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title: "Assessment Dates & Fees"
url: "https://www.knste.set.org/assessment-only-route/assessment-dates-fees"
school: "STEP"
---

# Assessment Dates & Fees

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### Assessment Dates

**2026/27 Academic Year**

**Autumn Term 2026-2027**

Start Date: 21st September 2026
Completion Date: 11th December 2026
Expressions of Interest to be submitted, if possible, before June 2026.

**Spring Term 2026-2027**

Start Date: 11th January 2027
Completion Date: 9th April 2027
Expressions of Interest to be submitted, if possible, before November 2026.

**Summer Term 2026-2027**

Start Date: 26th April 2027
Completion Date: 16th July 2027
Expressions of Interest to be submitted, if possible, before February 2027.

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### Fees

![](https://www.knste.set.org/images/pages/c20a18afc80d2deb77cf720030189f62.jpg)

\*\*One additional interview will be included where applicable. (If more than one additional interview is required at this stage an additional £250 will become due)

### Second Placement Needed

If you need to secure a second school teaching placement prior to the commencement of the formal Assessment Period,  it may be possible for KNSTE to broker such a placement within its partnership. There is likely to be a fee of £500 to enable a school to release senior colleagues to support you in securing the teaching evidence required for successful progression onto the AO programme.

### Assessment Only Route

- [About Our Programme & Entry Criteria](https://www.knste.set.org/assessment-only-route/about-the-programme-entry-criteria)
- [Application & Interview Process](https://www.knste.set.org/assessment-only-route/application-interview-process)
- [Assessment Period & Recommendation for QTS](https://www.knste.set.org/assessment-only-route/assessment-period-recommendation-for-qts)
- [Assessment Dates & Fees](https://www.knste.set.org/assessment-only-route/assessment-dates-fees)

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