ACCA pass rates December 2011 Exams
ACCA Pass rates have now been announced for December 2011 exams. Candidates around the world took more than 363,000 papers, with 6,313 students successfully completing their final ACCA exams.
See also: ACCA Global pass rates vs OpenTuition December 2011
We have also the results of Instant Polls – December 2011 Exam results, and we have looked at OpenTuition and ACCA pass rates over the years here >>
December 2011 session ACCA Qualification pass rates:
Paper F1, Accountant in Business, 63%*
Paper F2, Management Accounting, 53%*
Paper F3, Financial Accounting, 54%*
Paper F4, Corporate and Business Law, 49%
Paper F5, Performance Management, 38%
Paper F6, Taxation, 48%
Paper F7, Financial Reporting, 56%
Paper F8, Audit and Assurance, 36%
Paper F9, Financial Management, 38%
Paper P1, Governance, Risk and Ethics, 51%
Paper P2, Corporate Reporting, 48%
Paper P3, Business Analysis, 51%
Paper P4, Advanced Financial Management, 34%
Paper P5, Advanced Performance Management, 29%
Paper P6, Advanced Taxation, 39%
Paper P7, Advanced Audit and Assurance, 31%
December 2011 session FIA pass rates
Introductory Certificate in Financial and Management Accounting
Paper FA1, Recording Financial Transactions, 69%*
Paper MA1 Management Information, 65%*
Intermediate Certificate in Financial and Management Accounting
Paper FA2, Maintaining Financial Records, 62%*
Paper MA2, Managing Costs and Finance, 57%*
Diploma in Accounting and Business
Paper FAB, Accountant in Business, 46%
Paper FMA, Management Accounting, 41%
Paper FFA, Financial Accounting, 42%
Foundation Specialist papers
Paper FAU, Foundations in Audit, 53%
Paper FTX, Foundations in Taxation, 70%
Paper FFM, Foundations in Financial Management, 40%
* Combined pass rates for paper-based and computer-based exams.
Clare Minchington, ACCA executive director – learning, said:
‘We congratulate those who have succeeded in their exams – and we are delighted to see that more than 6,000 have completed their examinations, having been able to demonstrate the financial knowledge and professional skills which are needed by organisations in challenging economic conditions. We look forward to welcoming them to ACCA membership on completion of their practical experience requirement.
I am a foreign student in UK, I have 3 papers left, I don’ see any use of studying ACCA, do you think it’s worth studying and completing ACCA, if you have only 20hrs work permit per week
does anybody know how to get the free book for the taxation?
HI to all i want to know about( ACPA -ACCEA) is it like the cpa
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the passing rate are too low and that is so demotivating us…
Hi Admin,
Sorry what I meant was, is the resources provided by your website enough to achieve high grades on the F4-9 exams, i.e. over 75% or would you suggest I purchase other reading material?
Thanks
admin Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 9:01 pm
it is not just the materials but it also depends on the student,
you definitely need up to date revision kit,
get the notes and watch the lectures for few topics and then see, if you understand it well enough to do past questions..
then you will get your answer
GOOD LUCK
Hi admin,
Firstly I would like to thank you for all course notes and lectures that you provide on your website, I have passed F1, F2 and F3 exams entirely on your resources.
I am enrolling on the Oxford Brookes degree course and would like to achieve high grades on each F exam. Can you please confirm whether I need pay for BPP books for extra support or does your material cover everything and is up-to-date?
Thank you for your help.
Dean
admin Reply:
February 28th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
Hi, and congratulations
I’m afraid, we do not provide materials for Oxford Brookes
laceyd87 Reply:
February 28th, 2012 at 10:39 pm
@admin, Hi,
Sorry what I meant was, is the resources provided by your website enough to achieve high grades on the F4-9 exams, i.e. over 75% or would you suggest I purchase other reading material?
Thanks
i would like to thank the OT for providing such wonderful lectures on the topics, they are really a great resource for quick revision as well as for clarifying any ambiguities in concept. Further, i would like to mention how helpful, Ask the tutor forums are. I gave four fundamentals and in my last days of prep. i used these lectures extensive for revision, well, i passed all of my exams.
