A scoping review of the research literature on how chronic pain impacts on the ability to achieve academically. For the purpose of this review, chronic pain is defined as pain which persists for >12 weeks, while academic achievement is measured as marks/grades at school or attainment testing in literacy or numeracy. The search process will be undertaken across the following databases: • PsycINFO via Ovid (1806 to present) • PsycExtra via Ovid (1908 to present) • MEDLINE via Ovid (1946 to present) • Embase via Ovid (1974 to present) • CINAHL Plus via EBSCO (1982 to present). • British Education Index via EBSCO (1950 to present) • ERIC via EBSCO • SCOPUS (1997 to present) This scoping review was initially undertaken as partial fulfilment of the Doctorate in Educational, Child, and Adolescent Psychology, Queen's University Belfast. The current review builds upon this through collaboration with a team of researchers who are knowledgeable in the field.