ACCA’s September SBR exam left some students in tears this session. It was also described as ‘torture’ by one sitter, and the worse exam they had even done by another!
A PQ admitted: “I cried when I got home because after all the months of hard work, I did not expect to see what I saw. But I am still hoping for the best.”
One sitter who was on their fifth SBR attempt (they got 49% last time), said they have never faced anything like it before: “All the questions were extremely difficult, and the exam felt very unbalanced. Each new question seemed even worse than the one before – it was a complete nightmare.”
There appear to be problems with logging on to some remote exams, and PQ magazine has heard of lots of individuals struggling to sit the exam.
While some students go a sitting the following week many will now have to wait until December to try again!
There seem to have been problems with PM, APM, ATX and AFM. Do tell if you had a problem too. Email graham@pqmagazine.com.
Check out the feedback from all the papers in the October issue of the magazine, out now: https://issuu.com/pqpublishing/docs/pq_magazine_october_2025
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