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<div style="background:#eef3fb;color:#303846;border:1px solid #c9d7ee;border-radius:12px;padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 18px"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6"><strong style="color:#171d29">Checked 11 November 2026.</strong> From the official Fast Stream Assessment Centre guide on Civil Service Careers and the GOV.UK Fast Stream recruitment data and annual reports, read on 11 November 2026. Scoring and selection rules can change between campaigns; check your own invitation.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Three short answers, from the official pages we read on 11 November 2026. <strong>Pass mark:</strong> none is given for the Fast Stream Assessment Centre (FSAC) for 2027 entry. <strong>Pass rate:</strong> we found no FSAC pass rate in the official sources listed at the end of this guide. <strong>Scoring:</strong> three exercises, each marked independently by a different assessor, against a set standard rather than against the other candidates; the score scale, any weighting and how exercise scores combine are not stated. Below: the official wording, what older official reports said about pass marks, the whole-process success rates GOV.UK does publish, and what two official freedom of information replies add.</p>

<div style="display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;margin:18px 0"><a href="#published" style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;cursor:pointer"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">None</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">FSAC pass mark on the official pages for 2027 entry</div></a><a href="#scoring" style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;cursor:pointer"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">3</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">exercises, each marked by a different assessor</div></a><a href="#scoring" style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;cursor:pointer"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">Set standard</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">you are assessed against a set standard, not against the other candidates</div></a><a href="#pass-rates" style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;cursor:pointer"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">1.0%</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">whole-process success rate, 2026 recruitment data (not an FSAC rate)</div></a></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;margin:-8px 0 18px">Civil Service Careers, FSAC guide (read 11 November 2026); GOV.UK, Fast Stream recruitment data 2026, Table 1.</p>

<div style="background:#fff8e8;color:#3a3020;border:1px solid #f0d9a8;border-left:4px solid #b7791f;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><p style="margin:0 0 8px;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#b7791f">Where other pages get this wrong</p><p style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29;line-height:1.5">Is there a fixed FSAC pass mark or pass rate? The official pages give neither.</p><p style="margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.6"><strong style="color:#8a5300">Commonly published instead:</strong> a percentage you must reach at FSAC, or a share of candidates who pass it.</p><p style="margin:0;line-height:1.6">The official FSAC guide for 2027 entry gives no figure for either. The GOV.UK recruitment data counts applications and the number recommended for appointment for the whole process, with no table for the assessment centre stage. Two official freedom of information replies add some historical counts, not an FSAC pass rate (<a href="#foi" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">below</a>). If you see an FSAC pass mark or pass rate elsewhere, check its source and campaign year: the official sources reviewed here give no figure for 2027 entry.</p></div>

Fast Stream assessment centre scoring: how FSAC is marked

“We will measure your potential against our set criteria.”

“Your performance in each exercise is marked independently and by different assessors.”

“Each exercise is marked by a different assessor, meaning no single person makes a final decision on your application.”

“you’re all assessed against a set standard.”

Summary: the assessors will not see your application form or previous scores, or know your educational or employment history.

Summary: it is normal to find some exercises harder than others; they are designed so you can perform well in one area even if you find another challenging.

Lines in quotation marks are quoted; lines starting “Summary” are close summaries. All are from the About, “What is assessed and how to prepare” and “The assessments” pages of the official FSAC guide, read on 11 November 2026.

The four dimensions as the official guide defines them: Think is how you gather, process and analyse information; Relate is your interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence; Adapt is your flexibility and learning agility; Strive is your drive and values. The guide adds that assessors are not looking for perfection but for potential as a future leader in the Civil Service.

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The stage before FSAC has its own page: our <a href="/hub/fast-stream-online-tests-pass-mark-results" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">online tests pass mark guide</a> covers what is published about scoring the earlier online tests.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">When results arrive, and how long they take, is covered in our <a href="/hub/fast-stream-assessment-centre-dates" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">assessment centre dates and results guide</a>. The FSAC guide does not give a number of days.</p>

What older official reports said about the FSAC pass mark

Two older Fast Stream annual reports on GOV.UK say more about pass marks than any page for 2027 entry. They describe earlier campaigns with a different process (a separate online e-Tray stage, and in 2017 and 2018 an FSAC made up of a leadership exercise, an analysis exercise and a group exercise), so read them as history, not as this year’s rules.

What this adds up to: the 2015 report mentions an FSAC pass mark and a final FSAC mark. The 2017-2018 passage mentions pass marks being gradually finalised, without naming the stage. Neither report gives a figure, and neither says anything about 2027 entry, whose guide gives no pass-mark figure; it refers to set criteria and a set standard.

FSAC pass rate: what the official statistics show

The GOV.UK Fast Stream recruitment data for 2024, 2025 and 2026 gives vacancies, applications and the number of people recommended for appointment, scheme by scheme, and a success rate. None of the three publications has a table for a single selection stage, so they cannot tell you how many candidates passed FSAC.

