The pass rates for latest Professional Level are in, and it appears for those sitting the New Gen ACA pass rates have settled down.
One slight worry will be the slide in the Tax Compliance and Planning paper. Sitters in March achieved an 83.1% pass rate, but this September that had dipped to 70.3%.
Pass rates percentages for all the other papers look very healthy – in the high seventies and eighties! The Fundamental Case Study and Business and Digital papers had the joint highest pass rate at 89.9%.
Pass rates for those sitting two exams is higher than those who opted to sit just one. Some 2,781 ACA PQs sat one paper in September, and just over three-quarters (75.9%) pass the paper they were sitting. That left 670 students with no success this time around. Another 1,924 PQs took two papers, and some 77.1% pass both, with another 14.3% passing one of the two.
In all 89 students opted to sit three exams at the September sitting. Some 67.4% passed all three, another 18% passed two, and 7.9% passed one out of the three. That left six students who failed all three.
New Gen ACA Professional Level September 2026 Pass Rates: Fundamental Case Study 89.9%; Assurance, Risk & Reporting 82.6%; Corporate Reporting, Data, and Assurance 78%; Tax Compliance and Planning 70.3%; Business and Digital Strategy 89.9%; Corporate Financial Strategy 80.1%
ACA Old Syllabus Professional Level September 2026 Pass Rates: Audit & Assurance 64.4%; Financial Accounting & Reporting – IFRS 47.0%; Financial Accounting & Reporting- UK GAAP 0.0%; Tax Compliance 63.2%; Business Planning: Taxation 67.2%; Business Planning: Banking 61.1%; Business Planning: Insurance 100%; Business Strategy & Technology 80.6%; Financial Management 48.8%
