Best SQE1 Prep Courses 2026/27, Compared by What You Need

Short answer: The best SQE1 prep course for 2026/27 depends on what you need. If you want lectures and a timetable, look at BPP, the University of Law, BARBRI, the College of Legal Practice or QLTS School, which charge £1,990 to £7,100; if you already know the law and mainly need practice, a question bank with mocks costs £19.99 to £149 one-off, or £25 to £39 a month. Coaching suits candidates who need someone checking their progress. Prices below are from each provider’s own website on 7 November 2026.

None of these prices includes the SRA’s SQE1 fee of £2,006 for FLK1 and FLK2 together (£1,003 per FLK) for assessments from September 2026 (SRA). No prep course is required: the SRA’s own guidance lists self-study alongside formal training (SRA, choosing an SQE training provider). We have left out pass-rate claims for every provider, because providers report their own. The SRA’s own figures are in our SQE1 pass rates for every sitting.

The four kinds of SQE1 prep

A full taught course gives you lectures or classes, a schedule, materials and tutor contact, and costs the most. A question bank with mocks is usually the cheapest paid route and assumes you learn the law elsewhere or already know it. Coaching gives you a person who sets your plan, reviews your results and holds you to it; it is sold on its own, inside some courses, or on top of a platform. Self-study means books, notes or a study platform at your own pace, usually with practice questions. Many candidates combine two. The flowchart sorts you into one of the four, and our guide to choosing how to prepare for SQE1 covers each in more depth.

SQE1 prep providers compared

Figures are from each provider’s own pages on 7 November 2026. Where a provider does not publish a figure, we say so. Prices change, so check before you buy.

Law Training Centre is not in this table because its lawtrainingcentre.co.uk address was not loading on 7 November 2026. Our cheapest SQE1 prep courses guide lists its prices from its other site, ltckent.co.uk. BAREX is not affiliated with any provider listed or with the SRA. If a figure here is out of date, email hello@barex.uk and we will correct it.

Best if you want a full taught course

This route suits you if you learn best when someone teaches the law on a schedule, or if the law of England and Wales is new to you. For a closer side-by-side of the four best-known providers, see BPP vs ULaw vs BARBRI vs QLTS School.

BPP

BPP’s SQE1 Preparation course is taught in live online classes or face to face, over 4 months full time or 10 months part time, starting in September or February. Full time typically means 10 contact hours a week plus at least 30 hours of independent study. For 2026/27 it costs £5,900 online and in Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Manchester and Leeds, and £7,100 in London Holborn, including VAT (£6,100 and £7,300 for 2027/28), with a £350 deposit to secure a place. You get weekly small-group classes, an SQE tutor, drop-ins, 1-2-1s, mobile MCQ practice and the BPP Adapt learning platform.

It suits candidates who want classroom teaching and a fixed timetable. One limitation is the entry requirements: a 2:2 law degree covering the foundation subjects within the last five years, an equivalent qualification or an admissions test, plus proof of English if it is not your first language.

University of Law

The ULaw SQE1 Preparation Course Online runs full time or part time, from 12 to 46 weeks, and the next start date listed is January 2027. It costs £5,250 for courses starting between 1 July 2026 and 31 May 2027, and £5,450 for 2027/28, paid upfront or in three monthly instalments (six on part-time courses). ULaw graduates get £250 off. The fee covers eBook study manuals, a revision app with performance feedback, regular mock assessments, practitioner lecturers and weekly personalised feedback.

It suits candidates who want a university-run course online with a choice of pace. Full time is demanding, at 40 to 50 study hours a week including tutor contact. The course page also still describes each SQE1 assessment as 180 questions over about five hours, the format before January 2027, so ask how the mocks reflect the new 85-question sessions.

