NMC OSCE Pass Rate For Foreign Educated Nurses
Latest figures regarding the test of competence for overseas applicants
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This report is updated four times per year. It shows the number of candidates who have taken the test of competence (ToC) and their pass rates.
Since October 2014, all overseas applicants have taken the ToC as part of the application process. There is a ToC for each field of nursing and for midwifery. However, most overseas applicants are trained as general nurses and very few have applied to register for any of the other fields of nursing or for midwifery.
The ToC consists of two parts – stage one is a computer-based multiple choice test (CBT) and stage two is an observed structured clinical examination (OSCE).
Stage 1 – CBT
Applicants can take the CBT in their nearest available Pearson VUE test centre. The first CBT was taken in November 2014 and since then a total of 13380 CBTs have been delivered with an overall pass rate of 76 percent. In the quarter ending December 2017 an average of 579 tests were delivered each month.
Oct 2017 – Dec 2017: Monthly breakdown
| CBT sittings | Oct 17 | Nov 17 | Dec 17 | Qtr total | |
| First sitting | Candidates | 387 | 476 | 607 | 1470 |
| Pass rate | 85% | 82% | 76% | 80% | |
| Second sitting | Candidates | 69 | 76 | 57 | 202 |
| Pass rate | 74% | 72% | 82% | 76% | |
| Third sitting | Candidates | 19 | 21 | 10 | 50 |
| Pass rate | 74% | 76% | 80% | 76% | |
| Fourth sitting | Candidates | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| Pass rate | 60% | 100% | 100% | 85% | |
| Total sittings | CBTs | 480 | 581 | 677 | 1738 |
| Pass rate | 83% | 80% | 76% | 80% | |
Stage 2 – OSCE
Applicants sit the OSCE in the UK at one of our approved test centres. The first OSCE was taken in April 2015 and since then a total of 8100 OSCEs have been delivered with an overall pass rate of 55 percent. In the quarter ending December 2017 an average of 442 OSCEs were delivered each month.
Oct 2017 – Dec 2017: Monthly breakdown
| OSCE sittings | Oct 17 | Nov 17 | Dec 17 | Qtr Total | |
| First sitting | Candidates | 294 | 294 | 240 | 828 |
| Pass rate | 52% | 46% | 50% | 49% | |
| Second sitting | Candidates | 151 | 155 | 99 | 405 |
| Pass rate | 67% | 65% | 66% | 65% | |
| Third sitting | OSCEs | 27 | 21 | 25 | 73 |
| Pass rate | 48% | 48% | 76% | 59% | |
| Fourth sitting | OSCEs | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| Pass rate | 80% | 50% | 50% | 59% | |
| Fifth sitting | OSCEs | n/a | n/a | 2 | 2 |
| Pass rate | n/a | n/a | 100% | 100% | |
| Total sittings | OSCEs | 477 | 478 | 370 | 1325 |
| Pass rate | 57% | 52% | 56% | 55% | |
