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Knowledge, Skills and Integration
Key dates
This month
Please note that our offices will reopen on Friday 3 January at 9.00.
Knowledge
- 2 January | Term 1 course commencement
- 10 January | Term 1 course deferral deadline
Skills
- 2 January | Term 1 course commencement
- 10 January | Term 1 course deferral deadline
Integration
- 16 January | Term 4 assessment results
Next month
Knowledge
- Friday 28 February | Term 2 enrolment deadline
- Friday 28 February | Term 2 exemption application deadline
Skills
- Friday 28 February | Term 2 enrolment deadline
Integration
- There are no key dates for Integration this month. Please come back next month.
Planners
Take a look at the term ahead
Get a closer look at your student's schedule – when they’ll be in workshops, due to sit mocks or final assessments.
We’ve included our recommended study leave in the detailed terms planners above, but as always, this is at your discretion. We have also updated our study leave guidance on icas.com.
Take a look at the year ahead
Get a view of the whole year for each level.
Please refer to the planner footnotes for additional information.
Note, these dates are subject to change. Instead of downloading the planners, we suggest bookmarking this page to refer to.
Take a look to the future
Get a longer term view of your student's learning journey and more certainty to plan ahead.
Student inductions
Each term, students are invited to an online induction*, whether they’re new to the level or they’ve attended previous courses. Below, you’ll find the 2025 and 2026 dates.
Welcome to Knowledge
- Knowledge Term 2/2025 | 21 March 2025, 12.00-13.00
- Knowledge Term 3/2025 | 20 June 2025, 12.00-13.00
- Knowledge Term 4/2025 | National in-person induction in Edinburgh | 26 September 2025
- Knowledge Term 1/2026 | 19 December 2025, 12.00-13.00
- Knowledge Term 2/2026 | 20 March 2026, 12.00-13.00
- Knowledge Term 3/2026 | 19 June 2026, 12.00-13.00
- Knowledge Term 4/2026 | National in-person induction in Edinburgh
Welcome to Skills
- Skills Term 2/2025 | 21 March 2025, 13.00-14.00
- Skills Term 3/2025 | 20 June 2025, 13.00-14.00
- Skills Term 4/2025 | 19 September 2025, 13.00-14.00
- Skills Term 1/2026 | 19 December 2025, 13.00-14.00
- Skills Term 2/2026 | 20 March 2026, 13.00-14.00
- Skills Term 3/2026 | 19 June 2026, 13.00-14.00
- Skills Term 4/2026 | 18 September 2026, 13.00-14.00
*New students are invited to our UK in-person induction in Edinburgh at the beginning of Term 4. Please let us know if your student is unable to make this date.
Enrol or defer a student
If you need to enrol or defer a student from an upcoming course, please let us know by the deadline below.
Knowledge and Skills
- Enrolment deadline for Term 1 2025 - Friday 5 December
- Deferral deadline for Term 1 2025 - Friday 10 January
- Enrolment deadline for Term 2 2025 - Friday 28 February
- Deferral deadline for Term 2 2025 - Friday 4 April
Integration
- Enrolment deadline for Term 2 2025 - Thursday 13 March
- Deferral deadline for Term 2 2025 - Friday 25 April
- Enrolment deadline for Term 4 2025 - Thursday 31 July
- Deferral deadline for Term 2 2025 - Friday 19 September
Please note, we can't accept any enrolments after the deadline. Course fees are non-refundable after the course deferral deadline.
Student support
Assessments, results and retake
Enrolment
Students are automatically enrolled to Knowledge, Skills or Integration assessments when they enrol in a course.
If they need to retake an assessment, students must self-enrol using the retake support and assessment form sent to their ICAS email following results.
Results
Your student's assessment results are published in the ATO Portal.
If you're a training principal or counselling member, you can also view the overall pass rate for each assessment.
Retake support
To support students with their next attempt, they can sign-up and purchase our retake services.