BARBRI

BARBRI, which also prepares candidates for US bar exams, sells an online SQE1 Prep course in sessions of 15 to 20 minutes. You choose 10 weeks (Accelerated, 40 hours a week), 20 weeks (Focused, 20 hours) or 40 weeks (Flexible, 10 to 12 hours), each running up to your target exam. Accelerated and Focused cost £2,999, Flexible £3,299, and SQE1 and SQE2 together £5,499; instalments over up to 12 months carry a £149 finance fee. The course includes 3,200 MCQs, 8 mock tests and 1 fully simulated mock exam, an AI-powered study plan through which you can ask legal questions, live workshops and unlimited one-to-one sessions with a learning coach.

It suits candidates who want structure and a coach to talk to. Courses run to a set exam date, and enrolling after a course has started adds a £149 late registration fee.

College of Legal Practice

The College’s SQE1 course, Solicitors Legal Knowledge, is online learning to weekly deadlines with live and recorded seminars, over 13 weeks (35 to 40 hours a week), 20 weeks (15 to 20 hours) or 40 weeks (8 to 10 hours). It can also be taken within an LLM in Legal Practice covered by a Master’s loan. The price is £2,200, excluding the SQE fee. It includes 2,300+ MCQs, 10 timed progress tests, 4 revision papers of 90 MCQs, 10 supervision meetings and a review of whether you are ready to sit; unlimited Law Drills revision MCQs cost £95 extra. If you don’t pass first time, the College guarantees free access to the course for the next two SQE1 sittings, which it also describes as 14 months of continued access.

It suits candidates who want a taught structure and regular check-ins at a mid-range price. Seminars and supervisions are scheduled between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. Seminars are recorded, but supervisions need some daytime flexibility.

QLTS School

QLTS School prepared candidates for the QLTS, the exam before the SQE. Its SQE1 packages are online, with 18 textbooks posted to you, no fixed enrolment date and access for your next two SQE1 sittings or until you pass. Basic costs £1,990, Advantage £2,490 and Premium £2,990, or three interest-free instalments with a £90 admin fee. Every package has 2,500+ MCQs, 5,000+ flashcards, summary notes, an AI assistant and an initial tutor consultation. Advantage and Premium add 200+ video tutorials (60+ hours of lectures) and 32 mock sessions of 85 questions, against 12 in Basic; Premium adds a tailored study plan and 2 hours of tutor support. QLTS says its mocks are updated for the January 2027 structure.

It suits candidates who want recorded lectures and many full-length mocks. First-time candidates cannot buy the mocks on their own, and textbook delivery costs £110 to Europe and the US and £140 elsewhere.

Best on a tight budget

If the SRA fee is already a stretch, these two are low-cost, one-off purchases for candidates comfortable studying alone. Our cheapest SQE1 prep courses guide ranks every provider by what one sitting costs.

SQE1 Prep

SQE1 Prep is an independent online practice platform with study guides. A one-month pass is £19.99 and lifetime access £69.99, both single payments with a 14-day money-back guarantee; the 13 study guides are also sold at £9.99 each. You get 4,400+ practice questions with explanations, 5,500+ flashcards, study notes and timed FLK1 and FLK2 mocks in the 2027 format of two 85-question sessions; lifetime adds the 13 guides. A free account includes a 20-question quiz and the first topic of every subject.

It suits candidates who want plenty of practice for one small payment, and resitters, since lifetime access does not expire. As its pricing page says, there are no video lectures or live sessions.

Revise4Law (Revise SQE)

Revise4Law publishes the Revise SQE revision guides, in print, ebook and audiobook, available worldwide. The 2027 SQE1 bundle is £232.90 in print or ebook and £154.70 as audiobooks, and FLK1 or FLK2 bundles are £123.30 each. Its online mocks cost £40 per paper or £70 for both, including VAT, and each can be taken twice within six months, with the questions reordered the second time.

It suits candidates who revise from books, or who want texts to go with a question bank. There is no tutor support, and the site says it is still updating its mock exam books for the January 2027 format.

Lawdojo and Ant Law, below, are also low-cost. The SRA publishes 220 SQE1 sample questions online and as PDFs, which show the style of the exam, though it says they are not designed to be a full mock. Our list of free SQE1 resources covers the rest of the free material.