Thanks to OT
admin Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 12:07 am
great!
congratulations and good luck in June!
I want to sit 4 papers this june 2012;F5,F6,F8 and F9,any suggestion to that…?
ysbq Reply:
February 24th, 2012 at 5:26 pm
@estorka, well incase, u are a full time student , u can take the chance but it is still risky. Especially with F8 and F9 on the hand.
i gave four fundamentals F4,6,8 and 9 and i passed them all. But i had to go thru a lot of though time even being a full time student.
my advice, if u are confident and can study more than 12 hours in last one and half month..GO FOR IT !!!
I am left with p2 p5 and p7 would it be wise to sit all of them at the same time?
me attempting p6(UK) in june12 its my last paper any suggestion to pass exam.
I attempted F9 (43%) and P3 (54%) in December, however I signed up for P2 and P7 before getting results. I’m thinking of continuing with P2 and P7 in June and doing F9 with P4 in December. Any thoughts ?
finally i passed P3 as third attempt. Thank you opentuition.com.
How many times did you attempt this paper and what was your approach this time?
I have been sittinfg P5 for soem time now. Its the only paper that is keeping me back. I cant understand it either
oladosu Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 5:10 pm
@dk77, I believe you are still using the old books and approach that make you fail the first time to attempt the paper in subsequent exam periods.
Finally Completed all the ACCA Examination with 51 marks in P5
ysbq Reply:
February 24th, 2012 at 5:29 pm
@wahab.essani, Success is the ultimate goal…. cHeers on success
i got failed in p7 at 49 and this is my last paper.i want your advice that how should i go through again so, i will be succesfull in this attemp.
Please i need your help. Anxiously, awaiting your reply.
Please I need help on how to pass paper P3. I failed for the third time.Please i need your help massively.
hi.thanx to OT dat i passed my f4 wdout any difficulty,bt i got failed in f5,6,9…dont know y,i have attempted my full paper and i was sure dat my paper will passed,bt when i saw rezult,i got shocked,,,,,,,kindly OT give me guidance abt f5 n f9……..hw to pass them……tell me some professional tips to pass both paperz as i got failed twice in both…thanx
No,
P3, P4 and P5 would be ok as they are all based more on the consultancy / management accountancy side of the fence with enough cominality to make them a good single sitting combination.
P7 is best sat with P2 as P7 expects all of the knowledge required for P2 plus the addition of audit standards and ethics.
Trust me. P7 is a huge undertaking and it’s one where many come away from it after writing huge amounts with a feeling as though they’ve passed only for a fail to hit their inboxes a couple of months later (been there, done that, got the T shirt, writing the book).
HTH,
Shaun.
i have fail F 7 with 46 points .
sir thank u very much for help, is p3 , p4 and p7 good combination .? plz help, thanks again.
khonkean Reply:
February 18th, 2012 at 2:56 pm
@sadiq2456,
No,
P3, P4 and P5 would be ok as they are all based more on the consultancy / management accountancy side of the fence with enough cominality to make them a good single sitting combination.
P7 is best sat with P2 as P7 expects all of the knowledge required for P2 plus the addition of audit standards and ethics.
Trust me. P7 is a huge undertaking and it’s one where many come away from it after writing huge amounts with a feeling as though they’ve passed only for a fail to hit their inboxes a couple of months later (been there, done that, got the T shirt, writing the book).
HTH,
Shaun.
P.S. Sorry everyone, new to the forum and hit the wrong reply button so my first attempt at a reply ended up as a main post rather than a reply. Sorry…
sadiq2456 Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 7:35 am
@khonkean, thanks again sir , can u guide me with p3and p4 which will be easy to cover the course p5 or p7 , because i m taking p3 and p4 from teachers but p5 or p7 i shall do on self study , i have some experienced in self study , i did f4, f8 and p1 on self study . other think what i thought is i passed f8 last Dec session and i think may be those fresh f8 concept help me in p7 but on other hand i passed f5 in Dec 2010 which i think some concepts have forgotten , so plz guide which will be easy for me . thanks .
khonkean Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 5:24 pm
@sadiq2456,
Hello again. Unfortunately none of the options at this level are easy but P5 will fit much easier with your self study than P7 if it is being taken with P3 and P4.
