Exam room notes

Organised for super-quick reference.

Whenever we mention the "open book" nature of some ACA papers to our non-accountant friends, we are often told that this makes the exams too easy. Not quite!

Having access to unlimited notes sounds great, but the more notes you have, the more searching you'll be doing, so if you do not have the right resource, there is definitely a risk of "losing more than you gain" from your open book notes.

With this in mind, all our Exam Room Notes books have been carefully designed for quick alphabetical reference to provide all the answers you need in double-quick speed.

We have also largely relied on the available ICAEW past paper and Mock model answers, rather than trying to summarise everything in the Workbook, when creating our Exam Room Notes. This ensures that we focus on the most examinable content, again saving you precious time.

Some stats on our Exam Room Notes.

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We review the 30 most recent ICAEW past paper model answer files as part of the process of writing each set of Exam Room Notes, ensuring that any content which has been recently examined definitely features in our notes, ensuring relevance of our content.

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We have split the CR and SBM syllabus content into just over 100 different topic areas each, all organised alphabetically. This allows you to go straight to the specific information that you need with laser-guided precision, rather than losing time hunting for info.

Exam Room Notes

Time-saving summaries.

Our Exam Room Notes save you time both before and during the examination through sensibly-organised, summarised notes which incorporate our expert tutor guidance on the likely mark allocation, typical student errors to avoid and other tips.

All purchasers of our Exam Room Notes PDF publications have the option to upgrade to our "Enhanced Edition" supporting resources, consisting of videos, interactive questions and additional notes and links to support your learning.

Fully updated for 2024

We have carefully worked through all the syllabus changes for 2023 (as well as the key learning points from model answers to the latest 2022 past papers) to ensure that the latest editions of our Exam Room Notes are fully up-to-date.

Sensible organisation

Rather than relying on the large number of Workbook chapters (yet another cause of "overwhelm" for students), all content in our Exam Room Notes has been organised alphabetically, meaning that you can instantly go to the information that you need.

Fully cross-referenced

To give you the maximum chance of developing your points in the right way, we always provide direct page cross-references to other topic areas within the Exam Room Notes which may be useful to your answer. This allows our Exam Room Notes to serve as a kind of "ideas stimulator" so that you don't forget to include the further follow-on points needed to max your score.

Testimonials

What our students say.

I won the AB Snow Regional Prize for Corporate Reporting at the August 2020 sitting with a score of 86%! Feel I should write in as I used all your Exam Room Notes books for 2020. I found them easy to follow as I used them every day since I bought them. They're logically written and very useful for quick referencing. As I barely have any time to study (my employer does not provide  any allocated study time), they saved me a lot of time compared to compiling  notes.

Max J
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I passed CR and SBM. Wanted to once again say a huge thank you for all the help in preparing me for this battle. I felt prepared going into these exams and the insights that you were providing proved invaluable during the process. It was a refreshing approach after the big tuition providers and I am glad that you capitalised on the market gap. Also, incredible CR summary notes. After a bit of tabbing, the book becomes lethal in scoring exam marks!

Anton K
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I just want to say a massive thank you!! I took both Corporate Reporting and Case Study courses this year. It was my 4th attempt at CR and I passed. I really liked the repetitive nature of the CR RRQB and the organised nature of the Exam Room Notes. I wish I had  come to you guys sooner for some of my earlier papers to avoid all the frustration and fails.

Steph A
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The Exam Room Notes were particularly helpful for determining whether an entity was an associate, outlining a number of indicators in a format which mirrored the information provided in the exam question.

Michael I
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I am currently preparing for the 3 Advanced Level papers and have bought your Exam Room Notes for CR and SBM. I previously used your BPT Exam Room Notes and similar to that resource, I think they're really great.

Tom S
purchaser of cr and sbm exam room notes

The Exam Room Notes were particularly helpful for determining whether an entity was an associate, outlining a number of indicators in a format which mirrored the information provided in the exam question.

Michael I
purchaser of cr exam room notes