List of United Kingdom Services Cadet Forces by rank

The following table displays the ranks of the Volunteer Police Cadets, St John Ambulance Cadets and Fire Cadets. This table is based on equivalent Rank Structures within the Cadet Forces as detailed in regulations of the SCC, RMC, and the Air Cadets.

Cadet ranks

Cadets wear the issued cadet rank slides. The titles of most ranks in other Cadet Forces, such as the Army Cadet Force and the Sea Cadet Corps, usually follows equivalent ranks in the UK military. However due to the lack of ranks in the UK services the UK Cadet Services has created ranks and insignia.

Although promotion is based on merit rather than progression through the training syllabuses, certain criteria must be met before a cadet is eligible for promotion:

Cadet ranks and insignia

UK cadets	Officers	Cadet senior NCOs					Cadet junior NCOs				Cadets	Recruits
	CDT 8	CDT 7	CDT 6		CDT 5	CDT 4	CDT 3		CDT 2		CDT 1	CDT (R)
St John's Ambulance Cadets												No insignia
	No equivalent	Leading Cadet	No equivalent		Cadet Sergeant	No equivalent	Cadet Corporal		No equivalent		Cadet	Recruit
		LCdt			CdtS		CdtC				Cdt	Rct
UK cadets	Officers	Cadet senior NCOs					Cadet junior NCOs				Cadets	Recruits
	CDT 8	CDT 7	CDT 6		CDT 5	CDT 4	CDT 3		CDT 2		CDT 1	CDT (R)
Volunteer Police Cadets												No Insignia
	No equivalent	Head Cadet	No equivalent		Deputy Head Cadet	No equivalent	Team Leader Cadet		Deputy Team Leader Cadet		Police Cadet	Recruit
		HCdt			DHCdt		TLCdt		DTLCdt		Cdt	Rct

See also

Cadet Forces

• Combined Cadet Force
• Community Cadet Forces
  • Air Training Corps
  • Army Cadet Force
  • Sea Cadet Corps
• Volunteer Cadet Corps
  • Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps

Ranks of the British Services

• Police ranks of the United Kingdom