You will note that elements swap and change in the syllabus between P3 and P5 showing how close those two are.
As mentioned Above. For P7 you really need to be sitting it either with P2, or shortly after passing P2 as P7 although a mostly written paper with few if any complex calculations is very much based in the learning of P2.
Hope that helps, kind regards, Shaun.
sadiq2456 Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
@khonkean, thanks sir , almost i have decided to take p5 , hope 4 the best.
thanks and best regard , Malik Sadiq.
In my opinion ,72% in F7 is very perfect…
muzhri Reply:
February 22nd, 2012 at 9:58 am
but i failed with 39%.I attempted All Questions and i sured that i passed the paper but i failed plzzzzzzzzz tell me about what i do and What Book KAPLAN or BPP
litimus Reply:
February 22nd, 2012 at 1:48 pm
@muzhri, i used kaplan and then i did all the past paper questions from december 2007 to june 2011. when you do that you get to notice the main concepts that are tested and it helps you know the tricky areas. after doing the questions check the answers provided online. that was my strategy. i managed 84%
panaceakandel Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:38 am
@mimini, me 2 scored 72% @ f7 and feel like a gladiator…
My F5 is 52%passed ,just so dangerous !!this is my first paper based examation ang the result is so terrible!!!in the following learning progress it will be more and more difficult to learn! 52marks!!so terrible!!!!!
I got 72% on F7, want to attempt P2 but am failing to enter for the exam coz I have not yet completed some F papers.
i have another query about f8 i want to clear f8 in first attempt i am trying hard from first day even my mind always thought about f8 audit and assurance what is the best techniques how to use study material in best way either learn it by rote learning or understand how to apply knoweldge of audit on basic scenario even i am not working in any audit firm so no knoweledge no application skill so how to got good marks in this subject
pass rates in f5 and p5 are so low what is the problem with these two exam these two paper are related to management accounting and performance management why examiner is making these two exam quite difficult for student what is the best way to pass these two exam and plz plz tell me about the what techniques are required to pass f5 i need this techniques specially f5 plz open tuition give me professional advice on f5 specially
finally completed ACCA exams with a 56% in P4. Am so gratefully to the almighty GOD.
can anyone tell me, how to pass P3 and P2? I failed P3 3 times and P2 twice, i really hope can pass both in June 2012.
Passed P2 with a decent score.
44% in P5.
The day of the exam I actually sent a message to the ACCA complaining about the mess that was Q1 in the P5 exam which seemed to be less about finding out what we know and more about an examiner proving how clever they are in a manner where you spend a disproportionate amount of exam time trying to work out what the heck he’s looking for in the answer rather than formulating the answer.
Can’t believe that we spend months doing old paper after old paper, revising at every given minute and then open an exam paper with the first question to my mind being so poorly written.
Personally, considering the results combined with the volume of complaints that I am sure the ACCA have received about it I would not be at all surprised if there is an emergency change of examiner for that paper before the next sitting.
Don’t let the ACCA pass rates freak you out, as far as I know these are based on the total number of people taking the exams. A more accurate result would be based on the pass rates of the country in which you are sitting them. for example, I think the Irish pass rate for P5 is>50%. So you need to compare like with like.
barbara2012 Reply:
March 1st, 2012 at 8:55 am
@scribble, HI
I would i do that?
The pass rate is so daunting that affects my choice on what paper i should study and how many i should sit in one go!
Thanks
B
finally I passed all acca papers:
p1 50%
p3 55%
p4 53%
p6 58%
md shohag Reply:
February 18th, 2012 at 9:13 am
@zq1217, Congratulation buddy you sat four and you passed them all thats brilliant
lizerd Reply:
February 22nd, 2012 at 8:54 am
@zq1217, congrats buddy, but how did u go abt p6/i scored 48.its my last paper
victor2011 Reply:
February 22nd, 2012 at 8:21 pm
@zq1217, congratulations, but what was your secret to pass all the four at one sitting?
