As referred to in the guidance for applicants, applicants are expected to demonstrate a rising career trajectory in their application, and whilst applicants can provide evidence spanning their entire career, they are expected to focus principally on achievements since their last promotion/appointment to best demonstrate their rising career trajectory. It is therefore expected that committees will take greater account of an applicant's achievements since their last promotion/appointment in the assessment of the application. This is not to say earlier achievements cannot be considered, but rather it would be expected that more recent achievements would better demonstrate the applicant's continuing rising trajectory, and therefore their suitability for promotion.
An applicant's last promotion/appointment start date will be the date they started in their current role. For the purposes of promotion applications, passing probation is not a change in role. As such, applicants can include evidence of achievements during their probationary period in their promotion application.
If an applicant has been promoted through a previous ACP exercise, they can also include evidence from the year preceding their start date in their promoted position, as that period would not have been included in their previous promotion application.