Welcome Back to Accountancy School
From July 2027, the ACCA qualification will be updated to ensure that ACCA future members are best prepared for the future world of work. This is an exciting evolution, and you can read all the details on ACCA website: ACCA New Qualification.
As you are currently studying at the Strategic Professional level, the biggest implication of this change for you is that you will only be required to sit two essential exams and one optional exam under the new structure. This means sitting three exams in total, which is one less than the current requirement. You can use the Transition Tool to understand exactly how your status will look at the time of the changeover. It is a fantastic time to be in the final stretch of your ACCA exam journey!
We offer a 30% Discount and free retakes until June 2027
To support you with finishing your exams over the next year, Accountancy School, is offering a 30% discount on our Strategic Professional tuition courses. Because you have taken a break from your studies and have not sat an exam since September 2025, you are fully eligible for this discount to welcome you back to your ACCA journey.
The offer is a 30% discount to sit an exam in any combination and as often as necessary during the qualifying exam sittings of:
- September 2026
- December 2026
- March 2027
- June 2027
The offer is only available to students sitting the Strategic Professional exams.
The offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other Accountancy School offer.
Why take up this offer?
Example:
Mary has passed SBR so currently she has SBL and 2 option papers left to pass. She qualifies as a dormant student i.e. she has not sat an exam post September 2025.
Mary’s choices
Finish the exams before September 2027:
- If the September 2027 changes did not exist then she would have 3 exams to sit and pass. The cost for each exam at a 30% discount would be €767, the total cost of 3 subjects would be €2,301 and she is now registered to sit each exam as many times as she needs up to June 2027. Mary can still choose this option but she will have 3 exams to sit.
OR
- Complete the exams availing of the transition rules. She will now have 2 exams to sit and pass, SBR and an existing Option paper. The cost for each exam at a 30% discount would be €767, the total cost of 2 subjects would be €1,534 and she is now registered to sit each exam as many times as she needs up to June 2027. Mary can choose this option but she cannot apply for membership until post the September 2027 exams, this is the first sitting of exams under the new structure.
Finish the exams post September 2027:
Complete the exams under the new structure. She will now have 2 exams to sit and pass but now the papers will be the new S1 Business and Sustainability Reporting and one of the new option papers.
The advantage to completing your exams by June 2027:
- ‘The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t know’
- The new exam formats will be different.
- The first new exam will be September 2027. Only mock exams will be available to help prepare for this exam.
- Employability models will need to be completed under the new exam structure.
- Costs of exams are going to increase.
