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ACA Professional Level

Boost your expertise with the ICAEW ACA Professional Level. Learn advanced techniques in accounting, auditing, taxation and business strategy to confidently tackle complex financial challenges and elevate your professional capabilities.

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Pass rates up to 20% higher than the 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 

Sharpen your ability to think critically, solve complex financial challenges, and lead strategic initiatives.

The ACA Professional Level builds on your foundational knowledge, deepening your understanding of areas across auditing, taxation, financial accounting and reporting, financial management, tax compliance and business strategy. Focusing on complex decision-making, you’ll learn to interpret financial statements, assess risk, apply tax regulations, and audit accounts. Continue your ACA journey and get a step closer to becoming an ICAEW chartered accountant.

Note: 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. BPP will be offering the new Professional Level courses from the March 2026 sitting. As each new level is rolled out, BPP will only offer courses for the new qualification, and recommend that students transfer to the new papers as soon as they are available, but will still be offering the old syllabus for a limited time. View more information about the changes.

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Price
Face-to-Face from £455.00Online from £45.00Online Live from £90.00

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Assurance, Risk and Reporting

Focuses on the principles and practices of audit, assurance, and risk management. It also covers how financial and non-financial reporting supports stakeholder confidence and decision-making.
Dec 2025 to Jun 2026View timetables
Integrated
from £1,115.79
Recap Course
from £90.00
Recap Exam
from £45.00
Revision
from £525.00
Taught
from £1,115.79
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

Audit and Assurance

Covers legal and other professional regulations, ethics and current issues. Explores the dynamics around accepting, planning and managing engagements, alongside relevant methods to conclude and report on them
Nov 2025 to May 2026View timetables
Recap Course
from £90.00
Recap Exam
from £45.00
Revision
from £444.99
Taught
from £795.00
Learning materials to help you complete the courses
Recap Course
  • No extra learning materials
Recap Exam
  • No extra learning materials
Revision
  • No extra learning materials
Taught
  • Bundle
  • Course Notes with Supplement
  • VLE

Business Planning: Banking

Offers an overview on financial services products and related risk management. Additional focus on financial and regulatory reporting, and audit and assurance, of banks
May 2025 to May 2026View timetables
Recap Exam
from £45.00
Taught
from £1,065.00
Learning materials to help you complete the courses
Recap Exam
  • No extra learning materials
Taught
  • Bundle
  • Course Notes
  • VLE

Business Planning: Insurance

Covers insurance products and related risk management. Additional focus on financial and regulatory reporting, and audit and assurance, of insurance companies
May 2025 to May 2026View timetables
Recap Exam
from £45.00
Learning materials to help you complete the courses
Recap Exam
  • No extra learning materials

Business Planning: Taxation

Explores the taxation of corporate entities and taxation of owner-managed businesses. Includes additional focus on personal taxation, professional ethics and law
Jun 2024 to May 2026View timetables
Recap Course
from £90.00
Recap Exam
from £45.00
Revision
from £510.00
Taught
from £939.99
Learning materials to help you complete the courses
Recap Course
  • No extra learning materials
Recap Exam
  • No extra learning materials
Revision
  • No extra learning materials
Taught
  • Binder
  • Bundle
  • Course Notes
  • VLE

Business Strategy and Technology

Focus on strategic analysis, strategic choice, and the implementation and monitoring of a strategy. Also covers professional ethics
Nov 2025 to May 2026View timetables
Recap Course
from £90.00
Recap Exam
from £45.00
Revision
from £444.99
Taught
from £800.00
Learning materials to help you complete the courses
Recap Course
  • No extra learning materials
Recap Exam
  • No extra learning materials
Revision
  • No extra learning materials
Taught
  • Bundle
  • Course Notes
  • VLE

Business and Digital Strategy

Explores strategic planning, competitive advantage, and the impact of digital transformation on business models. It includes emerging technologies, innovation, and the role of data in strategic decision-making.
Dec 2025 to Jun 2026View timetables
Integrated
from £816.80
Recap Course
from £90.00
Recap Exam
from £45.00
Revision
from £525.00
Taught
from £738.80
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

Corporate Financial Strategy

Covers financial management, investment appraisal, and corporate finance decisions. It also examines how financial strategy supports long-term value creation and sustainable growth.
Dec 2025 to May 2026View timetables
Integrated
from £881.79
Recap Course
from £90.00
Recap Exam
from £45.00
Revision
from £525.00
Taught
from £881.79
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

Financial Accounting and Reporting

Covers accounting, reporting concepts and ethics, including single entity and consolidated financial statements
Nov 2024 to May 2026View timetables
Recap Course
from £90.00
Recap Exam
from £45.00
Revision
from £510.00
Taught
from £917.00
Learning materials to help you complete the courses
Recap Course
  • No extra learning materials
Recap Exam
  • No extra learning materials
Revision
  • No extra learning materials
Taught
  • Bundle
  • Course Notes
  • VLE

Financial Management

Explores the options around financing, alongside how to manage financial risks, investment decisions and valuations. Also covers professional ethics in respect of financial management
Nov 2025 to May 2026View timetables
Recap Course
from £90.00
Recap Exam
from £45.00
Revision
from £444.99
Taught
from £800.00
Learning materials to help you complete the courses
Recap Course
  • No extra learning materials
Recap Exam
  • No extra learning materials
Revision
  • No extra learning materials
Taught
  • Bundle
  • Course Notes
  • VLE

Fundamental Case Study

Develops your ability to apply technical knowledge in realistic, integrated business scenarios. It emphasizes ethical decision-making, commercial awareness and professional communication in a case-based format.
Jan 2026 to May 2026View timetables
Revision
from £410.00
Taught
from £771.80
Learning materials to help you complete the courses
Revision
  • Workbook
Taught
  • Binder
  • Bundle
  • VLE

Tax Compliance

Includes a focus on indirect, capital and corporation tax types, with additional learning on income tax and national insurance contributions. Also covers professional ethics in respect of tax compliance
Nov 2025 to May 2026View timetables
Recap Course
from £90.00
Recap Exam
from £45.00
Revision
from £444.99
Taught
from £870.00
Learning materials to help you complete the courses
Recap Course
  • No extra learning materials
Recap Exam
  • No extra learning materials
Revision
  • No extra learning materials
Taught
  • Bundle
  • Course Notes
  • VLE

Tax Compliance and Planning

Provides a comprehensive understanding of UK tax systems, compliance obligations, and planning opportunities. It encourages ethical tax practices and strategic thinking in tax-related decisions.
Dec 2025 to May 2026View timetables
Integrated
from £1,036.80
Recap Course
from £90.00
Recap Exam
from £45.00
Revision
from £585.00
Taught
from £1,036.80
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
  • Bundle
  • Course Notes
  • VLE

Why choose BPP for ACA?

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

If you can't find the answer to a question, our helpful advisers will be happy to help.

The ACA Professional Level is equivalent to a UK bachelor’s degree in terms of academic difficulty. It builds on the Certificate Level with advanced financial reporting, audit, tax, and business strategy concepts.

 

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.

Related courses

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

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