Best if you only want a question bank and mocks

This route suits law graduates, resitters and anyone who already has notes or a course. You can sit a free SQE1 mock exam in the January 2027 format on BAREX before paying for anything, and our comparison of SQE1 practice questions by provider covers what to check in a bank.

Ant Law

Ant Law is an online SQE question bank with an AI tutor. The SQE1 Full Question Bank is £39 a month or £350 a year, and FLK1 or FLK2 alone is £25 a month. The full plan has 14,000+ questions (5,000+ on single-paper plans), 100 AI Q&A uses a month, progress tracking and mock exams, and 10 free questions need no card.

It suits candidates who want a very large bank, or resitters who want to pay for one paper only. The pricing page lists no human tutor support and says all sales are final once you subscribe.

Lawdojo

Lawdojo is an independent SQE1 trainer with notes, questions and an AI tutor on every question, sold as passes with a fixed end date that never renew. A 30-day pass is £39. The January 2027 pass, with access to 22 January 2027, is £59 until 30 November and £99 from 1 December; the July 2027 pass, to 23 July 2027, is £149. Each includes 2,466 questions across all 13 subjects with a worked rationale on every one, and five full FLK1 and FLK2 mock papers. A 25-question diagnostic is free.

It suits candidates who want a low, fixed price matched to their sitting. Lawdojo states that its mocks predate the January 2027 changes: they use the old 180-question papers and mix subjects across both sessions.

Two providers also sell mocks on their own. FQPS sells full SQE1 mocks (both sessions of FLK1 and FLK2) at £29 for one, £79 for three or £139 for five, with a first-purchase offer of one for £9.99. Revise4Law’s online mocks are £70 for both papers.

Best with personal coaching

Coaching helps if you know what to study but struggle to keep going, or if a previous attempt went wrong and you cannot tell why. Some courses above include it: BARBRI has unlimited learning coach sessions, the College of Legal Practice 10 supervisions and QLTS Premium 2 hours of tutor support. FQPS and BAREX build their offer around it.

FQPS

FQPS Academy is an online SQE course built around a designated mentor and an AI study planner called Cleo, billed monthly with no minimum term. SQE1 Revision is £79 a month, SQE1 Practice £129 and SQE1 Master £279, including VAT, and FQPS caps spending at £1,000 per exam, after which study resources stay unlocked (tutor sessions excepted). Every plan has revision cards and 2,500+ MCQs, with 2, 4 or 7 FLK1 and FLK2 mocks a month by plan. Practice adds daily and topic practice; Master adds audiobooks and 4 one-to-one law lessons with a private tutor each month.

It suits candidates who want a named person guiding them and prefer to pay as they go. The total depends on how long you study: FQPS’s own six-month example, three months of Revision, two of Practice and one of Master, comes to £774.

BAREX’s coaching options, the Guided Plan and Personalised SQE1 Coaching for the January 2027 sitting, are in the BAREX section below.

Best for resitters

A resit of one paper costs £1,003. You have up to three attempts at each SQE assessment, and six years to complete SQE1 and SQE2.

• Single-paper options: QLTS School sells a single-FLK course at £1,490 with 15 mock tests and tutor support, and a mocks-only Retake Mock Programme for candidates who have sat SQE1 before (price not published on that page). Ant Law’s single-paper banks are £25 a month.
• Resit cover from your first course: ULaw says that if you do not pass SQE1 you can repeat its Exam Preparation Courses up to two further times. The College of Legal Practice gives free access for the next two SQE1 sittings, and BARBRI says you may rejoin an available SQE Prep course free within 12 months of your results. Terms apply to all three.
• Access that lasts: SQE1 Prep’s lifetime access and QLTS School’s two-sitting access both cover a second attempt.

Before paying for a second full course, it helps to know where your marks went. Timed mocks in the new format, reviewed with a coach or tutor, can show you.

