CETC December 2006 Pass Rates

CETC Students Celebrate Success in December 2006 PAQ Exams

CIPFA students studying at the five colleges which form the CIPFA Education and Training Centre (CETC) have achieved fantastic results in the December 2006 Professional Accountancy Qualification (PAQ) exams.

Highlights of CETC's results include:

  • CETC pass rates for every PAQ modules exceeded the CIPFA average
  • High scoring papers included (with CIPFA averages in brackets):

    Leadership & Management - 89% (69%)
    Public Finance - 85% (77%)
    Taxation - 85% (65%)
    Financial & Performance Reporting - 83% (59%)
    Financial Management Systems and Techniques -73% (50%)

  • Students on the final two papers - Finance & Management Case Study and Strategic Business Management scored an impressive 78% and 76%.

  • PAQ Fast Track groups, which are attended mainly by students from KPMG and PWC and typically sit three modules each semester, also delivered top class results as the pass rates per module below show:

    Finance & Management Case Study - 97%
    Strategic Business Management - 97%
    Financial Accounting - 100%
    Management Accounting - 83%
    Audit & Assurance - 69%
    Taxation - 100%
    Leadership & Management - 96%
    Financial % Performance Reporting - 96%
  • The Department for Work and Pensions students who attend an in-house course in Leeds achieved:

    Leadership & Management - 100%
    Accounting for Decision Making - 91%
    Financial Accounting - 86%
    Management Accounting - 86%

Gary Gilbert, Head of CETC says: "These results seal a record run of CETC pass rates exceeding the CIPFA average and are a credit to our students who have worked incredibly hard. Praise must also go to the employers who have supported their trainees. The results round-off a fantastic year for CETC which saw excellent results for the June 2006 examinations, the opening of a new centre - CETC Wales - and the delivery of more courses than ever before. The performance of CETC students in the recent exams goes to show that our courses still offer the best method for passing the CIPFA exams. "

For any CIPFA students that will be re-sitting papers in the June 2007 examinations, CETC has a number of options that they can provide. These include tutorials, mock exams, and a script feedback service. More information on these services can be seen on the Re-sitters Support page.