<figure style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0;margin:18px 0"><figcaption style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Success rate for the whole Fast Stream process, all schemes</figcaption><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">2024 data</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">2.2%</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:100.0%;height:12px;background:#2f6fb0;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">2025 data</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">1.0%</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:45.5%;height:12px;background:#2f6fb0;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">2026 data</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">1.0%</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:45.5%;height:12px;background:#2f6fb0;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Recommended for appointment ÷ applications by first preference. GOV.UK, Fast Stream recruitment data 2024, 2025 and 2026, Table 1. Not an FSAC pass rate.</p></figure>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Two cautions. First, these rates cover the whole selection process, including the online tests and a Final Selection Board where the scheme has one, so they are not the share of candidates who pass FSAC. Second, the number recommended can exceed vacancies (986 against 915 in 2024); the table rows we read do not explain why. For whole-process success rates by scheme, see our <a href="/hub/uk-fast-stream-success-rate-by-scheme" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">success rates by scheme</a>.</p>

What the freedom of information replies show

Two official Cabinet Office replies to freedom of information requests, published on the WhatDoTheyKnow site, add historical counts. Neither gives an FSAC pass rate.

Candidates invited to the Final Selection Board for three schemes, 2019 to 2024

Numbers are FSB invitations. The percentage in parentheses is the share of that scheme’s first-preference applicants. These are not FSAC pass rates: that denominator includes applicants who were unsuccessful at earlier stages or withdrew.

Cabinet Office reply FOI2025/00795, 13 February 2025. Its footnote says candidates who passed the assessment centre for the scheme and did not subsequently withdraw would be eligible to take part in the Final Selection Board. The same reply described the Government Policy and Generalist schemes as never having had a Final Selection Board, with FSAC as the final assessment stage; the current guide names Policy and Digital as the schemes for which FSAC is the final part of selection.

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The table gives FSB invitation counts for these schemes. Those candidates had passed FSAC and not withdrawn, but the figures are not a count of everyone who passed FSAC, and the reply does not say how many sat FSAC for each scheme, so no pass rate can be worked out. The same reply also gives pass rates for the Final Selection Board itself, covered in our <a href="/hub/fast-stream-final-selection-board" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">Final Selection Board guide</a>.</p>

One year with an FSAC invitation count: the 2018 campaign

Do not divide 1,411 by 5,032: that would not give an FSAC pass rate. The invitation count does not say how many attended, some schemes used a further selection stage after FSAC, and the FSAC of 2018 had different exercises from the one described for 2027 entry.

Worked example: how one answer maps to the dimensions

The guide gives no numerical pass mark, so for preparation the useful question is what an assessor can give credit for. The official guide says assessors can only credit what you say and do in the moment. Here is one invented Personal Development Conversation answer read against the three dimensions that exercise is marked on.

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0;border-left:4px solid #1f7a45"><p style="margin:0 0 6px;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1f7a45">Worked example · Personal Development Conversation</p><p style="margin:0 0 10px;line-height:1.65"><strong>Practice question:</strong> “Tell me about a time you changed how you did something after getting feedback.”</p><p style="margin:0 0 10px;line-height:1.65;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:8px;padding:10px 12px"><strong>Answer (invented):</strong> “In my second year I ran the society’s newsletter. After two issues our treasurer told me, kindly but clearly, that the issues were too long and members stopped reading after the first page. I was a bit defensive at first, so I asked her to show me where she stopped reading. Then I checked the email statistics: about a third of people opened it, and almost nobody clicked anything past the first story. I cut each issue to five short items with the dates at the top, and asked two first-years to read a draft before it went out. Opens rose to just over half by the end of the term. What I took from it is that I now ask for feedback before something goes out, not after, and I still do that with my coursework.”</p><div style="overflow-x:auto"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;min-width:300px;margin:6px 0"><tr><th style="padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e1d8;text-align:left;font-size:14px">Dimension (official name)</th><th style="padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e1d8;text-align:left;font-size:14px">Evidence in this answer (our reading)</th><th style="padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e1d8;text-align:left;font-size:14px">What would make it stronger (our reading)</th></tr><tr><td style="padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e1d8;font-size:14px"><strong>Relate</strong></td><td style="padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e1d8;font-size:14px">Admits being defensive, then asks the treasurer to show the problem; brings in first-year readers</td><td style="padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e1d8;font-size:14px">A line on how the treasurer reacted, or how the change was agreed with the committee</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e1d8;font-size:14px"><strong>Adapt</strong></td><td style="padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e1d8;font-size:14px">Changes the format after feedback and checks the result with figures</td><td style="padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e1d8;font-size:14px">Saying what was tried and dropped along the way</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:6px 8px;font-size:14px"><strong>Strive</strong></td><td style="padding:6px 8px;font-size:14px">Keeps going after a knock and carries the habit into other work</td><td style="padding:6px 8px;font-size:14px">Why the newsletter mattered to members, beyond the opening rate</td></tr></table></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">An invented answer written by ProSyllabus. The three dimensions are the ones the official guide names for this exercise; the reading of the answer is ours, not an official marking, and no score or band is implied.</p></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Our advice, built on the official lines above</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Prepare for all three exercises.</strong> Each is marked independently by a different assessor, and nothing published says a weak exercise can be offset by stronger performance elsewhere.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Ignore the other candidates.</strong> Your exercises are assessed against a set standard, not against the other candidates. The guide does not explain how final decisions are made.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Make the evidence visible.</strong> The guide says assessors can only give credit for what you say and do in that moment. Aim at the dimensions each exercise is marked on.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Do not let one exercise shake you.</strong> The guide says it is normal to find some exercises harder than others.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Save the performance report.</strong> It is your official feedback on each exercise, and it is removed at the end of May 2027. Our <a href="/hub/uk-fast-stream-assessment-centre-fsac" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">FSAC guide</a> covers the day itself.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Practice timings and order for each exercise are in the FSAC guide and the three exercise guides.</p></div>