Best if you work full time

Look for a long course or a self-paced option. BARBRI’s Flexible course (40 weeks, 10 to 12 hours a week, £3,299) is pitched at people who work full time, and BARBRI suggests an hour a day plus a full day at weekends. BPP part time adds about four contact hours a week to 10 to 12 hours of independent study, and ULaw offers lengths up to 46 weeks. QLTS School recommends its Advantage package for full-time workers. Question banks and platforms such as SQE1 Prep, Lawdojo, Ant Law and BAREX can be used at any hour. The College of Legal Practice’s 40-week course needs only 8 to 10 hours a week, though supervisions fall in working hours. Our guide to studying for SQE1 with a full-time job covers fitting the hours in.

Best if you are sitting from abroad

The SRA runs SQE1 at test centres in the UK and internationally, though not every location is offered at every sitting (SRA, assessment dates and locations). Apart from BPP’s in-person classes, every option here is delivered online or by post. Check three things.

• Time zones: BPP’s live online classes, BARBRI’s workshops and the College of Legal Practice’s seminars and supervisions run at set times. Self-paced platforms avoid the problem.
• Shipping: QLTS School’s textbooks cost £110 to send to Europe or the US and £140 elsewhere. Revise4Law ebooks and ULaw’s eBook manuals have no delivery cost.
• Entry rules: BPP accepts overseas law degrees as equivalent qualifications in some cases, and asks for proof of English if it is not your first language.

Our guide to applying for SQE1 covers booking a test centre, in the UK or abroad.

Where BAREX fits

BAREX is our own platform, built by lawyers who sat the SQE, so weigh this section accordingly. It is online and self-paced, with no lectures and no fixed timetable. There is a free plan. Self-Study is £50 a month, £125 for three months or £230 for six months, and you can cancel any time. The Guided Plan is £1,500, in one payment or three monthly payments. Personalised SQE1 Coaching for the January 2027 sitting is £299, one payment, for 10 hours of one-to-one coaching with a BAREX co-founder who passed SQE1, plus full BAREX access until 22 January 2027.

Paid plans include SQE-style MCQs you can filter by exam, subject, topic and difficulty, with an explanation after every answer, a live AI law tutor, topic packs, cheat sheets and 12 full mocks for each FLK, each an 85-question session in 2 hours 33 minutes. The free plan has one topic pack per subject, one FLK session mock and a monthly allowance of AI tutor time. The Guided Plan adds 20 live one-to-one coaching hours across two sittings with a coach who has passed SQE1, plus a written plan and weekly feedback.

BAREX suits candidates who are happy to study at their own pace, on its own or alongside another provider’s course. Self-Study does not include coaching or lectures, so if you want to be taught on a schedule, a full course will suit you better. Start free on BAREX to judge the questions and mocks yourself, or see how much the SQE costs in total with exam fees added.

Quick answers

What is the best SQE1 prep course?

There is no single best course for everyone. A full taught course suits candidates who want lectures and a timetable, a question bank suits those who already know the law, and coaching suits those who need someone checking their progress.

What is the cheapest SQE1 prep?

The SRA’s 220 sample questions are free. Of the paid options we checked, SQE1 Prep’s one-month pass at £19.99 and lifetime access at £69.99 are the lowest one-off prices for a full question bank, and Lawdojo’s January 2027 pass is £59 if bought by 30 November. Ant Law’s single-paper bank is £25 a month.

Do I need a prep course to pass SQE1?

No. The SRA does not require one, and its guidance lists self-study alongside formal training. What you need is coverage of the full specification and enough timed practice in the exam format.

How long does SQE1 preparation take?

The courses here run from 10 weeks (BARBRI Accelerated, 40 hours a week) to 46 weeks (ULaw part time). Part-time options range from about 8 to 20 hours of study a week.

Are SQE1 mocks updated for January 2027?

From January 2027 each FLK paper is two sessions of 85 questions, 2 hours 33 minutes each. QLTS School, SQE1 Prep and BAREX say their mocks follow that format, and FQPS’s mock packs use sessions of 85 questions. Lawdojo says its mocks do not yet. For other providers, ask before you buy. Our guide to the SQE1 changes from January 2027 explains what changed.

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Prices and details checked on 7 November 2026 on each provider’s own website and the SRA’s. Prices and packages change, so check before you buy. BAREX is not affiliated with any provider listed or with the SRA.

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