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ACA Advanced Level

The final step to ICAEW Chartered Accountant status. With the ACA Advanced Level, you’ll refine your skills in advanced financial reporting, strategic auditing, and taxation to master complex decisions and outperform expectations so you can thrive in senior roles. 

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Pass rates 25% higher than global average

Trained 2/3rds of all accountants in England and Wales

Working with 28 of the Top 30 Accountancy firms in the UK

Course overview 

Apply high-level strategic thinking to real-world business contexts. 

Masted advanced financial reporting, auditing, and taxation techniques while learning what it takes to make impactful business decisions through real-world scenarios. Sharpen your technical expertise in financial reporting, IFRS, and financial strategy, developing the problem-solving skills essential for chartered status and senior finance and accounting roles. 

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Price
Face-to-Face from £635.00Online from £54.99Online Live from £0.00
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Compulsory papers

Compulsory
Case Study
Relates to how learners are expected to work, testing professional skills in the context of a specific business issue. Requires demonstration of knowledge, skills and practical application alongside the ability to analyse financial and non-financial information, develop judgement and recommendations
Mar 2025 to Aug 2025View timetables
Integrated
from £1,419
Learning materials to help you complete the courses
Integrated
  • Advanced Information
  • Binder
  • Bundle
  • Course Notes
  • VLE
Compulsory
Corporate Reporting
Covers technical and analytical techniques to resolve compliance and business issues from auditing, while preparing and evaluating corporate reports. Focus on technical knowledge and judgement to determine alternative solutions to reporting issues. Also considers commercial impacts and ethics from recommendations
Oct 2024 to Oct 2025View timetables
Integrated
from £1,250
Recap Course
from £95
Recap Exam
from £54
Revision
from £0
Taught
from £1,250
Learning materials to help you complete the courses
Integrated
  • Bundle
  • Course Notes
  • VLE
Recap Course
  • No extra learning materials
Recap Exam
  • No extra learning materials
Revision
  • No extra learning materials
Taught
  • Binder
  • Bundle
  • Course Notes
  • VLE
Compulsory
Strategic Business Management
Understand business and ethical awareness at various levels. Focus on quantitative and qualitative skills for business problems and recommendations. Includes how to apply technical knowledge, including strategic analysis, risk management, corporate governance, financial management, corporate reporting and assurance
Mar 2025 to Oct 2025View timetables
Integrated
from £905
Recap Course
from £95
Recap Exam
from £54
Revision
from £0
Taught
from £905
Learning materials to help you complete the courses
Integrated
  • Bundle
  • Course Notes
  • VLE
Recap Course
  • No extra learning materials
Recap Exam
  • No extra learning materials
Revision
  • No extra learning materials
Taught
  • Binder
  • Bundle
  • Course Notes
  • VLE

Why study ACA with BPP?

Experience unrivalled support Direct access to fully qualified accounting and tax coaches
Millions of data pointsUsed to ensure our programmes deliver exam-focused learning to optimise your chances of passing
BPP MomentumOur unique exam-focused approach delivers pass rates consistently 20% above the global average
Lifetime Pass Assurance Resit for free until you pass (T&Cs apply)
Personalised achievement ladder To guide you through your course, track progress and fully prepare you for exam success
Trusted by the industry Deliver training to over 28,000 accountancy professionals each year

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ACA FAQs

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The ACA Advanced Level is the final stage of the ICAEW ACA qualification, designed to develop high-level expertise. It consists of three exams: corporate reporting, strategic business management, and a case study, which test your ability to apply technical knowledge in real-world scenarios. Completing this level, along with the required work experience, qualifies you to apply for Chartered Accountant status. 

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Explore other levels of the ACA qualification with BPP, the leading provider of accountancy and tax qualifications.

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Useful information

ICAEW syllabus update: The Next Generation ACA

Starting in September 2025, ICAEW is rolling out its new syllabus: The Next Generation ACA. Designed to prepare ICAEW Chartered Accountants with the skills of the future, it is underpinned by three key themes: ethics, sustainability and technology. We’ve worked closely with both the ICAEW and employers on both the development and design of the syllabus.

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