<div style="background:#ecf7ef;color:#1f3a2a;border:1px solid #b9dec6;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:22px 0"><p style="margin:0 0 8px;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1f7a45">No published pass mark? Prepare for all three exercises</p><p style="margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29;line-height:1.5">Fast Stream Assessment Centre Mock Day</p><ul style="margin:0 0 14px;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">The Written Exercise, the Oral Briefing and the Personal Development Conversation, back to back, with the official timings</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">One practice report with feedback on each exercise</li></ul><p style="margin:0 0 10px"><a href="/kits/fast-stream-assessment-centre-mock-day" style="display:inline-block;background:#ffffff;color:#1f7a45;border:2px solid #1f7a45;padding:9px 18px;border-radius:8px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700">See the Mock Day →</a></p><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Independent practice, not affiliated with the Civil Service Fast Stream or the Cabinet Office. A practice report is not an FSAC score and does not predict one.</p></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Not published on any official page we read on 11 November 2026</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">An FSAC pass mark, or how one is set, for 2027 entry.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">The score scale used for each exercise or each dimension.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">How exercise scores are combined, or whether they are weighted.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">The share of candidates who pass FSAC, overall or for any scheme, in any year.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Whether the standard differs by scheme.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Whether a narrowly unsuccessful candidate is offered anything, as the Direct Appointment Scheme did in 2017 and 2018.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Quoted text is from Civil Service Careers and GOV.UK, which publish under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This guide is independent and is not written or endorsed by the Civil Service.</p></div>

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<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Sources</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/fast-stream/fs-how-to-apply/fast-stream-assessment-centre-guide-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">FSAC guide: About the Fast Stream Assessment Centre (set criteria; each exercise marked independently by different assessors)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/fast-stream/fs-how-to-apply/fast-stream-assessment-centre-guide-2/fsac-prepare-and-assess/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">FSAC guide: What is assessed and how to prepare (4D framework, fair assessment, a set standard)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/fast-stream/fs-how-to-apply/fast-stream-assessment-centre-guide-2/fsac-the-assessments/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">FSAC guide: The assessments (three independent exercises, each marked by a different assessor)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/fast-stream/fs-how-to-apply/fast-stream-assessment-centre-guide-2/fsac-written-advice-exercise/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">FSAC guide: Written Exercise (55 minutes, 4 written tasks, marked on Think, Relate, Adapt, Strive)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/fast-stream/fs-how-to-apply/fast-stream-assessment-centre-guide-2/fsac-stakeholder-communication-exercise/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">FSAC guide: Oral Briefing Exercise (45 + 10 + 15 minutes, marked on Think, Relate, Adapt, Strive)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/fast-stream/fs-how-to-apply/fast-stream-assessment-centre-guide-2/fsac-personal-development-conversation/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">FSAC guide: Personal Development Conversation (assessed on Relate, Adapt and Strive)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/fast-stream/fs-how-to-apply/fast-stream-assessment-centre-guide-2/fsac-next-steps/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">FSAC guide: After the Fast Stream Assessment Centre (performance report, Final Selection Boards, offers)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-fast-stream-recruitment-data-2026/civil-service-fast-stream-recruitment-data-2026-html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">GOV.UK: Civil Service Fast Stream recruitment data 2026 (Table 1)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-fast-stream-recruitment-data-2025/civil-service-fast-stream-recruitment-data-2025-html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">GOV.UK: Civil Service Fast Stream recruitment data 2025 (Table 1)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-fast-stream-recruitment-data-2024/civil-service-fast-stream-recruitment-data-2024-html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">GOV.UK: Civil Service Fast Stream recruitment data 2024 (Table 1)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/final_selection_board_fast_strea" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">Cabinet Office reply to a freedom of information request, FOI2025/00795, 13 February 2025: Final Selection Board statistics 2019 to 2024 (published on WhatDoTheyKnow)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/fast_stream_success_rates" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">Cabinet Office reply to a freedom of information request, FOI327430, 6 February 2019: candidates invited to the assessment centre (published on WhatDoTheyKnow)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-fast-stream-annual-report-2015" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">GOV.UK: Civil Service Fast Stream annual report 2015 (published January 2017), section on how candidates are assessed</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-fast-stream-annual-report-2017-2018" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">GOV.UK: Civil Service Fast Stream annual report 2017-2018 (published December 2018), "How we assess"</a></li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472"><strong style="color:#1f7a45">official</strong> = a document published by the conducting body. <strong 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