEP 3: 
If you are only submitting the form (no adjustments or interviewer awareness needed), you just need to make ONE pdf file containing the form. If you are requesting adjustments or interviewer awareness, please make TWO pdf files, one containing the form, the other containing the evidence document. The files should not be larger than 3MB. If you need help with scanning, we recommend that you ask a friend or relative who has a scanner, ask your school, or use CamScanner (for example), an app that allows you to scan on a smartphone.

STEP 4: Please save your pdf files with the file name following this example:

For the fictional Joe Bloggs applying for Natural Sciences (Physical) with UCAS Personal ID 2580174729, the file name would be

5-NaturalSciences(Physical)-BLOGGSJoe-Adjustments-2580174729

5-NaturalSciences(Physical)-BLOGGSJoe-Evidence-2580174729

Please make sure 
> There are NO SPACES
> You use hypens 
> There is the number 5 at the beginning.
> If you are applying for Natural Sciences, please include (Physical) or (Biological) in all cases. 

STEP 5: Please upload your Adjustments form via the Adjustments form and document upload tool. You can only upload one thing at a time so you will need to upload the evidence document separately afterwards.

STEP 6: If relevant (if you have requested adjustments or interviewer awareness), please upload your Evidence document via the Adjustments form and document upload tool.

(POSSIBLE STEP 7): We will liaise with you if we have any questions about adjustments you have requested or if we need a further document relating to your disability, neurodiverse condition, mental health condition or long-term health condition)

STEP 8: Receive invitation for online interviews (if selected)
If you are selected for the online interviews, we will make the necessary arrangements for your adjustments (if required). Your invitation to interview will not normally make any reference to these, however. 

STEP 9: Receive adjustment confirmation email at the end of November / early December
We will email an adjustment confirmation to you shortly before your College admissions assessment (if relevant) or your interviews, confirming the arrangements that we have made for you (or confirming that we have not made adjustments if you do not require adjustments). Note that with the exception of adjustment emails for College admissions assessments, we can only do the work needed to send you this confirmation after we have sent invitations to interview in every subject (you can check our progress in Stage 4). We will update the box below once all adjustment confirmation emails have been sent.

We are aware that some applicants are reluctant to disclose a disability, neurodiverse condition, mental health condition or long-term health condition but we would like to reassure you that disclosure will in no way adversely affect the assessment of your application. 

The Adjustments form and document is what we look at when organising and preparing for interviews and assessments - it is used for practical information. In most cases, assuming that you have been given the necessary access arrangements for your learning and exams, all we will need is an adjustments form and document. 

If you have extenuating circumstances relating to your disability, neurodiverse condition, mental health condition or long-term health condition then your referee should mention these in the extenuating circumstances section of your UCAS reference. For example, if you were not given adjustments in your GCSE exams but should have had adjustments, this would be an extenuating circumstance which we could take into account when looking at your GCSE results. If more detail is needed than can be included on the UCAS reference, or if the information is particularly sensitive, then your referee may prefer to upload an Extenuating Circumstances Form by 22 October. If you think that this might be relevant in your case, please read the Extenuating Circumstances Form page. 

We do not need an Extenuating Circumstances information to set out what adjustments you get - the Adjustments form covers that and must be received in all cases. Extenuating Circumstances is about impact on your education or exam results. 

A school signature is needed if you are requesting adjustments. In most cases if you are organised, this will be possible, however we are aware that the timing can be tight as schools close for half term, and that other circumstances may sometimes make it difficult for a small number of applicants to obtain a signature by 22 October. 

Although we would really like you to try to be organised about collecting the signature you need whilst your school is available, if you struggle and are not able to get a school signature by 22 October, here is what to do: 

Wait until 22 Oct in case you are able to get hold of someone who can sign your form. If it's really impossible, on 22 Oct: 

STEP 1: Write 'signature to follow' on the adjustments form where the school signature should go, add 'temporary' to the file name when you save it, and upload your form. 

e.g. 5-NaturalSciences(Physical)-BLOGGSJoe-Adjustments-2580174729-temporary

STEP 2: If you have your evidence document, please also upload this (no need to add 'temporary' on the document file name if the document is complete).

STEP 3: Once you have access to the relevant teacher/person, collect the signature and upload the complete form as soon as possible, this time omitting the 'temporary' at the end of the file name. Please do this as soon as possible and by 4 November at the very latest. 

An evidence document is needed if you are requesting adjustments. Please do your best to obtain the document by 22 October if you do not already have it so that you can meet the deadline. 

We are aware that it may not be possible for some students to upload a document by 22 October. If this is the case for you, please wait until 22 Oct in case the document comes through. If not: 

> upload your adjustments form as normal by the deadline
> if you have a partial document but it is not complete, please upload what you have and add 'partial' to the end of the file name e.g.
5-NaturalSciences(Physical)-BLOGGSJoe-Evidence-2580174729-partial
> if you do not have a document, upload a blank document and add 'not-yet-available' to the file name. 
5-NaturalSciences(Physical)-BLOGGSJoe-Evidence-2580174729-not-yet-available

Please do your best to obtain your document by 4 November if you cannot get it by 22 October, and upload it as soon as you receive it without anything added to the file name. The upload tool will remain available. 

If you are not at school because you finished school last year, please ask your old school to check your form and provide the school signature and document - they are still the right contact for this. 

If your situation is different and you are not in contact with a school but are requesting adjustments or interviewer awareness, please have the information on the form confirmed by an appropriate professional, such as a doctor and provide an evidence document.

If you have a question, please first of all read the current questions page. If your question is not covered, please contact Christ's Admissions Office (admissions@christs.cam.ac.uk). Please remember to start your email with 

Your name
The subject you are applying for (including 'Biological' or 'Physical' if Natural Sciences)
Your UCAS number (no dashes)
Which country you are applying from