Pups_mum

The rules regarding age limits for RAD exams are changing in 2013 apparently. As the previous poster said, currently the student has to be the minimum age on 31st Jan of the year they take the exam, so in theory at least a student who is 11 in December could do the IF exam in January when they had just turned 10.

From 2013 the date that determines age changes to 1st Jan so the youngest possible age to sit the exam would definitely be 11. There's lots of discussion about it in the "Focus on exams" publications that you can read on the RAd website. http://www.rad.org.u...413&realCat=400

I think the announcement is in the Feb 2011 edition and there's further discussion in the next 2 editions, including a very interesting viewpoint from an examiner in the latest edition.

Sorry, just read back what i wrote and realised I'd made a mistake! Currently a student can take a RAD exam if they reach the minimum age by 31st December of the year in which they sit the exam. But as from 2013 they can only enter if they exceed the minimum age on 1st January of the year in which they sit the exam. Sorry for any confusion caused by my typo.

The rules regarding age limits for RAD exams are changing in 2013 apparently. As the previous poster said, currently the student has to be the minimum age on 31st Jan of the year they take the exam, so in theory at least a student who is 11 in December could do the IF exam in January when they had just turned 10.

From 2013 the date that determines age changes to 1st Jan so the youngest possible age to sit the exam would definitely be 11. There's lots of discussion about it in the "Focus on exams" publications that you can read on the RAd website. http://www.rad.org.uk/article_green.asp?id=413&realCat=400

I think the announcement is in the Feb 2011 edition and there's further discussion in the next 2 editions, including a very interesting viewpoint from an examiner in the latest edition.