If your education or home life has been seriously disrupted or disadvantaged through health, disability, difficulties with schooling (other than Covid-19), or challenging personal or family circumstances, your referee will need to set this out in the Extenuating Circumstances section of the UCAS reference.
The reference information is normally enough, but there is also an Extenuating Circumstances Form which can be completed in a few specific cases:
> if your referee needs to give us further information than the details contained in the reference
> if the information is highly sensitive and should be confidential
> if your current school is not aware of your extenuating circumstances
In these cases, please ask a teacher (or if preferable a doctor or social worker) to send us an Extenuating Circumstances Form. This is an additional reference to ensure that we are able to take your circumstances into account when assessing your application.
| The Extenuating Circumstances Form for Christ's College will be available here from 20 September, along with a link to upload it. |
Who can send the form
- a school teacher or tutor
- a doctor
- a social worker
It is not possible to complete the form yourself.
How to send the form
The form should be uploaded via a link which we will provide so the relevant person just needs to fill it in and upload it using our upload tool. They will see a screen confirming that the form has been received safely.
The deadline is 22 October
The Christ's deadline for the Online Extenuating Circumstances Form is 22 October (23:59). Meeting this deadline ensures that the form is part of your application from the beginning.
We will accept Extenuating Circumstances Forms received after 22 October, but please be aware that we can only consider information that is part of your application at the time it is read. Forms sent later in the application process may be too late for the stage when we are selecting students for interview, but in that case they would be considered as part of any post-interview decision-making.
If your circumstances relate to a disability, Neurodiverse condition, Mental health condition or long-term health condition
Please also read the page for applicants with a disability, neurodiverse condition, Mental health condition or long-term health condition. In some cases it is appropriate to send both forms.
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