I want to sit for F9 with one btw F5 & F8. Which one is the best combination.
nanayaw Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
@Jackson Malunda, I think you should examine yourself and see which of the papers you are quite good with. then combine it with f9 because i heard f9 is tough, but i’m doing it in combination with f5 and f6. if iwere to choose for you, i would say take f9 and f8. just because f8 is more of written and also both papers contain ratio calculations.
khonkean Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 3:12 pm
@Jackson Malunda,
F8 is best sat with F7 if you haven’t done that one yet.
I would say that F5 and F9 are closer to each other and best sat as a pair.
HTH.
Jackson Malunda Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 4:23 pm
@khonkean, I passed F7 in the last sitting. Am only remaining with F5, F8 and F9. I will take F9 and F5. Many thanks.
Im planning to Sit F9 in June but im not sure if i should also sit another exam! The choice is between F8 F7 and F5
any suggestions??
Many thanks
B
Jackson Malunda Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 2:27 pm
@barbara2012, You may take it with F5 or F8. Am also trying choose which one i should take.
Hi
The pass rate is really not encouraging, but we cannot give up. May be we need to change our approach to the exam overall.
Acca is not giving any tutorial support for students officialy, let the examinors to create their own teritory. Espicialy when they change the sylubus no one is publishing new notes. Publishers also the same . They print the allmost same and just say ‘ valid for 2012 exams’ the point is most importent tricky things which examinor is going to test are beyond any ones knowledge, evn with the official publishers. p5 changed the examinor, they are telling his style is different, how come acca is allowing examinors to promote their style rather complying acca styles in an exams. it is not evident that acca has given consideration on q1 mess done by the examinor, and finaly penalysing the students for their raport.
clearly people are not honest when posting there result on OT, cause de pass rate differ from ACCA
joevassallo Reply:
February 16th, 2012 at 10:47 pm
@simone77,
I agree with you completely. The OT pass/fail rates differ from ACCA official rates. Dont know why students are not honest, after all there is nothing to be ashamed of if you fail.
admin Reply:
February 16th, 2012 at 11:00 pm
@simone77, it is hard to say, but one suggestion is, people who fail, do not come to vote in a poll… those who passed are more likely maybe,
for some papers almost 1000 people voted in 4 days! so dishonest people, even if there are some,,. are small minority that would not influence the poll that much!
Well, maybe you should start believing, that for some people Opentuition really helps passing their exams.. and acca global pass rates includes many thousands of students who do not know about opentuition? so they failed?
marymary Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 5:52 am
@admin, an alternative could be that you only vote after you log in – so you can check and ensure that there are no multiple votes
.
admin Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 8:09 am
the poll is set up only for 1 vote per computer/IP address
there is no reason to restrict it to logged in users only..
hi every body , i am going to attempt acca last 3 papers in june 2012 Inshalla , i have decided p4 in optional module but i m confused in p7 and p5 which should i take , let i mention u that i have no plan to go to audit firm training bz my financial difficulties , some of my friend advice me to take p5 looking to pass rate but the above result show very poor result then all, plz senior advice.
navigator2010 Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 7:25 am
@sadiq2456,
Dear Sadiq the choice is quite interesting and conflicting also. P7 relates to P2 coz it will ask you to apply your auditing and accounting standards knowledge while taking a scenario to apply auditing procedures. P5 now is very much linked with P3 coz of extensively inclusion of business models and advising the company as independent management consultant. P5 pass rate is very low but the new examiner approach is entirely different, he will ask for performance measurement rather for evaluation. Well i strongly advice you to take P7
Thnx dear and best of luck.
No surprise P5 being lower but it’s actually worse than I thought it might be. It’s officially now the toughest option.
What about DipIFR pass rate ?
Wow
Ts clear testmony that achieving a pass in any paper aint a walk in the park.
Is it the official ACCA pass rate ???
admin Reply:
February 16th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
@md shohag, YES
thts nothing
the passing rates are really freaking me out!!!