This page is part of the Christ's College current applicants section, Stage 2 information. It provides information for both applicants who disclosed a disability, neurodiverse condition, mental health condition or long-term health condition in their UCAS application and any other applicants who normally receive adjustments for learning or exams at school.
We wish to ensure that, wherever possible, if you have any disability, neurodiverse condition, mental health condition or long-term health condition, we can make appropriate adjustments if you are invited for online interviews. We also wish to ensure that interviewers are aware of any information you have provided which may be relevant in the context of remote interviews, a College assessment (if relevant) or pre-interview reading/written tasks.
We therefore require an adjustments form and accompanying evidence document by 22 October if any of the following points apply to you:
- you declared a disability, neurodiverse condition, mental health condition or long-term health condition in your UCAS application (we will need a form and document whether or not you receive adjustments for learning and exams).
- you normally receive adjustments in exams at school but did not disclose a disability, neurodiverse condition, mental health condition or long-term health condition in your UCAS application.
- you have extenuating circumstances relating to a disability, neurodiverse condition, mental health condition or long-term health condition. Important: the adjustments form and document is needed in addition to information in the UCAS reference / on an Extenuating Circumstances Form - when processing adjustments, we will only be looking at your adjustment form and accompanying document so please ensure that these are completed fully.
Please have the information provided on the form confirmed by a teacher/ tutor or another relevant member of staff at your school or College and provide the appropriate evidence document as requested in all cases. If you are not at school and are not in contact with a school you attended last year, please have the information on the form confirmed by an appropriate professional, such as a doctor and provide an evidence document.
STEP 1: Please download and complete the following form, which includes a part that a teacher/tutor or other relevant member of staff at your school/college must complete and sign:
| Format | Form to download | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Word version | Disability, neurodiverse condition, mental health condition or long-term health condition form | 22 October at 23:59 |
| pdf version | Disability, neurodiverse condition, mental health condition or long-term health condition form | 22 October at 23:59 |
STEP 2: Please get hold of the appropriate accompanying evidence document, as requested on the form. The document should do two things:
- confirm your disability, neurodiverse condition, mental health condition or long-term health condition.
- (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: 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, which is an app that allows you to scan on a smartphone.
STEP 4: Please save your pdf files with the file name in this specific format:
5 - Subject (including biological or physical if Natural Sciences) - FAMILY NAME First name - Adjustments form - UCAS Personal ID (with no dashes)
5 - Subject (including biological or physical if Natural Sciences) - FAMILY NAME First name - Evidence document - UCAS Personal ID (with no dashes)
Here's an example: for the fictional Joe Bloggs applying for Natural Sciences (Physical) with UCAS Personal ID 1580174729, the file name would be
- 5 - Natural Sciences (Physical) - BLOGGS Joe - Adjustments form - 1580174729
- 5 - Natural Sciences (Physical) - BLOGGS Joe - Evidence document - 1580174729
Note that there is a space before and after each hyphen, and there is a number at the beginning.
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: 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.
| Status of adjustment confirmation emails |
|---|
| Adjustment confirmation emails for College assessments: not yet sent Adjustment confirmation emails for interviews: not yet 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 also complete 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 Form to set out what adjustments you get - the Adjustments form covers that. The Extenuating Circumstances Form is about impact on your education or exam results.
If you have queries, 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
If your adjustments form and evidence document are significantly late, please be aware that the College cannot guarantee that it will be possible to make the required adjustments if you are selected for interview.
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