ACCA EXAM PREPARATION
ACCA Exam Preparation
Duration
Subject to Programme
Start Dates
Flexible
Fees
Corporate Packages available.
Refer to IBCM
Attendance
Flexible
Entry Requirements
Minimum of 18 years
Academic
2 x ‘A’ Level qualifications passes (E Grade) or
vocational equivalent at BTEC National Diploma (Pass)
IELTS 5.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in all skill areas) or equivalent.
Students with significant relevant work experience can also be considered.
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Awarding Body
This programme prepares candidates to take ACCA examinations.
UCAS Course Code
N/A
Course Overview
There are 13 ACCA exams which students must take to achieve the ACCA qualification. Exams can be sat 4 times a year and can be taken in any order within each level. Typically it can take 3-4 years to complete all exams but it can be quicker if you receive exemptions. If you’d like more information on the ACCA syllabus and what topics are included in each exam, please see our ACCA syllabus page. This page covers what to expect in each ACCA exam, exam dates and exam fees.
The qualification is structured around four levels:
- Applied Knowledge
- Applied Skills
- Strategic Professional
- Applied Knowledge
The Applied Knowledge level is made up of 3 exams, these provide you with the essential building blocks needed for a successful career in Finance and Accountancy:
- BT – Business and Technology
- MA – Management Accounting
- FA – Financial Accounting
Applied Skills
The Skills module has 6 exams which cover the technical aspects of accountancy:
- LW – Corporate and Business Law
- PM – Performance Management
- TX – Taxation
- FR – Financial Reporting
- AA – Audit and Assurance
- FM – Financial Management
Strategic Professional
The Strategic Professional exams prepare students for future leadership positions. They develop the strategic vision using your unique blend of technical, ethical, and professional skills. And you can specialise in areas that best suit your career ambitions. Students must complete both Essentials exams and choose two of the Options. These exams are:
- The Essentials modules:
- SBL – Strategic Business Leader
- SBR – Strategic Business Reporting
The Options modules:
- AFM – Advanced Financial Management
- APM – Advanced Performance Management
- ATX – Advanced Taxation
- AAA – Advanced Audit and Assurance
In order to complete your ACCA qualification, you must also take the Professional Ethics module to enhance your leadership and communications skills. ACCA recommends that this be taken before you attempt the Professional level exams, as the module will help you with the second half of the
Academic
2 x ‘A’ Level qualifications passes (E Grade) or
vocational equivalent at BTEC National Diploma (Pass)
IELTS 5.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in all skill areas) or equivalent.
Students with significant relevant work experience can also be considered.
You will be taught at our Central Manchester location and will attend three terms each year. You will attend classes 3 days a week, averaging 15 hours a week. Your classes will be scheduled Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm and you will experience a variety of teaching methods. Most modules are delivered through lectures, seminars and workshops.
- Lectures provide a broad outline structure for each topic to be covered. Lectures offer a good way of covering a lot of information and, more importantly, of conveying ideas to many people at once.
- Seminars enable you to complete directed self-study and to answer questions and solve problems which are set by the lecturer. You will discuss your answers and solutions within the seminar group. Seminars will enable you to explore further the topics introduced in the lectures.
- Workshops follow on from lectures and seminars. They are designed to enable you to work within a small group to perform set tasks (e.g. working on an exercise or case study).
Assessment
To achieve each module you will have to demonstrate competence in each of the relevant learning outcomes identified above. Assessment may take the form of a completed written assignment or report, a project, or a presentation (or combination of any of the above). Some group work may take place, although you will always be assessed on an individual basis.
You will be given formative assessment early on in each module to enable you to identify where your strengths are and which areas you need to develop in order to be successful.
You will then be assessed at the end of each module against the required Learning outcomes. All assessments go through our own Internal Quality Assurance process to ensure that they meet the highest possible standards and give you every opportunity to achieve (see IBCM Assessment and Verification Policy)
Students will be awarded a grade of pass, merit or distinction for each module and an overall grade at the end of the qualification.
All of our assessment and internal quality procedures are regularly monitored and an Assessment Board will be held at the end of each term to verify all decisions made as well as to investigate any issues of concern.
Should you not meet the learning outcomes on your first submission, you will be given one opportunity for a resubmission. You may also be given the opportunity to resubmit in order to obtain a higher grade. If, at the resubmission, you still do not meet the required outcomes, one opportunity to retake the unit can be authorised. This unit can then receive a maximum pass grade.
If a unit is still not passed at this stage it is deemed to have failed. Your assessor will discuss the options with you, such as an alternative unit in the case of optional units, or whether you are able to study the core module again (repeat). See IBCM Assignment submission procedure. Full attendance at lessons for the repeated module is required along with appropriate payment.
There are compensation provisions within both the HNC and HND provision in that students can still be awarded the qualification if they have not achieved a pass in one of the 15 credit units completed, but have completed and passed the remaining units.