Outcomes and scores

Your Situational Judgement Test (SJT) score is final and cannot be re-marked or disputed.

SJT outcomes

You'll be notified of your equated SJT score and SJT banding through the Oriel Application Summary Screen by Tuesday 1 April 2025. Please click on the tick above Shortlist to view your equated SJT score and View station scores to view your SJT banding. The SJT band descriptors can be found below.

Situational Judgement Test outcome band descriptions

Band	Description
Band 1	Description Poor level of performance, with judgement tending to differ substantially from the judgement of the panel of experts
Band 2	Description Below average level of performance, with some appropriate judgement but some differing from the panel of experts
Band 3	Description Good level of performance, with judgement frequently in line with that of the panel of experts
Band 4	Description Very good level of performance, with similar judgement to the panel of experts

Your scaled SJT score will form part of the final score you receive as part of the Dental Core Training (DCT) recruitment process and thus your overall rank. You'll receive this through the Oriel Application Summary Screen by Thursday 22 May 2025.

Scoring scale and maximum achievable score

The raw SJT scores for DCT applicants are normalised and then scaled. This is to ensure it carries the correct weighting in line with other elements of the selection process for the level of DCT applied to. There is no "cut-off" score for the SJT. 

DCT SJT equated scores are scaled so that they can be combined with results from the rest of the selection process, and appropriately weighted as intended. The SJT score receives equal weighting to the clinical scenario and clinical governance, quality improvement and professional skills scenario.

SJT scores are scaled by looking at the population (group) that completed the full selection process for the level of DCT vacancy applied to, for example, DCT1 or DCT2/DCT3. All DCT2/3 applicants with equated SJT scores who completed the virtual interview will be grouped together. 

The SJT equated scores will be re-scaled onto a 0 to 80 point scale. The highest SJT score of the population who attended interview represents a score at the top end of the new scale. The lowest score of the population who attended interview represents a score at the bottom end of the new scale. This means that the average score for the population of applicants who attended interview sits approximately in the middle of this scale.

If your score was several standard deviations below the average score of the whole population who attended interview, your scaled score may be calculated at 0. If your score was one of the highest of those in the population who attended interview, your scaled score may be calculated at 80. 

Appealing the outcome

The scores awarded are final and cannot be reviewed, re-marked or disputed. There is no appeals process.

If you feel your application has not been managed correctly and have evidence of a failure in the process, please review the Medical and Dental Recruitment and Selection (MDRS) Complaints Policy 2024.